Dear colleagues and friends, This is a gentle reminder of our conference "International Planning for Freedom. Otto Neurath's democratic planning theory in the context of the climate crisis". The program and abstracts can be downloaded via this link: https://isotype.univie.ac.at/2023/05/15/international-planning-for-freedom/ Please note that also the links to the two related events (June 14: "Utopianism, Rationality, and Thought Experiments...", June 15-16: "Metrics of Energy") have been updated (see below). Best Elisabeth Nemeth International Conference: International Planning for Freedom. Otto Neurath's democratic planning theory in the context of the climate crisis A cooperation between Institute Vienna Circle (University of Vienna), Vienna Circle Society (Vienna), Chamber of Labor (Vienna), FWF Project Isotype. Origin, development, legacy (P 31500), Wien Museum. Only a few years ago it was hardly imaginable that demands for planned economy measures would be raised and publicly discussed again. Now the time has come. Ulrike Herrmann's book "Das Ende des Kapitalismus. Warum Wachstum und Klimaschutz nicht vereinbar sind – und wie wir in Zukunft leben werden" (2022) is a bestseller. Her central thesis is discussed in numerous public media: The transition from growth-dependent capitalism to a social and ecological circular economy will only be possible through a "private planned economy". What she understands by this has striking similarities with the ideas of economic planning that Otto Neurath conceived even before the First World War and continued to develop until the end of his life in 1945. An important point of reference for Neurath was Josef Popper-Lynkeus. The latter justified the demand for overall social planning with a radically individualistic ethic. Seen from today, this combination is surprising and inspiring - not least because Popper-Lynkeus and Neurath were among the first to introduce ecological viewpoints into economics. A highlight of the conference will be the screening of the film "Land of Promise" (UK 1946). The film was conceived by Neurath as a "film argument" and directed by Paul Rotha. It argues for combating the housing shortage in post-war England with extensively planned housing programme. The arguments put forward in the film bear a remarkable resemblance to the arguments Ulrike Herrmann puts forward today for a "private planned economy" as a transition to a circular economy. June 12th, 2023: Chamber of Labor - Bildungszentrum, Theresianumgasse 16-18, 1040 Vienna Conference language: German Please pre-register: Https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/veranstaltungen (registration open from next week) June 13th, 2023: Erika Weinzierl-Hoersaal, University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna Conference language: English Please pre-register: office.wienerkreis(a)univie.ac.at ENTRANCE FREE. Please find the detailed program attached. PLEASE NOTE two events closely related to our conference: Institute Vienna Circle Philosophy of Science Colloquium Special Panel: Utopianism, Rationality, and Thought Experiments in Viennese Late Enlightenment June 14th, 2023, 15:00-17:00 Institut für Philosophie, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, Lecture Room 2i https://philevents.org/event/show/110253 Contact: alexander.linsbichler(a)jku.at The Metrics of Energy: Accounting for Nature in the History of Social Science and Ecological Economics June 15th and 16th, 2023 International Workshop, organised by Anna Echterhölter and Marco Vianna Franco, University of Vienna (Key Research Area History of Science) in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Studies IHS Vienna (research group Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Economic Structures) https://fsp-wissenschaftsgeschichte.univie.ac.at/upcoming-events/einzelansi… -- ao. Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dr. Elisabeth Nemeth Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien 1010 Wien, Universitätsstraße 7 elisabeth.nemeth(a)univie.ac.at https://elisabethnemeth.com