Destroying Nature to Save It and Other Economic Fallacies of the Green Transition On 15th January 2025 at Vienna University of Economics & Business (WU), I gave my last lecture and did so at a public event in the series called “WU Matters, WU Talks”. The event some introductory remarks and warm-up audience interactions by the moderator Ines Omann. I then presented and after my talk there was a panel discussion with: Ursula Bittner, Spokesperson and Economic Expert, Greenpeace Jutta Kill, Researcher and Activist, World Rainforest Movement (WRM) Vincent Liegey, Researcher, Cargonomia Budapest Christina Plank, Researcher, Institute for Development Research, BOKU University This was followed by questions form the audience. There were over 350 people in attendance and a standing ovation given at the end! The full event (2 hrs) is here posted largely unedited by WU. I have posted an edited version of my lecture (20 mins) which is available here.
Foundations of Social Ecological Economics: The Fight for Revolutionary Change in Economic Thought. Manchester: University Press. NOW IN PAPERBACK at Price: £25.00PLUS30% OFF! If you register for MUP’s newsletterCLICK HERE. This two page description of the CONTENTS gives chapter and section titles. Advanced Acknowledgment “This book, written in crystal-clear style, develops the most profound philosophical discussion ever held of ecological economics.” Joan Martinez-Alier, Professor of Economics and Economic History, Autonomous University of Barcelona. “A brilliant contribution to a radical paradigm of social ecological economics concerned with both disciplinary and social-ecological transformation as necessary conditions for achieving a world in which we all, and all other species, can flourish.’” Tony Lawson, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, University of Cambridge. “The book is deeply rooted in the theory of science, offering a very enlightening text about fundamental issues for science that too often are glossed over or misunderstood.” Arild Vatn, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Award
Clive Spash & John Piccolo (SCB President)
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) European Distinguished Service Award 2024 The SCB Europe Board voted to award Prof. Clive L. Spash the DSA for his long-standing commitment to the SCB Mission of conserving Earth’s biological diversity. The DSA was presented at the 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology, 19 June 2024 in Bologna, Italy, followed by deliver of a plenary lecture by Prof. Spash entitled “Co-opting Conservation: Biodiversity Economics & the Financialisation of Nature”.
Forthcoming and Recent: Articles, Chapters and Papers
Clive L. Spash (forthcoming) Social ecological transformation of economies: Where the environmental movement went wrong and what is needed? In Cohabiting Earth Edited by Joe Gray & Eileen Crist.
Clive L. Spash & Amelia Fuselier (2023) Cost shifting, competition and economic structure. In Encyclopaedia of Ecological Economics. Edited by Ramos-Martín, J. & Padilla Rosa, E. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing pp.87-93.
Clive L. Spash, Adrein Guisan & Carlotta Verita (2023) Social Ecological Economics. In Encyclopaedia of Ecological Economics. Edited by Ramos-Martín, J. & Padilla Rosa, E. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing pp.468-474.
Clive L. Spash and Tone Smith (2022) The Values of Nature. In Handbook of Critical Environmental Politics. Edited by Luigi Pellizzoni, Emanuele Leonardi and Viviana Asara. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.318-332.
Discussion Papers
My recent working/discussion papers are now generally posted on Research Papers in Economics (external link, free to download). For a complete chronological listing, including all such papers, past and present, see Discussion/Working Papers.
