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Tag: Frédéric Basso

  • Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies | Journal paper
    Dario Krpan | Frédéric Basso | Giorgos Kallis | Jason Hickel

    Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies | Journal paper

  • A call for psychological and behavioural science on degrowth | Nature Article by Dario Krpan et al
    Dallas O’Dell | Dario Krpan | Frédéric Basso | Giorgos Kallis | Jason Hickel

    A call for psychological and behavioural science on degrowth | Nature Article by Dario Krpan et al

About

The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) is a cutting-edge research organisation core-funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and the Laudes Foundation. It 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.

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

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

 

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Does economic growth harm the planet? | @BBCSunday
Does economic growth harm the planet? | @BBCSundayMorningLive debate with @ProfTimJackson, @DazeAghaji and Andy Mayer from the Institute of Economic Affairs @ieauk. 

The segment followed renewed international calls to move #beyondGDP as the primary measure of progress, including recent comments from @AntonioGuterres on the need to value environmental sustainability and human wellbeing alongside economic performance.

During the discussion, Tim highlighted the close correlation between rising GDP and increasing environmental pressures, pointing to escalating carbon emissions and the dramatic decline in global biodiversity since the 1970s. He argued that prosperity is better understood as collective health rather than endless expansion—reminding us that we never measure health using just one indicator, so why measure societal success that way?

▶️ Full clip via http://cusp.ac.uk/media (🔝or follow link in bio).

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"For the trouble with lying and deceiving is that
"For the trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods."—Hannah Arendt, 1969⁠
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#QuoteOfTheDay #HannahArendt #CriticalThinking #Totalitarianism #CrisesOfTheRepublic #ThoughtsOnPoliticsAndRevolution #TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism #TheLifeOfTheMind #BanalityOfEvil #MenInDarkTimes #Wisdom #Reflection #HumanCivilisation #Humanity #HumanRights #Politics #Peace #Futures #GeoPolitics #InternationalRelations


🎙️Corporate Bodies: Podcast series about the stran
🎙️Corporate Bodies: Podcast series about the strange world of #work.⁠
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Episode 5—The Heart | If the organisation is a body made up of real people, then where or who is its heart? What really is the work that needs to be done? How do we bring our whole selves to it? What is the leadership we need to address the challenges we face? ⁠
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Full episode via ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/media or wherever you get your podcasts from (🔝link in bio).⁠
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Kate and Mark went into this conversation with Farzana Khan from @healingjusticeldn thinking that they would be talking about the challenges of bringing your whole self to work as a leader. ⁠
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What happened, though, was a deep and expansive conversation about the real work that needs to be done—and how part of that work is being able to be fully yourself—to be “right sized” and fully human. ⁠
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Farzana shares how her work with #PoliticisedSomatics informs her practice and how Healing Justice London is a time-travelling organisation. ⁠
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She shares some of her practices and together we ponder what it means to be able to thrive in the hardness of the work of systems change. ⁠
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Corporate Bodies is a production by Mark Walton and Kate Swade, edited by @_katierevell. Artwork by @hanorbb. Supported by @CUSP_uk.⁠


📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out.⁠
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💡 In his e

📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out.⁠
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💡 In his editorial, CUSP co-director @ProfTimJackson reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary and the troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry. He argues that questioning growth remains vital in an era of climate crisis, inequality, and political instability.⁠
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🔗 All details → cusp.ac.uk/newsletter (🔝 or link in bio)⁠
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Public debt and the post-growth challenge⁠
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New p

Public debt and the post-growth challenge⁠
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New paper by Andrew Jackson and Tim Jackson examines how slower growth in advanced economies may force a choice between fiscal tightening and rising debt. It shows that more flexible approaches to monetary and fiscal policies can better support debt stability and long-term economic, social and environmental goals.⁠
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📖 Full paper via cusp.ac.uk⁠/publications⁠
🔗 Link in bio⁠
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Cover image: © istock.com/alexsl (modified)⁠
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The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in Conversation with
The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in Conversation with Kate Raworth⁠
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🗓️ Wed 17 Sep, 6pm – 7:30pm⁠
📍 The Conduit, London⁠
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Join renowned economists @ProfTimJackson and #KateRaworth on 17 September 2025 at The Conduit, London, for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not wealth? Together, they’ll explore how an economy built around care—rather than growth—could transform our societies, markets, and future.⁠
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🎟️ Complimentary tickets via → cusp.ac.uk/events ⁠
🔗 link in bio⁠
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#War #CarelessEconomy #Care #Philosophy #SocialPsychology #Postwachstum #PostCroissance #Omgroei #PostCrecimiento #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #SystemChange #BigFood #BigPharma #EcologicalEconomics #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #GrowthDependency ⁠
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"Violence is care’s nemesis. But care is its only
"Violence is care’s nemesis. But care is its only antidote. ⁠
Care is by definition the force that holds us away from the abyss."—Tim Jackson, 2025⁠
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#FoodForThought @ProfTimJackson #TheCareEconomy #CareEconomy #CriticalThinking #HumanCivilisation #Humanity #HumanRights #Politics #Peace #Futures #Capitalism #PostGrowth #LifeAfterCapitalism #Degrowth #War #CarelessEconomy #Care #Philosophy #SocialPsychology #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #WellbeingEconomy ⁠#QuoteOfTheDay⁠


📚 The Care Economy—Live in London⁠
🎤 Tim Jackson i

📚 The Care Economy—Live in London⁠
🎤 Tim Jackson in conversation with Jen Morgan⁠

+++ Please note that this event has been postponed. We are working on a new date and will share updates here shortly.+++

🗓 New date TBC
📍 Waterstones Trafalgar Square, London⁠
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Waterstones Trafalgar Square hosts CUSP’s Tim Jackson in conversation with Jen Morgan from The Health Foundation to mark the global release of The Care Economy—a timely call to rebuild society around care rather than conquest.⁠
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🎟 Tickets via Waterstones → https://www.waterstones.com/events/search/shop/trafalgar-square (🔗 link in bio)⁠
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cc #PostGrowth #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #HumanRights #BeyondGrowth #Degrowth #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #ProsperityAsHealth #EconomyAsCare #WellbeingEconomy #CareEconomy⁠ #Postwachstum #PostCroissance #Omgroei #PostCrecimiento #LifeAfterCapitalism #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #SystemChange #BigFood #BigPharma #HolisticMedicine #EcologicalEconomics #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #GrowthDependency #RethinkingProsperity #PostConsumerism #CarelessEconomy #DoughnutEconomics #SustainableWelfare cc @politybooks @sociologysurrey


📢 Prosperity in a Careless Age | CUSP Newsletter,
📢 Prosperity in a Careless Age | CUSP Newsletter, June 2025⁠
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It’s hard to remember a time when the concept of care was bandied about so freely on the one hand and thrown so carelessly to the wolves on the other. It’s this haunting paradox which sits at the heart of @ProfTimJackson’s new book on The Care Economy and gives an increasing urgency to CUSP's many recent engagements around care. ⁠
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If you want to catch up on some of them, you’ll find links to a variety of events, lectures, podcasts and interviews in this edition of our newsletter. If you’d like to join the conversation yourself, then why not come and meet us at the Trafalgar Square branch of Waterstones at 7pm on 17th June, where Tim will be in conversation with Jen Morgan from The Health Foundation. ⁠
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Also in this edition:⁠
⚫️ Groundbreaking research on social care, ecotherapy, and psychological flow⁠
⚫️ Contributions to marketing for sustainable lifestyles and rural planning futures⁠
⚫️ The #CorporateBodies podcast—exploring the anatomy of corporate power⁠
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From philosophy to policy, we’re tracing the fault lines of a system in need of repair.⁠
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🔗 All details → cusp.ac.uk (🔝 or link in bio)⁠
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Artwork by Banksy. Photo by steve_l / flickr.com (modified) (CC-BY-NC 2.0)


Parliamentary Work

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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. The APPG is chaired by Caroline Lucas MP and Clive Lewis MP, and its membership is drawn from both Houses and all main political parties.

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