Professor in Social Policy & Sustainability, Lund University: Capitalist development & its social, environmental and welfare implications; #degrowth, sustainable #welfare. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/max-kochhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mkzaz4kelk2d#Fußball ohne #Wachstum: Ein podcast mit mir im #Deutschlandfunk. Vielen Dank für das Gespräch an @mjrieger.bsky.social https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/zukunft-des-fussballs-wachstum-wachstum-wachstum-geht-das-auch-anders-100.html04 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzaz4kelk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mkkjxbe7fs2k"De ständigt återkommande hänvisningarna bland våra ledande politiker till den icke villkorade ekonomiska tillväxten som alla politiska problems lösning är starkt oroande." https://www.dagensarena.se/essa/retoriken-om-tillvaxt-saknar-empirisk-grund/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRdfQxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8rSIIY8vCvFHTPbI0bALdZFLy1DZCkmQOZZspC3zjzTH2_t0jXWoZHsGeg4_aem_QR5yWY3prR3DbCAUY4IEmQ28 Apr 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkjxbe7fs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mk65nno7gs2sVi "är på väg mot en klimatkollaps om inte kraftfulla åtgärder vidtas nu. Är det då inte rätt att forskare och andra personer höjer sina röster och med de medel som står till buds i en liberal demokrati kritiserar en politik som leder i rakt motsatt riktning?" Av bl. a. @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk65nno7gs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mjp3ntwrl22dYou could not make it up [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3ntwrl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mjgo2m537c2a“Justice will bloom for you and your children.” https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/14/my-life-has-become-a-rollercoaster-francesca-albanese-death-threats-danger-dread-accusing-israel-genocide14 Apr 2026 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgo2m537c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mij5vkzscs24Anyone in Bern next week? I will be giving a keynote on #Football in the #Postgrowth era here: sun-tagung.unibe.ch/index_eng.html https://sun-tagung.unibe.ch/index_eng.html02 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij5vkzscs24https://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mhpwaamffs2vNew comparative study detects "high support for a #post-growth paradigm, as downscaling production combined with a basic income and a wealth tax receives support at approximately the same level as the just-transition paradigms (0.60)." https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-political-research/article/what-kind-of-energy-transition-public-opinion-tradeoffs-between-economic-growth-ecological-sustainability-and-equity/0BCB698896ECB0A43F25A569457492F623 Mar 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpwaamffs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mgytkinar22uUnconditional Basic Income for artists may well pay for itself as the Irish case indicates: "for every euro the government spent on supporting artists, society received €1.39 in return" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/ireland-basic-income-artist-scheme-pilot14 Mar 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgytkinar22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mgfa2awhts2sLooks like there is one leader left in Europe: “It is naive to believe that democracies or respect between nations can spring from ruins. Or to think that practising blind and servile obedience is a form of leadership ...". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/06/pedro-sanchez-spain-european-leader-take-on-trump06 Mar 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfa2awhts2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mg556li2bk2pThe Norwegian national football team is likely to go far at the World Cup. But if they go there (and not boycott) they should at least travel by ship. Another take of our work on #football in the #climate emergency, this time in Norwegian: https://www.forskersonen.no/fotball-klima-kronikk/norge-skal-til-fotball-vm-men-ma-de-fly-pa-business/261153703 Mar 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg556li2bk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mfy7erjxws2iSo much more than a human being was shot 40 years ago [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfy7erjxws2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mft23s33nc2dGreen victory in UK byelection carries a lot of hope: "Instead of working for a nice life, we’re working to line the pockets of billionaires. We’re being bled dry. And I don’t think it’s extreme or radical to think that working hard should get you a nice life”. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer27 Feb 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mft23s33nc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3meqvhjt7qk2v"With deep regret, I must say that I will not be attending the Berlinale." [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Feb 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqvhjt7qk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3meg4dbzz5c2aHow far do we have to be in deep water until we stop discussing if absolute decoupling of economic growth and environmental resource use is actually possible? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/feb/09/economic-growth-carbon-emissions-impact-global-heating09 Feb 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meg4dbzz5c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mdudxek3u225Nice to start the week with publication of a co-authored review on #Justice Issues in #Climate Policy led by @mmbuchs.bsky.social. What are the sustainable #welfare and #JustTransitions literatures saying, e.g., on capitalism and growth? Check it out: https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.7004102 Feb 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdudxek3u225https://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mdrvfrcyuc2fAngelica Wågström: "Samhällsvetenskapen är avgörande för att förstå hur klimatorättvisa uppstår, vilka politiska styrmedel som faktiskt minskar utsläpp och vilka som riskerar att bli kontraproduktiva." https://www.etc.se/debatt/klimatforskningen-ryms-inte-i-soederholms-foerenklade-konflikt01 Feb 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdrvfrcyuc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mcuhiueqpc26Why is it so hard to process the dismantling of democracy? Is there some trait in habitus that makes us believe in the continued power and efficiency of institutions even though these may have, from an 'objective' point of view, stopped functioning? Some kind of institutional hysteresis effect?20 Jan 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuhiueqpc26https://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mcrb6cccd22h@oxfam.se: Sveriges 46 rikaste personer äger mer i förmögenhet än nästan 80% av befolkningen – 8 miljoner människor. Samtidigt lever 700 000 svenskar i fattigdom enligt SCB och den siffran har ökat med 120 000 på ett år https://oxfam.se/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Vart-ojamlika-Sverige-Utsatthet-och-extrem-formogenhet.pdf19 Jan 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrb6cccd22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mcraypidrs2h@oxfaminternational.bsky.social: The planet's 12 richest personers own more than the poorest 50% - more than 4 billion people At the same time, one in four is undernourished, an 41% increase since 2015. https://oxfam.se/resisting-the-rule-of-the-rich/19 Jan 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcraypidrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkoch.bsky.social/post/3mc5zawlgj22y“I couldn’t be part of that society, and I don’t want my children to grow up in it.” https://www.972mag.com/israeli-emigration-record-numbers/?utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a15a77018a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-a15a77018a-320795593&fbclid=IwY2xjawPQtQxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeAMtLqh7QN8cfR_aSYbhi9edRRSV2W2DyXZR79ZI7IZqNyTCb0IyR5I_ATa4_aem_eFE69UUP0dv6l_KlYhcgRg11 Jan 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:twlepd5falynd7pw3kjk65rn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5zawlgj22y