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working papers

The Alameda Working Papers publishes original and rigorous research by scholars  and practitioners across Alameda’s global network. The series features work-in-progress papers that engage with the After Order project’s central question: how sovereignty is being contested and reconfigured in a fragmented world. 

The working papers’ research objectives are directly connected to After Order’s research streams: Sovereignty Beyond Neoliberalism, Digital Sovereignties, Fragmented Sovereignties and the Politics of Disorder, New Popular Sovereignties, and Non-Sovereign States and Peoples.

The Alameda Working Papers aimed at specialist, scholarly, and policy-oriented audiences interested in transition, geopolitics, popular sovereignty, and digital sovereignty debates. Each piece will be presented in an online seminar, bringing together the author, a discussant with expertise in the field, and members of the After Order community.

Towards a Concept of Ecological Sovereignty

Sovereignty is often framed through competition over resources and borders. This paper examines how ‘national interest’ drives expansion while ignoring ecological limits and calls for a shift toward popular and ecological sovereignty, drawing on movements that challenge dominant growth models and offer more sustainable paths for collective survival in today’s polycrisis.

Author: Sabrina Fernandes

Published: 07 May 2026