Media

A Blueprint for a Social and Green Deal [new policy brief]

OPINION PIECE

Policy Orientations for a Consistent
Social-Ecological Future for the EU

ÉLOI LAURENT, JULIA STEINBERGER, YAMINA SAHEB AND FRANÇOIS DENUIT

APRIL 2024

Green deal, Just Transition

The Relentless Growth of Degrowth Economics

NEWS

Europe’s push to abandon capitalism is motivated by optimism about politics—and pessimism about everything else.

DECEMBER 2023

Article in Foreign Policy

Decrecimiento, la apuesta por reducir el consumo que triunfa en la UE

NEWS

La reciente crisis del sector eólico, la falta y los precios de ciertas materias primas y el declive de los fósiles disparan el interés por esta teoría. ¿Será inevitable decrecer?

NOVEMBER 2023

Article in La Razón (spanish)

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?

NEWS

Is capitalism the problem? Experts weigh in on ways to address the great carbon divide

JASON HICKEL, JULIA STEINBERGER

NOVEMBER 2023

Article in The Guardian

"On ne peut pas s'adapter, il faut changer !"

VIDEO

Nous abordons aujourd’hui la question de la position des scientifiques dans l’engagement politique.

JULIA STEINBERGER

SEPTEMBER 2023

Talk in LIMIT (french)

VIDEO

Numerous scholars propose post-growth or doughnut economics as a vision for a desirable, just and ecologically restorative future.

JULIA STEINBERGER, JASON HICKEL, GIORGOS KALLIS

AUG 2023

Interview in Circular Metabolism Podcast

The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism

PODCAST

Jason lays out the policies that ecosocialism should provide: universal public services, a public works program, and the job guarantee.

JASON HICKEL

AUGUST 2023

Interview in Real Progressives

‘Isn’t Journalism about Finding New Stories?’: The Climate News the Media Ignores

NEWS

Rachel Donald talks to scientists and activists who are turning to protest because of the gate-keepers in the media who refuse to cover their research

JULIA STEINBERGER

MAY 2023

Article in Byline Times

Best of #BeyondGrowth 2023 - Jason Hickel

VIDEO

The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference is a multi-stakeholder event aiming to discuss and co-create policies for sustainable prosperity in Europe…

JASON HICKEL

MAY 2023

Talk at Beyond Growth conference

VIDEO

Steinberger researches and links resource use to social human welfare, needing the following to be done…

JULIA STEINBERGER

MAY 2023

Talk at Beyond Growth Plenary

VIDEO

This panel aims to propose an integrated social-ecological approach to the design of a European future-fit economy…

GIORGOS KALLIS

MAY 2023

Talk at Beyond Growth Plenary

Living Well Within Limits - lecture

VIDEO

During the public lecture, Julia Steinberger will present her current research project “Living Well within Limits” and discuss questions such as What are the biophysical resources, more specifically energy, required to achieve human well-being?

JULIA STEINBERGER

MAY 2023

Public lecture

Once unthinkable, the prospect of society driven by wellbeing gains traction

NEWS

As Europe embraces clean energy to fight climate change, a leading ecological economist argues for going beyond “green growth”.

GIORGOS KALLIS

MAY 2023

Article in Horizon

Post-growth Europe: 400+ experts call for wellbeing economy

BLOG

…we, the undersigned academics and civil society organisations, see the geopolitical crisis as an opportunity to disengage from the socially and ecologically harmful growth competition…

JASON HICKEL, GIORGOS KALLIS, JULIA STEINBERGER et al.

MAY 2023

Open letter to “move beyond growth”

Degrowth, Malthus, and the Climate Crisis

PODCAST

Professor Kallis joins the show to talk about degrowth economics and why it is critical to achieve the degrowth goals if we want to reduce the negative impacts of the climate crisis.

GIORGOS KALLIS

MARCH 2023

Interview in The Climate Pod

Rethinking limits

PODCAST

Ecological and social limits to growth are often brought up in the context where we need to respect these external boundaries and restrain ourselves accordingly.

GIORGOS KALLIS

MARCH 2023

Interview in Economics for Rebels

"Cultural Surplus and ‘Dépense' " | The Great Simplification

VIDEO

As a system precariously based on growth becomes more unstable, it is important to turn to those who specialize in ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking.

GIORGOS KALLIS

JANUARY 2023

Interview in The Great Simplification

Degrowth awarded an ERC Grant: An interview with Giorgos Kallis

BLOG

In October of this year Giorgos Kallis, Julia Steinberger and Jason Hickel were awarded 9.9 million euros by the European Research Council (ERC) for a project titled Pathways towards post growth deals.

GIORGOS KALLIS

DECEMBER 2022

Interview in degrowth.info

How to Save the Planet: Degrowth vs Green Growth?

VIDEO

As the climate crisis looms ever larger, a critical question has taken the stage: is economic growth incompatible with ecological sustainability?

JASON HICKEL

SEPTEMBER 2022

Panel discussion at Oxford Smith School

«Una libertad sin límites no solo destruye, también es opresiva para quienes la buscan»

NEWS

Ante el reto climático y la gestión de recursos, ¿necesitan las sociedades imponer límites a su propio crecimiento?

GIORGOS KALLIS

JUNE 2022

Interview in Ethic (spanish)

Things that no longer comfort me

BLOG

Make the struggle for life itself the thing that brings you comfort, because that’s all we have now.

JULIA STEINBERGER

JUNE 2022

Blog post in Medium

The kids are not OK

BLOG

Some valuable lessons learned: Listen first, speak second. Don’t just inform and educate … enable and engage. And apply those lessons at next opportunity.

JULIA STEINBERGER

MAY 2022

Blog post in Medium

For an Ecosocialist Degrowth

BLOG

Degrowth and ecosocialism are two of the most important movements—and proposals—on the radical side of the ecological spectrum.

GIORGOS KALLIS

MAY 2022

Article in Monthly Review

Living well within limits

PODCAST

This episode’s guest is Julia Steinberger, and we talk about what it would mean for humankind to live well while respecting the nature’s limited resources.

JULIA STEINBERGER

JUNE 2021

Talk in Economics for Rebels

A guide to degrowth: The movement prioritizing wellbeing in a bid to avoid climate cataclysm

NEWS

As policymakers prioritize an economic rebound, scholars are backing an idea that pushes social and ecological wellbeing over a system that pursues relentless economic growth.

GIORGOS KALLIS, JASON HICKEL, JULIA STEINBERGER

MAY 2021

Article at CNBC

Living Well within Limits - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.25

VIDEO

On this episode we talk about how to live well within limits, on how affluence is the strongest determinants of global impacts, what are some radical approaches to get out from the current mess and what are some strategies the reduce the environmental impact of cities.

JULIA STEINBERGER

APRIL 2021

Talk in Circular Metabolism Podcast

The case for Degrowth

PODCAST

On this episode, we talk with Giorgos Kallis, who is an ecological economist and political ecologist working on environmental justice and limits to growth.

GIORGOS KALLIS

FEBRUARY 2021

Degrowth, political ecology

The case for Degrowth - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.21

VIDEO

On this episode, we talk with Giorgos Kallis, who is an ecological economist and political ecologist working on environmental justice and limits to growth. We discuss about degrowth, political ecology, common sense and cities.

GIORGOS KALLIS

FEBRUARY 2021

Talk in Circular Metabolism Podcast