Project description
The global bifurcation concept to tackle ecological challenges
Human activities jeopardise the habitability of the planet and our capacity to formulate comprehensive and democratic solutions for its restoration. The MSCA-funded EPOG-DN project aims to establish a community of economists capable of collaborating with various disciplines, sectors and stakeholders to address ecological challenges. This project explores the pathways toward achieving strong sustainability, where social, economic and environmental objectives are not substitutable with each other. The project introduces the concept of global bifurcation, which encompasses a range of multidimensional and systemic processes. The project proposes a distinctive strategy for tackling the complexity of global bifurcation, which involves a socio-technical, socio-economic and socio-ecological perspective, all working in concert to develop a systemic approach.
Objective
Due to human activities, at stake is the habitability of the planet and our capacity to invent effective, inclusive and democratic trajectories that preserve or restore the viability of the planet. To overcome the limits of mainstream economic paradigms, EPOG-DN aims to develop a community of economists able to work with other disciplines and a range of sectors and stakeholders, to address these ecological challenges. EPOG-DN investigates the trajectories leading towards a strong sustainability, i.e. scenarios considering social, economic and ecological objectives as not substitutable. To this end, EPOG-DN introduces the concept of Global Bifurcation (GB), defined as a series of processes which are systemic and multidimensional in nature. To face the complexity of the GB, EPOG-DN proposes an original approach based on: (a) a sociotechnical perspective and critical questioning of the role of innovation and technologies; (b) a socioeconomic perspective involving the development of macroeconomic scenarios; (c) a socioecological perspective to enable consideration of how social organisations and citizens can contribute to the GB, (d) the interaction between these sub-field to develop a systemic approach.
EPOG-DN involves academic, governmental and intergovernmental institutions, local authorities, NGOs, financial and non-financial corporations. PhDs are jointly supervised by an economist and a supervisor from another field. Disciplines involved include economics, sociology, geography, political sciences, engineering, life and earth sciences. They benefit from international mobility in relation to their research: at the institution of the joint supervisor and a secondment at a non-academic partner. The training includes collective activities and activities tailored to individual needs, which cover interdisciplinary approaches and methods; promote discussions with stakeholders from different fields and sectors, and enhance transferable skills and professional development.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
60203 Compiegne Cedex
France
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75006 Paris
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00154 Roma
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56126 Pisa
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9220 Aalborg
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4000 Roskilde
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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1211 Geneve
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75006 Paris
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93430 Villetaneuse
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10124 Torino
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1020 Wien
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1348 Louvain La Neuve
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1180 Wien
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75598 Paris
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2361 Laxenburg
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4251 Esch Sur Alzette
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1000 BRUXELLES
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75004 Paris
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75012 Paris
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