[Call For Papers] Workshop on Degrowth and Law, NLU, Delhi

CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on ‘Degrowth and Law’
April 27-28, 2023. ONLINE.
Abstracts due: 31 January 2023.

Submission of Abstracts & Selection of Participants

This workshop is an initial mapping of different perspectives and possible engagements from a legal
perspective. The workshop requires participants to write a short paper (1500-4000 words) that will
be shared with other participants.

North-South dimension of degrowth and other alternatives to growth-based approaches,
including from a TWAIL, and/or a critical race or post-colonial perspective.
• Human rights, particularly socio-economic rights and environmental rights, in the context of
(de)growth and inequality;
• International economic law, investment law and trade law, in the context of the ecological
crisis and (de)growth;
• Climate change and environmental law, from international, transnational or domestic
perspectives, and the challenge of growth and inequality;
• Regional perspectives on post-growth approaches (such as Buen Vivir or Gross National
Happiness) and law;
• Energy law and a just transitions from fossil fuels, in the context of degrowth;
• Technology, including ICT and artificial intelligence, and law/rights beyond growth;
• Feminist, queer and intersectional approaches to degrowth;
• Law and political economy, law and Marxism, law and ecosocialism; and
• Critiques of sustainable development law.

This workshop will be held ONLINE on 27-28 April

Email abstract with the subject title ‘Degrowth and Law’ to Dr. Birsha Ohdedar, bo6@soas.ac.uk by 31 January.

Successful participants will be notified by 10 February 2023.

For more information refer the attachment: