Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning

Cédric Durand discusses ecological planning, institutional utopias, and the idea of bifurcation.Find the feed of English episodes only here: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/You can also import the RSS feed to your favorite app: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/feed.xmlShownotesCédric at the University of Geneva (includes a list of his publications):https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric-durandCédric’s personal website:https://durandcedric.wordpress.com/Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2026 forthcoming). Das Prinzip Verzweigung. Über ökologische Planung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Dietz.https://dietzberlin.de/verlagsprogramm-fruehjahr-2026Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2024). Comment bifurquer. Les principes de la planification écologique. La Découverte.https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/comment_bifurquer-9782355221910Durand, C., Hofferberth, E., Schmelzer, M. (2024). Planning Beyond Growth. The Case for Economic Democracy within Ecological Limits. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 437.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623045092?via%3DihubDurand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2022). Planning without Political Constraint imposed on Economic Actors is not real Planning. Verso Blog.https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5469-planning-without-political-constraint-imposed-on-economic-actors-is-not-real-planningon Karl William Kapp:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_William_Kappon Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekO’Neill, J. (2002). Socialist Calculation and Environmental Valuation. Money, Markets and Ecology. Science & Society, 66(1).http://gesd.free.fr/oneill.pdfon La Planification Ècologique in France:https://www.info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-nation-vertethe Secrétariat général à la planification écologique (SGPE):https://lannuaire.service-public.gouv.fr/gouvernement/6af2c8c4-bdf7-405c-bd9e-ed48dad83b96Viennot, M. (2025). 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Journal of Environmental Protection. 7. 643-655.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301270365_Ecological_Accounting_A_Research_Review_and_Conceptual_Frameworkon Citizen’s Assemblies:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_assemblyon Michel Husson:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Hussonon the Commanding Heights of the Economy concept:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanding_heights_of_the_economyon the British Wartime Economy during the Second World War:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_home_front_during_World_War_IIon Economic Planning in France after the Second World War:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_planning_in_FranceAli, S. (1969). Economic Planning in France 1945–1965. A Brief Review. The Punjab University Economist, 7(1), 51–69.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25821321on Malthusianism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianismon Degrowth:https://degrowth.infoon Jason Hickel:www.jasonhickel.orgon Giorgos Kallis:https://www.icrea.cat/community/icreas/17610/giorgos-kallis/Jackson, T., Hickel, J., Kallis, G. (2024). Confronting the Dilemma of Growth. A Response to Warlenius (2023). Ecological Economics, Vol. 220.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092180092300352X?via%3DihubZeug, W., Heyer, J., Lutosch, H. (2025). Cybernetic Democratic Economic Planning & Holistic Accounting. An Economic Framework to Achieve Sustainable Societal Metabolisms.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393790658_Cybernetic_Democratic_Economic_Planning_Holistic_Accounting_-_An_Economic_Framework_to_Achieve_Sustainable_Societal_Metabolismson the Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (HILCSA):https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=50083on Ecosystem Services:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_serviceO’Neill, D.W., Fanning, A.L., Lamb, W.F. et al. (2018). A Good Life for All Within Planetary Boundaries. Nature Sustainability 1, 88–95.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0021-4Fehér, F., Heller, A., Márkus, G. (1983). Dictatorship Over Needs. Blackwell.https://archive.org/details/dictatorshipover0000fehe/page/n5/mode/2upKeucheyan, R. (2024). Ágnes Heller’s Theory of Need Is a Vital Political Tool. Jacobin.https://jacobin.com/2024/12/agnes-heller-philosophy-marxism-needson Planetary Boundaries:https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.htmlon Wassily Leontief:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Leontiefon the Input-Output Model in Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%E2%80%93output_modelon the Berlin Housing Campaign for Socializing Housing owned by Big Real Estate Companies:https://dwenteignen.de/enon Socialization in the Energy Sector:https://communia.de/en/energy-power-transformation/on the New International Economic Order (NIEO):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Economic_Orderon the Banque de France:https://www.banque-france.fr/enon the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE):https://www.insee.fr/en/information/2107702on the Direction Générale des Entreprises:https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/ Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E55 | Kim Stanley Robinson on Real Utopian Futureshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e55-kim-stanley-robinson-on-real-utopian-futuresS03E54 | Rabea Berfelde on Socialisationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e54-rabea-berfelde-on-socialisation/S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginarieshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/S02E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternativeshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e24-grace-blakeley-on-capitalist-planning-and-its-alternatives/S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S03E02 | George Monbiot on Public Luxuryhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e02-george-monbiot-on-public-luxury/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information website:https://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. 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[for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#CédricDurand, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Transition, #DemocraticPlanning, #EcologicalPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #Investment, #Degrowth, #State, #RealUtopias