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Planetary Planning Podcast

Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld and Susa Eräranta

Explorations of more-than-human futures in planning and beyond planetaryplanning.substack.com

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52:08

Exploring "Living Imaginaries", with Claudia...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2026/01/05

In this episode, Claudia Fernandez de Cordoba Farini joins us for an in-depth conversation about “Living Imaginaries”, how we can access alternative imaginaries that include more-than-humans, and several very concrete examples to ground this. Claudia is founder of “Living Imaginaries”, a social enterprise that combines bold imagination with grounded pathways for structural change. The enterprise works across climate, biodiversity, food, health, and justice as interconnected expressions of deeper

41:47

Sustainability, Inclusion, and Arts for Fostering...

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2025/12/01

In this episode, we hear from Rui Monteiro, and especially his experience working with the RioNeiva Environmental NGO. He tells us about this NGO, its origins in society and the local context of the northern coast of Portugal, and how the association evolved over time in its continued quest to ensure the environmental and social sustainability in the area, handling various emerging challenges and opportunities. He shares about some of the pillars that make this a very successful NGO, both in

18:54

Thinking Otherwise through "Third Cultures"

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2025/11/03

This is a different episode from the usual ones. Here I’m the one sharing some insights and ideas from my own research project, the EU-MSCA-funded MobileWorlds Research Project, based at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and mentored by Prof. Wendy Tan. Most importantly, I share here some of the core ideas that intersect between the Planetary Planning Podcast and the MobileWorlds project, and share an exercise with you, which might help you, dear listener, identify, break, and

32:18

Reconnecting to Nature-scapes and Water-scapes, with...

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2025/10/06

In this episode, we hear from Sharon Sand. Sharon is an Urban Planner focused on climate change adaptation, protecting biodiversity, and providing equitable access to nature, parks and green schoolyards. She is on the Government Affairs team as Public Grants Program Senior Manager for Trust for Public Land in California (USA) to obtain public funding for land conservation and urban park projects in neighborhoods that need it most. In this role she also contributes to state and regional policy and

40:33

Plant Communication, with Mariko O. Thomas and...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2025/09/01

In this episode, Mariko O. Thomas and Melissa M. Parks join us to share some of their insights on plant communication, and from and process of writing the book “Storying Plant Communication. More-than-Human Relationships in New Mexico”, available for pre-order now, and to be published in October. As the book description explains, the book “explores the narrative accounts of southwestern herbalists, healers, teachers, farmers, and other plant enthusiasts who maintain deep and reciprocal relationships

50:35

Sound and Noise in a Planetary Future, with Edda Bild

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2025/07/07

In this episode, Edda Bild shares insights on human and more-than-human sounds, and which of these are considered more positively, versus which tend to be considered “noise”. Edda currently works as post-doctoral research associate at the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto, Canada, where she focuses on topics around occupational health and safety, like the newcomer experience in the workplace, small businesses and psychological health and safety. She also continues her work as a post-doctoral

29:25

Logistics in a Planetary Context, with Subina Shrestha

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2025/06/02

In this episode, Subina Shrestha, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Network for Equity in Sustainable Transition (CERC NEST) at the University of Toronto Scarborough in Canada, shares her insights about how the field of logistics is changing spaces, human relations, and more - and especially through the increasing dominance of more-than-human, or perhaps rather: less-than-human, digital technologies. This episode sheds important light on digital more-than-human dynamics that a Planetary Future

34:08

Finding Our Multiple Identities, and Our Agency, with...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2025/05/05

In this episode, we speak with Liz Challinor, researcher in anthropology at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) of the New University of Lisbon, as well as fiction and poetry writer. She shares her reflections on categories along which we see others - and ourselves - and how it is often forgotten that we have multiple identities, when in fact this is crucial. In fact, creating connections between those multiple identities might be key. Although the more-than-human lens is not Liz’s field,

36:36

Cyborgs, humans, and more-than-humans, with António...

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2025/04/07

This episode is a conversation with António Ferreira, multidisciplinary researcher and writer on themes as varied and interconnected as degrowth/post-growth, urban and regional planning, mobilities and transport, critical innovation and digitalisation studies, and more. António works as principal researcher at CITTA, Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, at the University of Porto. In this episode, we focus on cyborgs, a topic António dives into in depth in one of the chapters of his

31:27

Moving beyond human as well as urban exceptionalism,...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2025/03/03

In this episode, we speak with Jamie Wang, urban environmental humanities scholar, editor and poet. She works as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong, and is editor of the journal Feminist Review. Jamie has recently published the book Reimagining the More-Than-Human City. Stories from Singapore, and we discuss some of what she explores in the book, as well as her broader perspectives, inspiration, and some examples

38:43

Questioning Imaginaries of Change, with Olivia Bina

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2025/02/03

In this episode, we speak with Olivia Bina, Senior Researcher at the Instituto de de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa (ICS - Institute of Social Sciences University of Lisbon), and Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS). We delve chiefly into three points with her, each fascinating angles on how a “nature”-human relationship can be questioned. First, we broach the theme of imaginaries, futures and utopia as posing various questions about how a sustainable world might look,

3:40

2025: A year to rethink our relationships, inspired...

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2025/01/06

In this super-short episode, we share two quotes by David Graeber, which are mentioned and discussed in the collection of essays “The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World…”, edited by Nika Dubrovsky and published in 2024 (among other places where the quotes have previously been published). As an anthropologist and activist for social justice, David Graeber focused his work chiefly on human relations and their myriad facets, and the fact that these relations are much more flexible than they are made to

31:54

Multi-species Architecture - More than a question of...

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2024/12/02

In this episode, we speak with Isabelle Doucet, Professor of theory and history of architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. She here reflects on multi-species perspectives and social and environmental justice. I, Kim, met her at the IRS Academy in Berlin last spring, and am very glad I subsequently asked her to come on the podcast. This episode is a fascinating exploration into a very multi-disciplinary take on architecture, design and how to consider the “other” while de-centering

34:05

Relationships between Care and Knowledge, with Jan...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/11/04

*note: we apologize for a relatively bad sound quality. We suggest the use of the accompanying transcript to better be able to follow. We hope you can thus nevertheless enjoy this insightful conversation!*During this episode, Jan Visser shares his views on “scientific” and caring mindsets, about which he has learned much through his various transdisciplinary experiences. We begin with a definition of theoretical physics, and first try to understand how this connects to processes of learning and

23:11

Planetarily-conscious Construction, with Matti Kuittinen

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/10/07

In this episode, we speak with Matti Kuittinen, Professor of Sustainable Construction at Aalto University in Finland. We begin with an exploration of the role of construction industries as well as the planning of construction and land-use in the breaching of several planetary boundaries - taking the opportunity to dive a little deeper into what those boundaries are, as well. Matti reveals how construction is one of the biggest contributors to many of the problems caused by humans for the environment

31:08

Contextualized Perspectives on Development and...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/09/02

In this episode, we speak with Ralf Syring, expert in decolonial and solidarity work and later so-called “international development” in the African and Central American continents. He studied theology, sociology and medicine, and is an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction on the most diverse subjects - all of which have helped to inform the conversation we share here. The episode takes us through the topics of what development does, can or should mean, and to whom; to what the role of time-limited

2:14

Welcome back to Planetary Planning!

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/09/02

This brief introduction is to welcome you all back to the podcast after the summer break, and to very briefly introduce the podcast to any newcomers. A longer introduction can be found in the first episode, and we welcome everyone to go back and listen to any previous episodes, as they continue to be relevant! Immediately after this introduction, you’ll also find the next episode, with Ralf Syring, published. Stay tuned for new episodes every month! We are open to suggestions for new speakers and/or

30:31

Urban more-than-humans, Part 1

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/07/08

In this last episode before our summer break, Susa and Kim explore various more-than-human voices in Coimbra (Portugal), Berlin (Germany), and Matosinhos (Portugal). By doing so, we touch on various types of symbiosis between humans and more-than-humans in cities, and when they are more or less toxic. We also reflect on whether more-than-humans are always coming from “nature”, or whether they might also include machines, for example. As always, we welcome your input on how such episodes might be

29:43

Designing with Nature, with Emīlija Vaselova

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/06/24

In this episode, we speak with Emīlija Vaselova, Doctoral researcher in Multispecies Design at Aalto University, Finland, about her fascinating experiences in designing with Nature, in the truest sense of the word. She has worked for many years at expanding the definition of a “stakeholder” to include more-than-humans, in desin and planning practice and research, even while not losing sight of the importance of inclusion of diverse human groups. This includes the process of identifying which

47:08

Basic Income & Linguistic Justice with Philippe van...

Planetary Planning Podcast ·

2024/06/10

In this - double-themed and thus somewhat longer - episode, we speak with Philippe van Parijs, Belgian political philosopher and political economist. We discuss both basic income and linguistic justice, neither of which might immediately seem logical themes for this podcast, especially compared to the themes discussed so far. However, we want to challenge our listeners to see the connections, because seeking ways of binding together exciting ideas for the future and relating them to how this would

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