Eco Thoughts

Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Copenhagen Tim Rudbøg speaks to Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen Kocku von Stuckrad about the “relational turn” – a paradigm shift in the sciences and humanities that decenters the human. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Artist–researcher Daniela Medina Poch and Bureau for Listening, an artist-led collective, meet at the nature reserve and landfilling site Amager Fælled in Copenhagen for an outdoor lecture, performance, and feast. Together with the audience, they explore what listening justice and reciprocity might mean in a time of climate crisis. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was hosted as part of the Listening Biennial 2025: bureauforlistening.com/applied-ecological-listening/ Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Curator and philosopher Dehlia Hannah talks to philosopher Oxana Timofeeva about her forthcoming book "On the Soul" which explores the concept of the soul in Western philosophy since antiquity and into the modern era. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

How would the idea of the Anthropocene era look if, instead of looking at the state of the planet, we looked at the state of humans? In this episode, you’ll be introduced to the idea of "The Wasteoscene" – a word that comes from the title of a book by Marco Armiero who is a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Marco explains his concept and ideas to director of the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking, Stefan Gaardsmand Jacobsen. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sudden surges in support for renewable energy, rapid shifts in public opinion on ethical issues, striking school children around the world – these are all examples of social tipping points. Director of the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking, Stefan Gaardsmand Jacobsen, sits down with Steve Smith from the University of Exeter in the UK and Franziska Gaupp from Osnabrück University in Germany to talk about their shared research interest in positive social tipping points and how they work. Join or read about University of Exeter's conference on global tipping points in june 2025. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Is money actually at the center of our many crises? Could the concept of money be thought anew in more sustainable ways? Professor at Lund University and Copenhagen Business School Ester Barinaga presents ideas and case studies from her book "Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future" which came out earlier this year. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The American philosopher Judith Butler, who has famously written on the performativity of gender and other topics within queer theory since the late 80's, gives a lecture on the topic of climate sorrow. The lecture was recorded at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 4th 2023. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The American political theorist Jane Bennett gives a talk on the theme of ecological actions entitled "Energetics of eco-enchantment" and is joined in a panel discussion by local activist and public speaker Emma Holten as well as professor Lars Tønder and associate professor Melissa Van Drie. The talk and panel was recorded at the Royal Danish Library, The Black Diamond in Copenhagen on November 21st 2022. Eco Thoughts is produced by the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.