Future Tense

A declaration on future generations


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The UN General Assembly has passed a Declaration on Future Generations. It’s designed to ensure the generations of tomorrow aren’t disadvantaged by the decisions we make today. But is it more than feel good symbolism? Could it one day be as powerful as the Declaration on Human Rights? Also, how a focus on the here and now restricts visionary thinking; and we get the results from the latest 4-day work week trial, this time in Germany.  

Guests

Professor Thomas Hale – Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University  

Professor Brett Bowden – Professor of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, School of Humanities & Communication Arts, Western Sydney University 

Professor Julia Backmann – University of Münster

Further information 

University of Münster - Germany’s four-day working week trial

Blavatnik School of Government - Implementing a Declaration on Future Generations

Brett Bowden - Now is Not the Time: Inside our Obsession with the Present

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