About Research & Degrowth

Research & Degrowth International (R&D) is a nonprofit association based in Barcelona, serving as a global hub of Degrowth for more than 18 years. Our main educational projects include our annual Summer School and two university Master programmes in collaboration with the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. On top of that we participate in conference organising as well as research and advocacy projects around the topic of Degrowth and the social and ecological transition.

Strengthening Degrowth community projects

Throughout the last decade, many people have gathered in Barcelona to participate in the conversation, movement building, and research around Degrowth. During this time, we have witnessed and participated in countless encounters of hundreds of students, activists and citizens who have been learning together in our Masters or Summer School, self-organised workshops and seminars, discussing on conferences, organising in social movements, advancing Degrowth theory and action through collective research and political practices. New inspiring projects have been born out of these encounters, all uniting under the idea of advancing the idea of Degrowth. Many initiatives have reached out to us in recent years, asking for collaborations and funding. R&D wants to support independent and autonomouns grassroots organising and now offers financial support to projects that have been initated by students of the Degrowth masters, the summer school or our wider network, around Barcelona and beyond!

How to apply

We want to do a simple yet fair process for the application. We ask you a few questions to know more about you project and ideas. Please fill in and submit the form until August 31st 2024.

All responses will be evaluated and the funding distributed accordingly. We have a small budget to support multiple projects. Please be realistic and precise in your budget analysis so that we can support as many projects as effectively as possible. Applications will be evaluated on the criteria of sinergies with theory of change, the viability of the project, and (longer-term) effectiveness of funding in multiplying ideas of Degrowth. We are committed to balance genders, geographies, and minorities representation in our budget allocation.

In case you have any further questions feel free to contact us!