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  • From Waste to Empowerment: A Socially Inclusive Circular Economy in Low- & Middle-Income Countries | Journal Paper
    Adeyemi Adelekan | Maria L. Granados

    From Waste to Empowerment: A Socially Inclusive Circular Economy in Low- & Middle-Income Countries | Journal Paper

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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.

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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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The Care Economy: reimagining health and care | Q/
The Care Economy: reimagining health and care | Q/NHS Alliance workshop with @ProfTimJackson and @JenMorgan2050⁠
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🗓️ Online 23 June 2026, 12pm (BST)⁠
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CUSP co-director Tim Jackson joins Jen Morgan from the Q-Community at an NHS Alliance event to explore the value of care, its place in economic thinking, and how a more human‑centred approach to prosperity and health can help reimagine our future.⁠
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🔗 Details via cusp.ac.uk/events (or follow link in bio)⁠
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#TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #EconomyAsCare #WellbeingEconomy #PublicHealth ⁠
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"Any human power can be resisted and changed by hu
"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."—Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014⁠
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Bread and Circuses //.🌍 Latest CUSP Newsletter is
Bread and Circuses //.🌍 Latest CUSP Newsletter is live now. ⁠
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@CUSP_uk co-director @ProfTimJackson reflects on the turmoil of the first half of 2026—aggressive expansionism, rising militarism, and justice systems that punish protest while shielding atrocities—arguing that what's done in the name of growth, law, and defence is the very opposite of prosperity, justice, and security. ⁠
🆕 Plus new research and activities from across the CUSP community.⁠
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➡️ cusp.ac.uk/newsletter (or follow link in bio)⁠
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#TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #Degrowth #Militarism ⁠
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Image: Blinded by the flag. Statue by Banksy, London 2026. ⁠
Photo: kultur.work ⁠


Sufficiency and care: a conversation about organis
Sufficiency and care: a conversation about organising principles for research and action in times of geopolitical crises // ⁠
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What does prosperity really mean? For CUSP co-director @ProfTimJackson, the answer lies not in wealth but in health—and in the principle of care.⁠
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In a recent discussion inspired by his new book #TheCareEconomy (2025) and his keynote at the #SCORAI2026 Europe Conference in Lund, Tim sat down with researchers @hallikikreinin and Jonas Ludwig to explore how care might serve as a fundamental organising principle for #postgrowth societies.⁠
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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 #SharedSecurity.⁠
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Details via ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/publications (or follow link in bio)⁠
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Image: courtesy of Lisa Van Vliet / Unsplash⁠


The cost of data centres—New @FriendsOfTheEarthIre
The cost of data centres—New @FriendsOfTheEarthIreland report by CUSP fellow Seán Fearon models how the growing data centre demand on the Irish electricity grid is pushing up electricity prices for households across the state. ⁠
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Data centre energy demand already accounts for 22% of all electricity consumed in the south of Ireland—unprecedented globally. By 2030, this may rise to 30%—a madness, Fearon argues. Renewable energy is being built to meet data centre demand instead of lowering household bills and dislodging dependency on expensive, dirty, and volatile gas power.⁠
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➡️ More details (including link to ✍️ FoE petition) via → cusp.ac.uk/publications (or follow link in bio). ⁠
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cc #postgrowth #degrowth #energy #energytransition #datacenters HT @beyond_fossils

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Late capitalism's dangerous endgame has a body cou
Late capitalism's dangerous endgame has a body count.
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The mantra of growth is failing us. Not because we haven't tried hard enough. But because it's built on broken promises.⁠
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In his blog for @instituteofartandideas, CUSP co-director @ProfTimJackson points to another economics: one that views prosperity as health + economy as care.
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⭕️ For full article see link in bio.⁠
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#TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth #ProsperityAsHealth #WellbeingEconomy #Degrowth


Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all f
Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.—Hannah Arendt, 1951⁠
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#QuoteOfTheDay #HannahArendt #CriticalThinking #TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism #Peace


Health systems aren't failing.⁠ They're being aske
Health systems aren't failing.⁠
They're being asked to manage illness generated elsewhere. 🏥⁠
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We built an economy for wealth.⁠
Then asked healthcare to clean up the mess.⁠
Now, that damage lives in our bodies.⁠
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We incentivise companies that profit from disease and privilege treatment over prevention. This "false economy" undermines care—the restorative force that brings us back into balance.⁠
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What if we understood prosperity not as wealth, but as health? ✨⁠
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A new paper by @ProfTimJackson (written for @enlightenscot's #NHS2048 initiative) proposes a simple policy test: Does this intervention move us closer to health—or merely cushion the costs of prosperity understood as wealth?⁠
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⭕️ Read the full paper: cusp.ac.uk/publications (🔗 link in bio)⁠
📄 Read the policy summary: enlighten.scot/nhs-2048⁠
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Reframe prosperity.⁠
Recentre care.⁠
Care isn't a cost.⁠
It's essential infrastructure.⁠
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#TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #EconomyAsCare #WellbeingEconomy #PostGrowth #PublicHealth cc @ffc_commission @wellbeingeconomy @weallscotland @carefull_economy


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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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy  #DoughnutEconomics @uniofsurrey @sociologysurrey @institutesustainability


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. Membership for the APPG is drawn from both Houses and all main political parties.

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