Alternative Futures in a Heating World: Visions and Vision Work of the Swedish Climate Movement

12 November
Mattias Wahlström | University of Gothenburg
Alternative Futures in a Heating World: Visions and Vision Work of the Swedish Climate Movement

Mattias Wahlström presents his and his colleagues' new book ‘Alternative Futures in a Heating World’ (co-authored with De Moor, Schack, Uba, and Wennerhag). The talk develops the concepts of vision and vision work in relation to the study of social movements and applies it to an empirical investigation of how the climate movement envisions what a fossil-free and just future could look like. Using a dynamic approach, it develops an understanding of the challenges and processes through which visions come about – or may struggle to do so. The talk moreover assesses the resonance of movement visions among political elites and the broader public.

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Kostis Kornetis | The Autonomous University of Madrid
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