Episode Summary
Cédric Durand discusses ecological planning, institutional utopias, and the idea of bifurcation.
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Shownotes
Cédric at the University of Geneva (includes a list of his publications):
https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric-durand
Cédric’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-2026
Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2024). Comment bifurquer. Les principes de la planification écologique. La Découverte.
https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/comment_bifurquer-9782355221910
Durand, 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%3Dihub
Durand, 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-planning
on Karl William Kapp:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_William_Kapp
on Friedrich Hayek:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek
O’Neill, J. (2002). Socialist Calculation and Environmental Valuation. Money, Markets and Ecology. Science & Society, 66(1).
http://gesd.free.fr/oneill.pdf
on La Planification Ècologique in France:
https://www.info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-nation-verte
the Secrétariat général à la planification écologique (SGPE):
https://lannuaire.service-public.gouv.fr/gouvernement/6af2c8c4-bdf7-405c-bd9e-ed48dad83b96
Viennot, M. (2025). La planification écologique. La Découverte.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/appendix.htm
Pisani-Ferry, J. & Mahfouz, S. (2023). The Economic Implications of Climate Action. A Repot to the French Prime Minister. France Stratégie.
https://www.strategie-plan.gouv.fr/en/publications/economic-implications-climate-action
Wright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso.
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2143-envisioning-real-utopias
