Volunteers & Internships
Volunteers: Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us– it means a lot to us! We have now reached capacity in terms of accepting and integrating new volunteers. If …
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Summary of 2022
As 2022 is coming to an end, we at R&D would like to say thank you. Thanks to all the support we received, and especially that of our initial funder …
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The counterintuitive role of efficiency: implications for the ecological impact of health care
by Colin Sue-Chue-Lam, Elizabeth Shove and Edward Xie Health systems must decarbonise and, in rich nations, degrow their overall ecological impact if they are to operate within ecological limits.¹² This …
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Wellbeing economy PhD studentship
Opportunity to apply for a fully-funded PhD studentship at the University of Barcelona, Spain, funded by the EU Horizon Europe project Towards a sustainable wellbeing economy (ToBe) Topic: Identifying innovative …
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Call for proposals for 2023 Degrowth Conference
Submit your proposals now for the 9th International Degrowth Conference, 29th August to 2nd September 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference is organised by a consortium of organisations and initiatives …
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New office team!
Big news! R&D hired a new office team of five. We are excited to work together in the future, creating more local and global networks, improving our educational programs and …
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First crowdfunding campaign launched
We have just launched our crowdfunding campaign to fund R&D’s first Degrowth Briefs. You can find the campaign on Goteo. R&D envisions Degrowth Briefs as concrete and radical policy proposals …
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Degrowth will benefit the poor
by Jean-Manuel Traimond and Collectif Passerelle Capitalism creates winners and losers. Nothing new there. But the winning side, amazingly, manages to convince the losers that they, too, someday, somehow, shall …
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Beyond (against?) urban gardens
by Donatella Gasparro Despite the ambitious societal change that degrowth advocates for, degrowth proposals often bring as examples of “degrowth in practice” urban community–led food initiatives, most of which already …
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16th Anniversary
This weekend we celebrated R&D’s 16th anniversary! 16 years ago, in 2006, Research & Degrowth was founded. Since then, R&D has brought scientists, practitioners and activists together, organized events and …
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