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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 2d

🧩 Re-imagining a New Economy that works for people and the planet—If you missed today’s workshop exploring the new report by Ben Kellard et al., there’s another chance to join the discussion tomorrow: 🗓️7 Oct, 5 pm (BST).

🔗 Details and registration → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... cc #WellbeingEconomy

Re-imagining a New Economy | Webinar with Ben Kellard et al, 6/7 Oct 2025

To accompany the new working paper 'Re-imagining a New Economy' by Ben Kellard et al, and to foster further discussion, we are offering an online ...

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 2d

Video: A World That Cares—Building an economy that values care | How the Light Gets In Festival with @timjackson.org.uk and Catherine Liu → cusp.ac.uk/themes/m/tj-... HT @iai.tv

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Video: A World That Cares | How the Light Gets In Festival with Tim Jackson and Catherine Liu

The pursuit of productivity often sidelines the essential work of care—whether for children, the sick, or the elderly. Catherine Liu, Tim Jackson, and David ...

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Jun 8

"A society which builds its civilization on the necessity for violence and on the systematic denigration of care is sowing the seeds of its own destruction."— @timjackson.org.uk #TheCareEconomy

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 9d

New book 📚 // In #TheMeaningOfGrowth, CUSP researcher @maitrereynard.bsky.social investigates the roots of political resistance to environmental science and policy in Western societies, and suggests a new approach to overcoming it.
With a foreword by @timjackson.org.uk →
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The Meaning of Growth—Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric and the Defence of Modernity | Book by Richard Douglas

In this book, Richard Douglas uncovers the cultural roots of resistance to environmental action. Through a close reading of anti-environmentalist rhetoric, ...

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Earth4All @earth4all.life · 13d

Wellbeing feels increasingly out of reach for most people. A new working paper from CUSP featuring contributions from Earth4All collaborators explores why this is, and an alternative economic model that could deliver #wellbeing for all.
Download the paper ⏩ cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...

Re-imagining a new economy that works for all people and the planet | Working Paper

Wellbeing feels out of reach for most people. This paper, written by a range of economists and practitioners in the field of New Economics, explores why thi ...

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 15d

For everyone who hasn't listened to the analysis of Tim Jackson on the limits of capitalism, a recording of his talk last night is now online: www.sg.uu.nl/sprekers/tim...

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 21d

Britain’s food is cheap, but farmers are squeezed & too many people can’t afford a healthy diet. In this @ffc-commission.bsky.social podcast by Will Evans, @timjackson.org.uk and Emily Norton discuss the true cost of cheap food + how to create a fairer, healthier system. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/...

We Need To Talk About... Cheap Food | Podcast with Tim Jackson and Emily Norton, hosted by Will Evans

Britain’s food is cheap, but farmers are squeezed and too many people can’t afford a healthy diet. In this podcast, Will Evans, Emily Norton and Tim Jackson ...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 22d

Two of our Advisory Board members will be in conversation *tonight* about the Care Economy 👇

🕖 19.15 CET
💻 online

"From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit - why a new economics guided by care is so urgently needed."

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 5

Will prosperity ever be measured in health, not wealth?—Join @timjackson.org.uk & @kateraworth.bsky.social at The Conduit to explore an economy organised around care, not growth—and why it’s urgently needed for people & the planet.
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The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth

Join renowned economists Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth at The Conduit for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not w ...

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 23d

We are always told to be more productive and successful. But this takes a toll on our physical and mental health. | https://bit.ly/3VfvQen

Join professor Catherine Liu, economist Tim Jackson, and journalist David Goodhart. to debate how to build hope in a world that doesn't care.

#medsky #polsky

A world that cares

We are constantly told to be more productive, more efficient and more successful. This pursuit of individual perfection, however, is taking its toll on our physical and mental well-being. And whilst w...

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 27d

🔔🚨 “The call for cheap food is a weapon of a dysfunctional system.”

🎧 Hear the full conversation at 👉https://ffcc.co.uk/conversations/we-need-to-talk-about-cheap-food

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 29d

"But what happens to our economy when growth itself is increasingly hard to come by? What happens to our politics when we have no policies for a post-growth world? ... And what happens to our science when such questions are deemed to be outside the remit of inquiry?" - @timjackson.org.uk

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 29d

📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.

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State of the Art | CUSP Newsletter, September 2025

As CUSP turns ten, Tim Jackson highlights the troubling shift in UK research funding away from post-growth inquiry. He argues that questioning growth remains vital in an era of climate crisis, inequal...

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 5

Will prosperity ever be measured in health, not wealth?—Join @timjackson.org.uk & @kateraworth.bsky.social at The Conduit to explore an economy organised around care, not growth—and why it’s urgently needed for people & the planet.
🎟️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/the-c... #postgrowth #degrowth #WellbeingEconomy

The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth

Join renowned economists Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth at The Conduit for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not w ...

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 29d

📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.

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State of the Art | CUSP Newsletter, September 2025

As CUSP turns ten, Tim Jackson highlights the troubling shift in UK research funding away from post-growth inquiry. He argues that questioning growth remains vital in an era of climate crisis, inequal...

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · Sep 8

He will talk to us about his book The Care Economy, which not only explains why wealth and GDP-growth should not be an aim of policy making, but - more positively - why health (broadly understood) and thus care, should be the central purpose.

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · Sep 8

Public professionals and academics interested in #Postgrowth and #degrowth, based in the Netherlands (or nearby):

Tuesday 23 September Tim Jackson, will visit Utrecht. We will hold an expert meeting in the morning. For more information, see visions-for-the-future.sites.uu.nl/events/tim-j...

Tim Jackson on The Care Economy – a meeting for policy advisors, professionals in the public domain, and academics

Utrecht (Universiteitsmuseum), Tuesday 23 September, 10.00-12.00 Care is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. In our hearts it’s honoured as an irre...

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oekom @oekom.de · Aug 29

Wie sähe eine grundlegende Neuausrichtung unseres Wirtschaftssystems aus, die endlich Menschen und ihre Gesundheit über das Streben nach Profit stellt?

🎙Um diese Frage dreht sich der zweite Teil der Doppelfolge des oekom podcasts mit Texten von @timjackson.org.uk.

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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · Sep 2

In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 5

Will prosperity ever be measured in health, not wealth?—Join @timjackson.org.uk & @kateraworth.bsky.social at The Conduit to explore an economy organised around care, not growth—and why it’s urgently needed for people & the planet.
🎟️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/the-c... #postgrowth #degrowth #WellbeingEconomy

The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth

Join renowned economists Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth at The Conduit for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not w ...

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Seán Fearon @seanfearon.bsky.social · Sep 4

Check out the preprint of our new paper, exploring the time use requirements for a life of wellbeing within planetary boundaries.

The bottom line? Lifestyle changes can lower emissions & improve wellbeing, but are insufficient to live well within ecological limits. We need radical system change.

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 4

How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
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Time Use in a Post-Growth World: Towards Sustainable Wellbeing | Paper by Seán Fearon et al

In this paper, Seán Fearon et al. use time use analysis combined with emissions and wellbeing data to model 2050 lifestyles in Finland, France, and the UK, ...

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 4

How will we use our time in a #postgrowth future of sustainable wellbeing?—New study by @seanfearon.bsky.social et al models how lifestyle choices to 2050 could shape wellbeing and emissions in Finland, France & UK. ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/sf...
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Time Use in a Post-Growth World: Towards Sustainable Wellbeing | Paper by Seán Fearon et al

In this paper, Seán Fearon et al. use time use analysis combined with emissions and wellbeing data to model 2050 lifestyles in Finland, France, and the UK, ...

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Ian Christie @ianpchristie.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth cusp.ac.uk/themes/the-c...

The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth

Join renowned economists Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth at The Conduit for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not w ...

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 28

ESRC ‘bar against’ degrowth research branded ‘anti-scientific’.

Research council leader signals shift against funding projects that question benefits of economic growth.

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ESRC ‘bar against’ degrowth research branded ‘anti-scientific’ - Research Professional News

Research council leader signals shift against funding projects that question benefits of economic growth

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Centre for Thriving Places @thrivingplaces.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎧 PODCAST: Is Prosperity Possible Without Growth? In an age of environmental crisis and rising inequality, is our obsession with economic growth doing more harm than good? Tim Jackson of @cusp.ac.uk on why rethinking our values may be the most important decision we face.

Prosperity Possible Without Growth? | Intelligence Squared podcast with Tim Jackson

In his latest book The Care Economy, Jackson issues the powerful warning: our fixation on growth has come at the cost of the most vital parts of our lives—c ...

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Aug 27

“You call Stokies the Potters. We have got no potteries. We’ve lost our identity. Who are we?” – Sandra, Stoke-on-Trent

Kate Burningham and Susan Venn @cusp.ac.uk on nostalgia and the difficulty of imagining a positive future in post-industrial cities.

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Kate Burningham and Susan Venn
Imagining the good life in Stoke-on-Trent: Connecting memories, nostalgia and utopia
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251359480
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Gaya Herrington @gayaherrington.bsky.social · Aug 19

The podcast about Herman Daly will be out soon now! I'm so honored to have been included by @c40cities.bsky.social in this series along with @timjackson.org.uk and @kateraworth.bsky.social. Daly's legacy is the mycelium feeding our work and that of so many others. Link to the teaser: lnk.to/HDteaser

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TEASER - Going Steady: Happy Birthday, Herman Daly

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