Giving future generations a seat at the table

Enabling the green and just transition

Mainstreaming wellbeing and sustainability in policymaking

The resurgence of industrial policy - blog

Giving future generations a seat at the table

Foto von Jordan Whitt auf Unsplash

Enabling the green and just transition

Mainstreaming wellbeing and sustainability in policymaking

The resurgence of industrial policy - blog

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ZOE, the Institute for Future-Fit Economies, is a non-profit and independent think & do tank. We are dedicated to research for a future-fit economy. At the interface of politics, science and civil society, we develop trend-setting impulses for the fundamental questions of economic development.

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»ZOE is thinking and doing the new economics that this century calls for. «

Kate Raworth, Universität Oxford, Mitglied unseres Beirats

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»ZOE is thinking and doing the new economics that this century calls for. «

Kate Raworth, Universität Oxford, Mitglied unseres Beirats

Policymaking Beyond Growth

The scientific debate on sustainability is still controversial about the existence of “growth constraints” or “growth drivers”. While many authors consider the fixation on economic and corporate growth to be a question of mentality, others assume that there is a structural growth constraint. They describe its cause with various explanatory approaches, the plausibility of which is disputed. The goals of the project are to provide a complete and detailed overview of the current state of the debate, to categorize and evaluate the causes, and to discuss ways forward at the level of economic order and policy.

The scientific debate on sustainability is still controversial about the existence of “growth constraints” or “growth drivers”. While many authors consider the fixation on economic and corporate growth to be a question of mentality, others assume that there is a structural growth constraint. They describe its cause with various explanatory approaches, the plausibility of which is disputed. The goals of the project are to provide a complete and detailed overview of the current state of the debate, to categorize and evaluate the causes, and to discuss ways forward at the level of economic order and policy.

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Policymaking Beyond Growth

The scientific debate on sustainability is still controversial about the existence of “growth constraints” or “growth drivers”. While many authors consider the fixation on economic and corporate growth to be a question of mentality, others assume that there is a structural growth constraint. They describe its cause with various explanatory approaches, the plausibility of which is disputed. The goals of the project are to provide a complete and detailed overview of the current state of the debate, to categorize and evaluate the causes, and to discuss ways forward at the level of economic order and policy.

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»Research on socio-ecological transformation often lacks economic perspectives. ZOE fills this important gap.«

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, Mayor of Wuppertal

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»Research on socio-ecological transformation often lacks economic perspectives. ZOE fills this important gap.«

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, Mayor of Wuppertal

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  • More quality of life, less consumption

    How can the German Federal Environment Agency promote sufficiency policy?

  • Securing future-fit jobs in the green transformation

    A policy framework for industrial policy

  • Our vision for a wellbeing economy in the EU: A discussion paper by the EU Wellbeing Economy Coalition

    A discussion paper by EU Wellbeing Economy Coalition for policymakers

  • By Disaster or by Design?

    Lessons from REPowerEU for crisis management policymaking processes