Sam Bliss spends most of his time studying and participating in the production and distribution of food that's not for sale. He has a PhD in natural resources from the University of Vermont, where he does research on food access and teaches ecological economics. He is a member of DegrowUS and Research & Degrowth.
Jin Xue is professor in urban and regional sustainability planning at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (BYREG), Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Xue's research interests are in urban and housing sustainable development, second-home planning, degrowth and urban development and planning, urban futures based on scenario planning, and critical realism.
Professor Julia Steinberger researches Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. After a PhD in experimental physics, Professor Steinberger moved to the interdisciplinary areas of industrial ecology and ecological economics, first as a postdoc at the universities of Lausanne and Zurich, then in Vienna at the Institute of Social Ecology, and subsequently as
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Federico Savini is Associate Professor in Environmental Planning, Institutions and Politics at the University of Amsterdam. He studies the relation between planning and institution from a degrowth perspective, in order to find pathways to reduce the ecological footprint of urbanization on the planet. His recent publications include ‘postgrowth planning: cities beyond the market economy’ (edited
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Toni Ruuska (D.Sc.) is University Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable economy at the University of Helsinki. He is the co-editor of Sustainability beyond Technology (Oxford University Press, 2021) and the author of Reproduction Revisited: Capitalism, Higher Education and Ecological Crisis (Mayfly Books, 2019). In his research, Ruuska seeks to find avenues for alternative agrarian
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Barbara Muraca is Associate Professor of Philosophy. Her research focuses on Environmental and Social Philosophy, Process Philosophy, and Political Ecology. Prior to working at University of Oregon she was Assistant Professor of Environmental and Social Philosophy at Oregon State University and Senior Researcher (Post-Doc) at the Center for Advanced Studies 'Post-growth Societies' at the Institute
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Max Koch is a Professor of Social Policy and Sustainability at Lund University. The ongoing theme of his research has been the ways in which capitalist restructuring impacts the environment, welfare, wellbeing and the social structure. His recent publications have addressed issues of ecological sustainability, particularly climate change, sustainable welfare and degrowth/postgrowth. He also carries
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Elena Hofferberth is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lausanne. In the SNIS-funded project “CliMacro: Alternative Macro-Financial Frameworks for Climate-Just and Post-Growth Futures” she explores the macro-financial and political economy conditions for a post-growth economy. She is also part of the ERC Synergy research-action project “REAL: A Post-Growth Deal”. Elena holds a PhD in
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Wendy Harcourt is Professor of Gender, Diversity and Sustainable Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague since October 2017. She joined ISS in November 2011 after 23 years as editor and director of programmes at the Society for International Development in Rome, Italy. She has published
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Corinna Dengler works as an Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) at the Institute for Multilevel Governance and Development (MLGD). Her research focuses on heterodox economics and in particular at the intersection of feminist economics and ecological economics. Prior to this position, she was employed as a research assistant at the department for economics and ethics at
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