Sufficiency and care: a conversation about organising principles for sustainability research and action in times of geopolitical crises

Tim Jackson, Halliki Kreinin and Jonas Ludwig
Consumption and Society | May 2026

What does prosperity really mean? For CUSP co-director Prof Tim Jackson, the answer lies not in wealth but in health—and in the principle of care.

In a recent discussion inspired by his new book The Care Economy (2025) and his keynote at the SCORAI Europe Conference in Lund, Sweden, Tim sat down with researchers Halliki Kreinin and Jonas Ludwig to explore how care might serve as a fundamental organising principle for postgrowth societies.

The conversation was wide-ranging: from the meaning of prosperity to the legacy of feminist economics, from sufficiency to the challenge of political change, and from militarisation to the possibility of shared security.

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