Working Papers

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working papers

The Alameda Working Papers publish original and rigorous research by scholars and practitioners across Alameda’s global network. The series features work-in-progress papers that engage with questions of central importance to Alameda.

Alameda Working Papers are aimed at specialist, scholarly, and policy-oriented audiences interested in transition, geopolitics, popular sovereignty, digital sovereignty, and other themes explored in Alameda’s research. Each piece is presented in an online seminar, bringing together the author, a discussant with expertise in the field, and members of the Alameda network.

WORKING PAPER 01

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.

WORKING PAPER 02

CLOUDS AND TERRITORIES: Space and Power in the Digital Age

This working paper interrogates the relationship between territory, technology, and sovereignty in the digital era, challenging the widespread assumption that digital platforms are inherently placeless and thus corrosive of territorial power.