SubsidieMeestersMaterial and environmental legacies in the 21st century: a theory of legacy-making between generations
The LEGACIES project aims to explore the dynamic interplay of material and environmental legacies across generations to address inequality and environmental degradation.
Projectdetails
Introduction
Human legacies are more important and influential than ever before because the window of opportunity for generational interaction has been greatly extended due to longer life expectancies. Additionally, legacies assume unprecedented importance in a world marked by inequality and environmental degradation.
Project Overview
The LEGACIES project arises from my original proposition that legacies are not only posthumous and concern older people and their heirs, but they are dynamic intergenerational processes comprising material and immaterial dimensions.
Material Legacies
- Material legacies (wealth, assets) that are transferred from one generation to the next are growing, greater in volume than ever, and highly influential in shaping life courses.
Immaterial Legacies
- In addition to material inheritance, we also leave immaterial legacies (values manifest in actions), the most pressing of these being our environmental legacies.
Research Goals
The LEGACIES project will break new ground in understanding the intertwined material and environmental legacies that pass between co-existing generations. My approach is inherently high-risk due to its novelty in straddling multiple generations and the societal and environmental spheres in diverse contexts.
Potential Implications
The potential scientific gains from this research connect to wide-reaching implications.
- Shedding light on what drives older generations’ legacy-making practices will allow a better understanding of the dynamics of inequality.
- Understanding the interconnectedness of environmental and material legacies will elucidate choices such as deciding against having children and their ramifications on inheritance practices.
- Illuminating how environmental legacies are shaped through generational interaction will better equip us to formulate effective agendas for combating environmental degradation.
Conclusion
The LEGACIES project will yield concepts and theory essential for explicating how strategies and practices at the micro level reflect and shape the greatest challenges that humans and the natural environment face.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 2.498.766 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 2.498.766 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-9-2023 |
| Einddatum | 31-8-2028 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2023 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- HELSINGIN YLIOPISTOpenvoerder
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