Moderated by Mathis Gronau, join for another session from the DéPOT 2026 Conference, where the panelists explore the Deindustrialization and the Environment in Post-Socialist Europe. The conference looks to explore different aspects of the intersection between deindustrialization and the environment.
01:18 Intro Mathis Gronau
02:28 Ondřej Ševeček and Vítězslav Sommer, “Shifting Burdens: The Life Cycle of Footwear, Labor, and the Environment from Socialist Central Planning to Global Supply Chains” 19:27 Nina Vodopivec, “Deindustrialization, Environmentalism, and Transition: The Case Study of Post-Socialist Slovenia”
38:03 Juliette Ronsin and Loman-Pierre Charrier, “L’automobile, une industrie «polluante » condamnée comme la mine ? Perspectives comparées autour de la fonderie de Sept-Fons et de l’usine de Sochaux du groupe Stellantis »
56:35 Q&A
What can the study of deindustrialization add to our understanding of environmental history? And conversely – what can the study of environmental history contribute to deindustrialization studies? Answering these questions are the focus of the 2026 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePOT) annual conference, whose theme is “Deindustrialization and the Environment.”
