May
Yvonne Ryding – Knowledge and Ignorance in Planning for a Post-Growth Future
Post-growth thinking has had a recent impetus from both evidence of the immensity of the ecological crisis that we face and the prospects of declining or stagnant economic growth locally. This lecture explores the role of knowledge and knowledge practices in post-growth planning.
It argues that knowing has to be seen in the context of not-knowing and that a more strategic approach is needed, rather than aiming for synthesis of diverse knowledges. This challenges the Enlightenment roots of the planning profession but suggests an alternative that could build political support for a post-growth future.
Biography
Yvonne Rydin is Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy in the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. She specialises in understanding governance for sustainability. Her most recent book is Planning without Growth, published by Policy Press in 2025. Her co-edited collection New Planning Histories is also published in 2025 by Palgrave. Other recent books include Theory in Planning Research (Palgrave) and the co-edited volume Regulation and Planning: practice, institutions, materiality (Routledge).
About the event
Location:
Geocentrum 1 at Sölvegatan 10. Room: Världen
Contact:
mikhail [dot] martynovich [at] keg [dot] lu [dot] se