We need to build welfare systems that are compatible with sustainable economics, improve people’s well-being, and respect planetary boundaries. What does that entail? Follow our experts as they debate this and put forward concrete ideas for the emergence of eco-social policies and sustainable welfare systems.
This workstream is curated by the Lab’s expert Milena Buchs, Professor of Sustainable Welfare, University of Leeds.
THINK PIECES
Use "more cheer, less fear" for effective climate communication by Danielle Kent of Macquarie University
Eco-social policy – we need to question the premise by Francesco Laruffa of University of Bremen
From talk to walk – what we need to build eco-social welfare by Mary Murphy of Maynooth University
Transition-proofing welfare states – how should the EU go about it? by Sebastiano Sabato of European Social Observatory
Public support for eco-social policies, the Swedish case by Jamil Khan and Kajsa Emilsson of Lund University and Martin Fritz of University of Jena
Protecting the climate without causing energy poverty by Michael Jakob of the Ecologic Institute in Berlin
Workdays for future? How labour market policies can promote a climate-friendly world of employment by Katharina Bohnenberger of University of Duisburg-Essen
Wanted: a low-carbon and fair reset by Eric Brandstedt of Lund University
Welfare systems should be made independent of GDP growth by Max Koch of Lund University
Sustainable welfare: would a mix of universal basic income and universal basic services help? by Milena Buchs of University of Leeds
Greening the basic income by Mark Paul of Rutgers University
PODCASTS
Is the 4-day workweek the solution we've been looking for? with Juliet Schor of Boston College
Stand on the shoulders of giants, take the next leap on climate with Mark Howden of ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
Put carbon dividend at the core of post-COVID reboot with Anders Fremstad of Colorado State University
CHANNEL
All podcasts are available on THE POLICY NERD podcast channel.
