https://sphere.podbean.com SPHERE is a podcast that investigates the historical evolution of global environmental governance through in-depth discussions with a wide array of scholars, scientists, and practitioners—including politicians, diplomats and other government officials—who have played decisive roles in shaping the course of environmental politics, science and activism over the past half century or more. The podcast provides invaluable insights, expertise and first-person oral histories encompassing the entire post-WWII “Great Acceleration” of rapid economic growth and environmental degradation that gave rise to the environmental awakening of the 1960s and after. SPHERE also covers current conceptual developments such as the Anthropocene and debates on climate change and the global sustainable development goals that will underpin the agenda of the upcoming “Stockholm+50” conference, marking the semi-centennial of the seminal 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment. SPHERE the podcast is an extension of the ERC-funded research project SPHERE—Study of the Planetary Human-Environment Relationship—centered at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:18:16 +0200 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. History 1440 episodic SPHERE is a podcast that investigates the historical evolution of global environmental governance through in-depth discussions with a wide array of scholars, scientists, and practitioners—including politicians, diplomats and other government officials—who have played decisive roles in shaping the course of environmental politics, science and activism over the past half century or more. Eric Paglia Eric Paglia No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10115591/SPHERE_square_logo_1920_by_1920_version_1aavph.jpg https://sphere.podbean.com 144 144 Paul Ehrlich on Environment, Population and a Lifetime Journey through Science and Politics https://sphere.podbean.com/e/paul-ehrlich-on-environment-population-and-a-lifetime-journey-through-science-and-politics/ https://sphere.podbean.com/e/paul-ehrlich-on-environment-population-and-a-lifetime-journey-through-science-and-politics/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:18:16 +0200 sphere.podbean.com/ee4e980b-ecdb-3f25-b474-af71f47a0a05 Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb, which generated an enormous amount of concern, controversy and criticism for its neo-Malthusian predictions of famine and mass death, is considered a milestone in the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The Stanford biologist has ever since remained in the spotlight as a public scientist and institution builder, and now, 55 years after The Population Bomb, has finally published his memoirs, Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics, on Yale University Press. In this episode of the SPHERE podcast, Prof. Ehrlich shares personal experiences and reflects on some of the central scientific and political issues of his long career engaged with questions related to environment and governance.  

]]> Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb, which generated an enormous amount of concern, controversy and criticism for its neo-Malthusian predictions of famine and mass death, is considered a milestone in the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The Stanford biologist has ever since remained in the spotlight as a public scientist and institution builder, and now, 55 years after The Population Bomb, has finally published his memoirs, Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics, on Yale University Press. In this episode of the SPHERE podcast, Prof. Ehrlich shares personal experiences and reflects on some of the central scientific and political issues of his long career engaged with questions related to environment and governance.  

]]> Eric Paglia false No 4448 6 full Earth system governance, planetary justice and geoengineering with Prof. Frank Biermann https://sphere.podbean.com/e/earth-system-governance-planetary-justice-and-geoengineering-with-prof-frank-biermann/ https://sphere.podbean.com/e/earth-system-governance-planetary-justice-and-geoengineering-with-prof-frank-biermann/#comments Fri, 28 May 2021 07:00:00 +0200 sphere.podbean.com/cee04634-cd76-3a5b-9f11-1c3d6af5cf5e As part of the SPHERE research project and podcast’s aim of developing a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of global environmental governance, this episode features a far-ranging interview with Prof. Frank Biermann, founder of the Earth System Governance Project. The discussion with Prof. Biermann, in addition to covering conceptual aspects of environmental and sustainability governance, includes pressing issues of contemporary international politics such as geoengineering, environmental justice and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Prof. Biermann, based on some of his latest research, also shares his qualified critique of the planetary boundaries framework, and of what he considers the outdated idea of environmental policy. 

]]> As part of the SPHERE research project and podcast’s aim of developing a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of global environmental governance, this episode features a far-ranging interview with Prof. Frank Biermann, founder of the Earth System Governance Project. The discussion with Prof. Biermann, in addition to covering conceptual aspects of environmental and sustainability governance, includes pressing issues of contemporary international politics such as geoengineering, environmental justice and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Prof. Biermann, based on some of his latest research, also shares his qualified critique of the planetary boundaries framework, and of what he considers the outdated idea of environmental policy. 

]]> Eric Paglia false No 2752 5 full Rendering the Earth a Governable Object in the Anthropocene https://sphere.podbean.com/e/rendering-the-earth-a-governable-object-in-the-anthropocene/ https://sphere.podbean.com/e/rendering-the-earth-a-governable-object-in-the-anthropocene/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:00:00 +0200 sphere.podbean.com/68c39036-d5c2-3d9c-a899-37e0cce780b7 Eric Paglia false No 1663 4 full Spaceship Earth: from the Environmental Age to the Anthropocene with Sabine Höhler, pt. 2 https://sphere.podbean.com/e/spaceship-earth-from-the-environmental-age-to-the-anthropocene-with-sabine-hohler-pt-2/ https://sphere.podbean.com/e/spaceship-earth-from-the-environmental-age-to-the-anthropocene-with-sabine-hohler-pt-2/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:31:31 +0100 sphere.podbean.com/5a15f4fa-06f1-3b3c-b985-9ec1735db185 In part 2 of the SPHERE interview, STS scholar Sabine Höhler discusses the planetary parallels between Earth system science and Spaceship Earth, as well as the latter’s influence on 1970s science fiction and similarities to scientific conceptualizations such as the Anthropocene and the ‘safe operating space for humanity’ of Planetary Boundaries fame. Also, Dr. Leah Aronowsky provides a pre-history of sorts, explaining how ecological research associated with nuclear testing in the South Pacific played a pivotal role in conceptualizing complex systems.

]]> In part 2 of the SPHERE interview, STS scholar Sabine Höhler discusses the planetary parallels between Earth system science and Spaceship Earth, as well as the latter’s influence on 1970s science fiction and similarities to scientific conceptualizations such as the Anthropocene and the ‘safe operating space for humanity’ of Planetary Boundaries fame. Also, Dr. Leah Aronowsky provides a pre-history of sorts, explaining how ecological research associated with nuclear testing in the South Pacific played a pivotal role in conceptualizing complex systems.

]]> Eric Paglia false No 2213 3 full Spaceship Earth: from the Environmental Age to the Anthropocene with Sabine Höhler, pt. 1 https://sphere.podbean.com/e/spaceship-earth-from-the-environmental-age-to-the-anthropocene-with-sabine-hohler-pt-1/ https://sphere.podbean.com/e/spaceship-earth-from-the-environmental-age-to-the-anthropocene-with-sabine-hohler-pt-1/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:12:23 +0100 sphere.podbean.com/0938ae3f-c30b-3265-a897-a1c37f5939a4 Integrating ideas from ecology, economics and architecture, the evocative concept of Spaceship Earth emerged in the midst of the space race and environmental awakening of the 1960s, and influenced popular culture in the form of e.g. science fiction. Leading Science & Technology Studies scholar Sabine Höhler, associate professor at KTH and author of “Spaceship Earth in the Environmental Age, 1960-1990”, joins the SPHERE podcast to explain the origins of Spaceship Earth and how it has gained renewed relevance through concepts such as the Anthropocene, Planetary Boundaries and Earth System Science.

]]> Integrating ideas from ecology, economics and architecture, the evocative concept of Spaceship Earth emerged in the midst of the space race and environmental awakening of the 1960s, and influenced popular culture in the form of e.g. science fiction. Leading Science & Technology Studies scholar Sabine Höhler, associate professor at KTH and author of “Spaceship Earth in the Environmental Age, 1960-1990”, joins the SPHERE podcast to explain the origins of Spaceship Earth and how it has gained renewed relevance through concepts such as the Anthropocene, Planetary Boundaries and Earth System Science.

]]> Eric Paglia false No 2510 2 full The Environment: A History of the Idea with Prof. Sverker Sörlin https://sphere.podbean.com/e/the-environment-a-history-of-the-idea-with-prof-sverker-sorlin/ https://sphere.podbean.com/e/the-environment-a-history-of-the-idea-with-prof-sverker-sorlin/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:37:11 +0100 sphere.podbean.com/5c49708a-2767-3a09-8daf-d38079e201a5 In this inaugural episode of the SPHERE podcast, Prof. Sverker Sörlin explains how the idea of “the environment” emerged at the outset of a radical reconfiguration of the human-environment relationship precipitated by an unprecedented post-war economic expansion that put enormous pressure on ecosystems and the Earth. The point of departure for this discussion on the rise of global environmental governance is The Environment: A History of the Idea (Johns Hopkins UP 2018), a foundational work for the ERC-funded research project SPHERE—Study of the Planetary Human-Environment Relationship.

]]> In this inaugural episode of the SPHERE podcast, Prof. Sverker Sörlin explains how the idea of “the environment” emerged at the outset of a radical reconfiguration of the human-environment relationship precipitated by an unprecedented post-war economic expansion that put enormous pressure on ecosystems and the Earth. The point of departure for this discussion on the rise of global environmental governance is The Environment: A History of the Idea (Johns Hopkins UP 2018), a foundational work for the ERC-funded research project SPHERE—Study of the Planetary Human-Environment Relationship.

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