Emeritus doesn’t translate to retired for ecological economist

Retirement is not slowing growth for Professor Emeritus Peter Victor; in fact, the ecological economist who is best known for his influential book Managing Without Growth, is busier than ever with a new book on economist Herman Daly and an active research agenda. By Elaine Smith Peter Victor may have stepped down from his academic responsibilities at York

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Book launch celebrates the life and work of Herman Daly

A highly anticipated book by York University Professor Emeritus Peter Victor titled Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full World: His Life and Ideas is the first biography of Herman Daly that imparts important considerations on his extraordinary life and contributions to the field of ecological economics. Peter Victor The book will launch with a virtual celebration on Nov. 24 from 6:30

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Indigenous Economics Assembly

Principal Investigator: Peter Victor. Funding: SSHRC Connection Grant. Term: 2021-2022. The project supports the first collaborative Indigenous Economics Conference held in partnership by the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE) and Indigenous Climate Action (ICA). The Assembly that took place virtually from June 10-12, 2021 brought together scholars, students, business leaders, organizers, policy-makers and community

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Transition to a sustainable prosperity

What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental, social and economic limits? This is the overall question that the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) led by Professor Tim Jackson from the University of Surrey and participated in by York  University’s Peter Victor and a network of experts is addressing to develop pragmatic steps towards a shared

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Developing the Ecological Footprint Research Initiative

Co-Principal Investigators: Martin Bunch and Peter Victor. Funding: SSHRC Insight Development Grant/SSHRC Partnership Grant. Term: 2020-. The Ecological Footprint Initiative is a partnership between the Global Footprint Network and York researchers who are working to enhance the accounting methodology and improve data on which the concept of ecological footprint is based. The goal is for

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Is a Four-Day Work Week the Secret to Saving the Planet?

Degrowth never did catch on in the twentieth century. Rather, the prevailing ideas were “sustainable development” and, later, “green growth.” The main premise behind these two ideas is that economic growth can continue indefinitely while, at the same time, we can protect the natural world by reducing carbon emissions through environmentally friendly technologies. Green growth

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Economics for the Anthropocene (E4A)

Co-Investigators: Patricia Perkins and Peter Victor. Funding: SSHRC. Term: 2014-2021. Human beings have had such a powerful impact on planetary environmental systems since the Industrial Revolution that scientists say Earth has entered a new geologic age: the Anthropocene, the era of humanity and its effects on Earth. York and University of Vermont are collaborating on

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