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Models, Assessment and Policies for Sustainability

Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme, the project aims to strengthen policy proposals that are not only environmentally and socioeconomically meaningful but politically feasible and synergistic in nature.

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For inquiries about the project, please email info@cusp.ac.uk. The main website can be found at: https://mapsresearch.eu

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CUSP researchers at the University of Surrey are part of an international consortium of esteemed research institutions and practice partners to contribute their research and modelling expertise to the MAPS project: Models, Assessment and Policies for Sustainability.

The project’s core mission is to map transformative policy pathways to reconcile desirable social outcomes with sustainability requirements. Employing a participatory and co-creative approach, MAPS explores innovative postgrowth policy options that prioritise the wellbeing of people and planet. Considering a myriad of environmental, social, and economic indicators, the project will develop a state-of-the-art simulation model to assess policy packages and examine the resource requirements for a good life for all.

 

Project Management

Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme, the research network is coordinated by the University of Barcelona. Other partner organisations include University of Pisa, the Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento in Portugal, University of Leeds, Corvinus University of Budapest, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Tampere University, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and the ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies.

Complementing the funding from Laudes Foundation, the EU grant allows CUSP researchers to continue their pioneering work in conceptualising and modelling the macroeconomic outcomes of a postgrowth transition.

Leading the work package at CUSP, Andrew Jackson will advance his investigation into the potential impacts on public debt dynamics and how monetary and fiscal policy might be used to prevent unsustainable increases in the public debt-to-GDP ratio. Mitigating potential effects on inequality will also be part of his inquiry.

The MAPS project is further co-funding research by Christine Corlet Walker, Dario Leoni and Ben Gallant, who will deepen our analysis of growth dependencies in the pension and healthcare systems. By employing macroeconomic modelling, as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis, the team hopes to further develop policy options towards growth independence. With the new funding, Dario will also be able to deepen his work around Post Growth and the North-South Divide.

 

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