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We regularly host events and invite guest speakers from various fields of expertise feeding into the work of CUSP. A list of future and past events can be accessed below. For videos and podcasts, please browse our media archive. Photography from our events can be found on the CUSP Facebook page.

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Future Events

We currently have no events scheduled. Please check back soon for news of future events.

Future Events

We currently have no events scheduled. Please check back soon for news of future events.

Past Events

Online, 12 May 2022

Twenty years of sustainable investment—Rising through ridicule and resistance to relevance | Seminar with Peter Michaelis, Online 12 May 2022

Online, 9 May 2022

What is ecological economics: A brief history and why we need it now more than ever | Seminar with Prof Robert Costanza, Online 9 May 2022

Online, 27 April 2022

Mum, Will the Planet Die Before I Do? | Podcast launch event with Katy Glassborow and Babita Sharma, 27 Apr 2022

Online, 1 Feb 2022

The role and need for existential learning in the entrepreneurship learning process | Seminar with Helle Neergaard and Sarah Robinson, 1 Feb 2022

Online, 29 Nov 2021

Innovations in Politics and Planning for Sustainable, Transformative Action | Online workshop at #ESRCfestival, 29 Nov 2021

Online, 24 Oct 2021

Languages of land as night draws in | Film Screening and discussion at #ESRCFestival, 24 Nov 2021

Online, 24 Nov 2021

Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full World | Book Launch at #ESRCFestival with P Victor, H Daly, K Trebeck, E Perkins and T Jackson, 24 Nov 2021

Caithness, 11 Nov 2021

Languages of land as night draws | Audio-visual performance installation at #ESRCFestival, Caithness 11 Nov 2021

Online, 5 Nov 2021

Values, resources and sustainable consumption—an institutional economics framework | Seminar with Peter Bradley, 5 Nov 2021

Online, 9 Nov 2021

Young People’s Lives in NZ and ZA | Film Screening at #ESRCFestival, 9 Nov 2021

Glasgow, 11 Nov 2021

Floating Worlds | Film screening and book publication | Glasgow 11 Nov 2021

Online, 1 Nov 2021

Young People and Climate Action | Practice workshop at #ESRCfestival, 1 Nov 2021

Online, 18 Oct 2021

Wie wollen wir leben? Wege aus dem Wachstumswahn | Book launch with Tim Jackson and Barbara Unmüßig, 18 Oct 2021

Guildford, 6 Oct 2021

Life After Capitalism: Tim Jackson in conversation with Molly Scott Cato | Guildford Book Festival, 6 Oct 2021

Guildford, 25 Sept 2021

Guildford Takes The Jump | CUSP co-hosting event at #GreatBigGreenWeek, Guildford 25 Sept 2021

United Kingdom, Autumn 2021

Season for Change | UK-wide cultural programme inspiring urgent and inclusive action on climate change, Autumn 2021

Milan, 8-10 Sept 2021

Sustainability and social innovation in a time of climate and biodiversity emergency | CUSP stream at #ISIRC2021 conference, 8-10 Sept 2021

Online, 10-11 Aug 2021

Grant funding and Grant writing for social enterprises: Do’s and Don’ts | Workshop, Africa Edition, 10-11 Aug 2021

Online, 1 Aug 2021

Why does the impact investing market not fully work? | #AOM2021 Symposium with CUSP, 1 Aug 2021

Christchurch, 22 July 2021

Children, Youth and Sustainability—Film launch and study findings | Christchurch NZ, 22 Jul, 5.30pm (NZST)

Online, 30 June 2021

Aspiring Angel Investors—Supporting women tackling Climate Change | Pitch Workshop, 30 June 2021

Online, 13 July 2021

Tackling growth dependency in the welfare system—The case of adult social care | APPG meeting, 13 July 2021

Online, 7 July 2021

Thinking our way through crisis | Participatory roundtable session at #Degrowth2021 conference, Online, 7 July 2021

Online, 6 July 2021

Empirical Insights about Sustainable Welfare and Eco-social Policies | CUSP session at #Degrowth2021 conference, Online, 6 July 2021

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About

The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) is a cutting-edge research organisation that takes the form of a rich international network, drawing together expert partners from academic and non-academic institutions as co-producers of the work programme. The overall research question is: What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental, social and economic limits?—We work with people, policy and business to address this question, developing pragmatic steps towards a shared and lasting prosperity.

Contact

Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH

Email: info@cusp.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1483 684316

Newsletter

A list of past newsletters can be found on the publications page. For future editions, please subscribe via Sender.net.

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A recent groundbreaking report from Ernst & Young’

A recent groundbreaking report from Ernst & Young’s New Economy Unit (NEU), with contributions from CUSP co-director @ProfTimJackson, shines a harsh light on the #extractivism that characterises modern #capitalism and highlights the changes needed for corporate sustainability to move beyond incremental improvements towards a more equitable, resilient and regenerative economic system.⁠
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🔗 Full report via cusp.ac.uk/publications (🔝 or follow link in bio)⁠
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#PostGrowth #Degrowth #TheCareEconomy cc @wellbeingeconomyalliance @sociologysurrey @institutesustainability

䷉ Making healthcare and pensions growth-resilient⁠

䷉ Making healthcare and pensions growth-resilient⁠
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A new MAPS/CUSP report looks at whether European healthcare and pension systems can remain sustainable if economies stop growing or begin to shrink. More broadly, it examines how these systems can be made resilient and capable of supporting wellbeing in a #postgrowth economy.⁠
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It examines healthcare and pension systems in the UK, Italy, Finland and the Netherlands, combining country case studies with economic modelling of the UK.⁠
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Christine Corlet Walker and Dario Leoni show that wellbeing and environmental sustainability do not necessarily require endless economic growth. Achieving this, however, will require significant changes to how welfare systems are designed and funded, so that they can support people’s wellbeing without relying on continued economic expansion.⁠
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🔗 Full paper via cusp.ac.uk/publications (or follow link in bio)⁠
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cc #WellbeingEconomy #GrowthDependency #BeyondGDP #WelfareWithoutGrowth #HorizonEurope⁠
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Artwork by kultur.work—built with imagery from Unsplash (licensed with Canva).⁠
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🎧 For decades, economic success has largely been m

🎧 For decades, economic success has largely been measured by growth and short-term returns. But what happens when those measures fail to account for the depletion of the natural systems businesses depend upon?⁠
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This question sits at the heart of the latest #SustainabilityMatters podcast episode. Host Nadia Woodhouse from the EY New Economy Unit speaks with renowned economist and author @ProfTimJackson and Kiara Konti of @eygreece about the risks of an extractivist economy, why "doing less harm" is no longer enough, and what organisations can do to create long-term value while strengthening resilience. ⁠
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🔗 Listen to the full episode on the usual podcast platforms (🔝 or follow link in bio)⁠
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#Extractivism #PostGrowth #TheCareEconomy #WellbeingEconomy #Degrowth HT @ey_global ⁠cc @ffc_commission ⁠

"We’ve got to be as clear-headed about human being

"We’ve got to be as clear-headed about human beings as possible, because we are still each other’s only hope."⁠
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—James Baldwin, 1971⁠
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#QuoteOfTheDay #ARapOnRace #James Baldwin #MargaretMead cc #TheCareEconomy

Time Use in a #PostGrowth World—New peer-reviewed

Time Use in a #PostGrowth World—New peer-reviewed study by Seán Fearon et al, modelling ambitious sufficiency-based lifestyle scenarios for Finland, France, and the UK to 2050.⁠
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The research, now published in #EcologicalEconomics, shows that while changes in how we spend our time can improve wellbeing and reduce emissions, further radical transformations in provisioning systems are still needed to stay within planetary boundaries. Without them, even positive social shifts in time use may have unintended negative environmental effects.⁠
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🔗 Full paper via cusp.ac.uk/publications (or follow link in bio)⁠
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#Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #PlanetaryBoundaries cc @icta.stories @sociologysurrey @institutesustainability⁠
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Image: ©kultur.work (designed with i.a. Adobe Firefly)⁠

Community-rooted social enterprises are transformi

Community-rooted social enterprises are transforming local food systems by combining trading with social impact and reaching underserved communities. They should be recognised as essential food-system partners.—New policy briefing from the SEFS project. ⁠
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🔗 cusp.ac.uk/publications (🔝 follow link in bio)⁠
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#Groundswell2026 #TUKFS #FoodSystem #CommunityFood #SocialEnterprise #SocEnt ⁠cc @institutesustainability @ffc_commission @sociologysurrey @socialenterpriseuk @sharedassets
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Image © istock.com / nadia_bormotova (modified)⁠

"Hard times are coming… We’ll need writers who c

"Hard times are coming... We’ll need writers who can remember freedom—poets, visionaries—realists of a larger reality... We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable—but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."⁠
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— Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014⁠
#QuoteOfTheDay #ArtAndResistance

What Adam Smith’s #TheWealthOfNations can teach us

What Adam Smith’s #TheWealthOfNations can teach us about today’s failed energy transitions | Blog⁠
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Despite three decades of COP climate talks and a boom in renewables, global emissions continue to rise. In this blog, CUSP researcher Simon Mair shows how Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations can help explain why renewable energy has grown without pushing fossil fuels out.⁠
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🔗 cusp.ac.uk/blog (link in bio)⁠
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cc #postgrowth #degrowth #energytransition #fossilfuels⁠
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mage: Adam Smith statue, Edinburgh. Photo: courtesy of Ziyao Xiong / Unsplash

Post-growth and the North-South divide: A stock-fl

Post-growth and the North-South divide: A stock-flow consistent scenario analysis | Journal paper ⁠
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An unregulated post-growth transition in the North can cause crises in the South: debt, inflation, unemployment. That’s the finding of a new paper by Dario Leoni, Andrew Jackson and @ProfTimJackson. Their scenario analysis from the PADME model reveals that financial transfers and global cooperation are essential to make it work internationally—ecological space isn’t enough.⁠
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🔗 cusp.ac.uk/publications (link in bio)⁠
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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #InternationalJustice #GlobalEconomy #DegrowthTransition⁠
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Image: courtesy of Frozenbunn / canva.com

Parliamentary Work

CUSP is acting as the secretariat for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Limits to Growth. The APPG provides a platform for cross-party dialogue and collaboration on shared and lasting prosperity in a world of environmental, social and economic limits. It aims to contribute to a growing international debate on redefining prosperity and developing new measures of progress. Membership for the APPG is drawn from both Houses and all main political parties.

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