Ben Robra
Biographic Data
| ID | 6546993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Robra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Robra |
| SIGNATURE | BEN ROBRA |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8650-8950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sufficiency values through commoning relationality
In the face of ever-accelerating climate change and ecological degradation, the concept of sufficiency has been proposed as a way to achieve socio-ecological sustainability. Sufficiency implies limits on consumption and production, thus making it incompatible with capitalism’s notion of constantly increasing production and expansion. Commoning as a social practice is argued to contrast capitalist practices and relations. Therefore we propose a co…
Speaking out
In this article we Speak Out for counter-hegemonic perspectives in degrowth management and organization studies (MOS) and the organizing practices it informs. We operationalize the concept of hegemony to identify common pitfalls and structural constraints of alternative organizing, understanding degrowth as a subset of them. We highlight how capitalist hegemony conditions the reality of organizations, while subjecting alternatives to a constant s…
“A Sane Island in an Ocean of Madness”
Unprecedented runaway climate change and ecological degradation is argued to be caused by the dominant capitalist mode of production’s reliance on endless economic growth and capital accumulation. Businesses and organisations are expected to act in an ecologically and socially ethical way to help avert the crisis. Yet, there has arguably been little progress in this direction. The conventional ethical frameworks are generally subsumed under capit…
From innovation to exnovation
International audience
Counter-Hegemonic Decision Premises in Commons-Based Peer Production
Capitalism is evidently the main cause of ecological degradation, climate change and social inequality. Degrowth as a counter-hegemony opposes the capitalist imperatives of economic growth and capital accumulation and radically seeks to transform society towards sustainability. This has strong political economic implications. Economic organisations and modes of production are essential in overcoming capitalist hegemony. This article investigates …
Commons-based peer production for degrowth? - The case for eco-sufficiency in economic organisations
Degrowth advocates radical reduction in society's matter-energy throughput. Organisations have received little attention in this discourse. In the context of sustainability much emphasis has been put on the concept of eco-efficiency, disregarding the rebound effect. In contrast, eco-sufficiency emphasises producing and consuming enough. This article operationalises eco-sufficiency as an indicator for degrowth and focuses on how eco-sufficiency or…
Commons-based peer production for degrowth? - The case for eco-sufficiency in economic organisations
Degrowth advocates radical reduction in society's matter-energy throughput. Organisations have received little attention in this discourse. In the context of sustainability much emphasis has been put on the concept of eco-efficiency, disregarding the rebound effect. In contrast, eco-sufficiency emphasises producing and consuming enough. This article operationalises eco-sufficiency as an indicator for degrowth and focuses on how eco-sufficiency or…
Commons-based peer production for degrowth? - The case for eco-sufficiency in economic organisations
Degrowth advocates radical reduction in society's matter-energy throughput. Organisations have received little attention in this discourse. In the context of sustainability much emphasis has been put on the concept of eco-efficiency, disregarding the rebound effect. In contrast, eco-sufficiency emphasises producing and consuming enough. This article operationalises eco-sufficiency as an indicator for degrowth and focuses on how eco-sufficiency or…
Counter-Hegemonic Decision Premises in Commons-Based Peer Production
Capitalism is evidently the main cause of ecological degradation, climate change and social inequality. Degrowth as a counter-hegemony opposes the capitalist imperatives of economic growth and capital accumulation and radically seeks to transform society towards sustainability. This has strong political economic implications. Economic organisations and modes of production are essential in overcoming capitalist hegemony. This article investigates …
“A Sane Island in an Ocean of Madness”
Unprecedented runaway climate change and ecological degradation is argued to be caused by the dominant capitalist mode of production’s reliance on endless economic growth and capital accumulation. Businesses and organisations are expected to act in an ecologically and socially ethical way to help avert the crisis. Yet, there has arguably been little progress in this direction. The conventional ethical frameworks are generally subsumed under capit…
From innovation to exnovation
International audience
Sufficiency values through commoning relationality
In the face of ever-accelerating climate change and ecological degradation, the concept of sufficiency has been proposed as a way to achieve socio-ecological sustainability. Sufficiency implies limits on consumption and production, thus making it incompatible with capitalism’s notion of constantly increasing production and expansion. Commoning as a social practice is argued to contrast capitalist practices and relations. Therefore we propose a co…
Speaking out
In this article we Speak Out for counter-hegemonic perspectives in degrowth management and organization studies (MOS) and the organizing practices it informs. We operationalize the concept of hegemony to identify common pitfalls and structural constraints of alternative organizing, understanding degrowth as a subset of them. We highlight how capitalist hegemony conditions the reality of organizations, while subjecting alternatives to a constant s…
Economics (4 works) · Capitalism (3 works) · Commons (3 works) · Degrowth (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Capital accumulation (2 works)