Milena Büchs 🌎🌻🐌

New open-access Brief Report: how teaching ecological economics can help students rethink economics & "the economy". Based on reflections from our new MSc module at @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Link in comments. With @mmbuchs.bsky.social, @divanova.bsky.social, @jounipaavola.bsky.social et al.

This petition for councils to "buy the supply" to offer more affordable housing makes a lot of sense to me, here you can sign too: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Are welfare states dependent on economic growth and if so why? Which policies could address growth dependencies? You can find out more in our latest paper in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social: shorturl.at/tyHm4, co-authored with Tuuli Hirvilammi, Tom Webb & Dario Leoni with funding from the MAPS project.

A little late, but I'm delighted to share the final publication from my PhD research is now out, with @mmbuchs.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Many congratulations DR @nicklangridge.bsky.social!! It was such a pleasure to work with you :-)

An important campaign by the Greens/EFA to make train travel in Europe easier - one continent, one ticket act.greens-efa.eu/ticket/ - worth signing :-)

First past the post electoral rule is designed for a two party system. When the party landscape becomes more diverse it creates devastating results like this which do not reflect the actual majorities on the ground...

Our new paper "Financing ‘sustainable welfare’: a critical review of the options" has now been published in New Political Economy. In it, @nicklangridge.bsky.social and I assess financing options for welfare without growth and discuss wider policy implications. It's open access: tinyurl.com/y6z374x6

Looking forward to discussing these questions with you next week!

Wow, historic & makes my day. "Labour can't out-reform Reform" - if this isn't a lesson Labour will learn from then I don't know what is ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📢 New publication on "Defining growth dependence" in Sustainability Science! 👉 Framework for defining growth dependence 👉 Application to labor markets, social insurance and public finance 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #postgrowth #greentransition #degrowth #sustainability #justtransition

📢Our new paper is out: "Doughnut economics, degrowth and decoloniality. New directions for the Doughnut Portrait method" shorturl.at/KHI6y led by #PaulChatterton & with #JoelMillward-Hopkins, #catrionarawsthorne & #AnishaSolanki

Quick reminder of our PhD position at Leeds Uni on justice and UK climate policies, application deadline 6 March 2026

Our review of the #justtransitions, #sustainablewelfare & #eco-socialpolicy literatures is now out, comparing views on growth & capitalism, work & welfare and global justice. wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... with @maxkoch.bsky.social @veratrappmann.bsky.social & Gina Moran

Nice to start the week with publication of a co-authored review on #Justice Issues in #Climate Policy led by @mmbuchs.bsky.social. What are the sustainable #welfare and #JustTransitions literatures saying, e.g., on capitalism and growth? Check it out: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Very pleased to see that the Museum for Futures in Berlin has a whole section on Doughnut Economics!!! @kateraworth.bsky.social 🍩😀💕 #futurium

PhD position @ Uni Leeds on justice & UK climate policies shorturl.at/WNqiV supervised by myself and Dr @anneowen.bsky.social - pl consider applying / forwarding to potential candidates 🙏 Please note: only UK fees applicants will be eligible. Application deadline: 6 March 2026

New Cronos3 survey shows that a majority of participants in all 11 countries agree that environmental protection is more important than economic growth and creating jobs! infra4nextgen.com/make-it-gree...

How can we move the #EU beyond its fixation on destructive GDP growth as the answer to #poverty? Join me @baseickhout.bsky.social @marietouss1.bsky.social @mmbuchs.bsky.social @drmariannaleite.bsky.social @chloemiko.bsky.social & others in Brussels/online www.beyond-growth-2023.eu/about-the-co...

Looking forward to discussing the immensely good and important report by UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier de Schutter on "Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth" docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/56/61 at this event 🙂

Looking forward to this!

Meanwhile

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Claus Offe ist verstorben. In Erinnerung bleibt mir u.a. seine Begabung, den Kern komplexer Theorien und dicker Bücher in wenigen, leicht verständlichen Sätzen zusammenzufassen, seine die Welt erschließenden Vierfelder-Schemata und sein Gespür für die Paradoxien moderner Gesellschaften.

I'm deeply saddened by the news that Claus Offe has passed away. He had a profound influence on me as my PhD supervisor and I kept learning from him over the years. Thank you for everything and rest in peace!

Here is our new piece in Lancet Planetary Health on the #WellbeingEconomy and public health, thanks to @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social for leading this :-)

It has arrived! First ideas for this project were already exchanged with @brisunipress.bsky.social at ESPAnet 2019 - but now it has become real! As hardcopy, but (thanks to generous funding by @uni-hamburg.de) also open access: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-eco-soci...

There is now a petition against the UK gov's crazy airport expansion plans in case you'd like to sign too :-) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

I delivered the last @jcms-eu.bsky.social annual lecture, a arguing that #Europe needs to enter the #postgrowth era to come to grips with the #social-ecological crisis and its colonial legacy. I also outline a #sustainable #welfare deal for the EU #degrowth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Exciting fiction + climate change project by my former colleague @dabaden.bsky.social! Maybe of interest @aknighton.bsky.social?

Last few days to apply for this amazing job working with me and the rest of the team

I've written a letter to my MP expressing concern about airport expansion plans and the 'growth first' agenda. If you are in the UK and share these concerns feel free to personalise / amend and send to your MP too 🙂 shorturl.at/o08pG

University of Leeds has won 3 ESRC funded collaborative studentships. Working with Leeds Food Partnership, Leeds City Council & New Economics Foundation, this supports our strong commitment to collaborative research with partners in private, public, or 3rd sectors. Deadline: 14/3/25 bit.ly/3Q7Mytt

Funded PhD position on socio-ecological potential of Universal Basic Services at the University of Leeds, please apply / forward to interested candidates 🙏

Highly topical piece on the need to undermine power of elite actors who obstruct much needed social-ecological transformation by @rbaernthaler.bsky.social & Andreas Novy

Supporting a 3rd runway at Heathrow and pitting climate change mitigation against growth really is looking backwards Rachel Reeves! A good moment to post the petition for restricting air traffic from Stay Grounded again chng.it/CnPyY7kST7

Just signed this Stay Grounded petition for a frequent flyer levy and other measure to reduce air traffic chng.it/CnPyY7kST7

Apparently a new "one-click" system for booking European train journeys is in the pipeline, that'd indeed be step forward! www.transportenvironment.org/articles/com...