Max Koch

Max Koch

@maxkoch.bsky.social

Professor in Social Policy & Sustainability, Lund University: Capitalist development & its social, environmental and policy implications; #degrowth, sustainable #welfare. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/max-koch

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Doug Parr
@dougparr.bsky.social

European nations asked to prepare for 3C of climate warming Good luck My suspicion is combined disruption to food production & supply chains, building unusability with heat & flooding, increased migration etc means civilisation as we know it would collapse by 3C www.euronews.com/2026/10/27/e...

euronews.comEU wants capitals to adjust to warming of 3°CAs Brussels warns that Europe must prepare for increasingly extreme weather, new EU rules will require governments to clarify who is responsible for climate preparedness – but no new funding is being ...
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

French police fire teargass at demonstrators including the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde (ONM), which describes itself as “anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, environmentalist and committed to de-growth”. The ONM played on anyway www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.com‘An orchestra being gassed should be an alarm signal’: the musical activists targeted in ParisNew World Orchestra’s musicians are shocked at French police targeting peaceful gathering with teargas
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

Along with over 11,000 others I supported this climate report, which is a "diagnosis of the present", with my signature. You can do so as well via this website: scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu

scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.eduHome Page | Alliance of World Scientists
Prof William Ripple@williamripple.bsky.social

🌍 “This is no longer a warning for the future; it is a diagnosis of the present.” Our 2026 State of the Climate report finds 7 of 16 planetary vital signs at record extremes. The planetary emergency is already here. doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

Det finns inte många "politiker som är ärliga även när det är obekvämt och som formar opinion i stället för att följa tillfälliga opinionstrender." Men som @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social skriver: "skam den som ger sig"! Tack för att jag fick skriva på.

Jeannette Eggers@jeannetteeggers.bsky.social

Min längtan efter politiker som är ärliga även när det är obekvämt, verklighetsförankrade och modiga har nog aldrig varit större än nu. Jag har inga större förhoppningar om att ännu en debattartikel ska göra någon avgörande skillnad, men skam den som ger sig.

aftonbladet.seKlimatpolitik måste bygga på forskningKlimatpolitik måste bygga på forskning
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

My hometown Berlin seems to be doing allright in today's election: Left party: around 25%, Greens: 15%, Social Democrats: 12%, with hard-right AFD at 14% interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/berlin-w...

interaktiv.tagesspiegel.deBerlin-Wahl 2026: Alle Prognosen, Hochrechnungen, Ergebnisse und mögliche Koalitionen liveDie Prognosen und Hochrechnungen der Ergebnisse der Wahl zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus in Grafiken und Karten, die Resultate der BVV-Wahlen und die Sitzverteilungen im Überblick.
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

What a relief! No far-right government in the next four years in Sweden. The final vote counting will result in a 3 seat centre-left majority. Though much engagement will be neded to turn this into a real policy alternative, we can all take a deep breath today! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Sweden’s election result: an opportunity that progressive parties must not squander | EditorialEditorial: After a desperately tight race, voters rejected the prospect of the far right in government. A potential centre-left coalition needs to seize the moment
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

#Sweden is a divided society which is reflected in dispositions and attitudes concerning social-ecological transformations. We published this 5 years ago, but, apart from stronger climate denial, not much seems to have changed and coalitions remain difficult onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comHabitus and climate change: Exploring support and resistance to sustainable welfare and social–ecological transformations in SwedenWe explore peoples' dispositions and practices with regard to social–ecological transformations based on a sustainable welfare policy strategy in Sweden. We draw on Bourdieu's concept of habitus to h...
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

"If this authoritarian turn can be widely accepted so quickly in Sweden, where the democratic and humanitarian foundations were until recently solid, it can happen anywhere."

Tadzio Mueller@tadziomueller.bsky.social

The #assholification of Sweden: "But in the last four years the Overton window of acceptable debate has shifted radically to the right. A new Sweden has emerged, cruel and cold for migrants."

theguardian.comHow Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin GelinIn 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin

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Anna Ekström
@annaekstrom.bsky.social

Jag har blivit hårt granskad av Kristina Lagerström. Det är inte bekvämt men i en demokrati är det nödvändigt att ministrar tål tuffa frågor och granskning. Att en erfaren reporter utsätts för en hatstorm borde tala för publicering, inte mot!

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Max Koch
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No wonder other 'leaders' want to get rid of Pedro Sánchez. He speaks the truth: “Climate change kills: ... people ..., our ecosystem, our biodiversity, and it also destroys the things we as a society hold dear – our houses, our businesses, our livestock.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniersPM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

"Die AfD wird zunehmend salon- und regierungsfähig gemacht – vor allem in den Medien. Längst unternimmt ein immer größer werdender Kreis von Akteuren alles mögliche, um eine Koalition mit der AfD vorzubereiten ..."

Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik@blaetter.bsky.social

Angesichts der offensichtlichen Radikalität der AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt müsste von bürgerlicher Seite eigentlich alles zu klarer Abgrenzung tendieren. Faktisch geschieht das Gegenteil: »Halbloyale Demokraten« ebnen ihr den Weg: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

blaetter.deHalbloyale Demokraten: Wie die Radikalität der AfD normalisiert wirdAm 6. September, in gut sechs Wochen, findet die wohl wichtigste deutsche Wahl dieses Jahres statt, nämlich die Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt. Seit Monaten liegt die AfD in allen Umfragen klar vorn,…
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

"Wenn der Tag kommt – und er wird kommen –, an dem ihr erkennt, was ihr getan habt, und dass ihr eure schlimmsten Fehler wiederholt habt, kann ich nur hoffen, dass genug Menschen noch hier sind, die euch vergeben wollen."

Christian Strippel@strippel.bsky.social

„Deutschland, dessen gesamte Identität darauf beruht, aus der eigenen Gewaltgeschichte gelernt zu haben, finanziert, billigt und unterstützt einen Völkermord? Wie soll das Sinn machen?“ taz.de/Migrantische...

taz.deMigrantisches Leben: Warum ich Deutscland nach 15 Jahren verlasseNicht wegen des Rechtsrucks, sondern des Selbstbetrugs der vermeintlich Liberalen und Progressiven muss ich gehen. Ein Abschiedsbrief.
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

Congrats to #Norway on beating #Brazil! Ihope you go all the way - but next time please on a lower carbon footprint. Here we calculated much of the team's emissions on its way to the US.

Max Koch@maxkoch.bsky.social

6. Also employing a social practice lense, a related joint study looked into the field of #football and its enormous #climate footprint, this time taking the case of #Norway www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.comFootball in the climate emergency: exploring air travel reduction in the Norwegian senior national football teamsGlobalization and commodification trends in football negatively impact the climate in terms of greenhouse gas emissions from leagues and international tournaments. A significant share of these emis...
Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social

If 'economists' have made up their minds it must be true: 'Growth is a doomed strategy'. You can still sign the Roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth (via a link in the article below) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comWe economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and othersOur roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

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Hanno Hauenstein
@hahauenstein.bsky.social

While scholars around the world debated Israel's destruction of Gaza, Germany's political science establishment largely refused to engage. Latest on my Substack, by @anavelasco.bsky.social & @roykaradag.bsky.social hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/why-german...

hannohauenstein.substack.comGaza Changed the World. German Academia Stayed Silent.While scholars around the world debated Israel's destruction of Gaza, Germany's political science establishment largely refused to engage. Ana Velasco and Roy Karadag examine why

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸
@resistrebelrevolt.net

"Instead of getting to enjoy a planet bursting with life and love, I have to watch while the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet kill everything in their path on their quest to hoard the most amount of money possible."

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Jeannette Eggers
@jeannetteeggers.bsky.social

Redan 46 underskrifter. Är du forskare eller anställd vid universitet, högskogla eller forskningsinstitut? Läs gärna vår appell och skriv under! Och om du har möjlighet - kom till demonstrationen 23 augusti i Stockholm. Låt oss visa att vi är många som vill ha en kraftfull och rättvis klimatpolitik.

Researchers' Desk@researchersdesk.bsky.social

Researchers and colleagues at universities, colleges and academic institutes are invited to sign a call from the academic community in support of the Climate Demonstration on 23 August in Stockholm, for which Researchers’ Desk is a co-organiser. enadeforklimatet.nu

enadeforklimatet.nuEnade för KlimatetAkademin står enad för klimatet. Skriv under appellen och delta i Den stora klimatdemonstrationen.