New paper out: Encountering Degrowth
We propose “encounters” as a way to study degrowth as lived practice, seen in territorial dynamics across Greece, Southern Italy, and Indonesia, and what this reveals about political economy, agrarian change, and global capitalism
www.academia.edu/162467926/En...
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we conclude by presenting a theory of change with plural and overlapping approaches. Winning requires orchestration, multiple agents, multiple tactics, timed and combined. We need less competition for primacy and more “how do we reinforce each other and build durable power?”
On internationalism (a point that matters a lot right now): strategies can’t be only national. Offshoring, unequal exchange, and geopolitics mean class struggle is international whether we like it or not.
On professionals (including academics): we agree that the climate movement is dominated by them (myself included) skewing its strategies. We argue that professional knowledge should be politicized and embedded, instead of speaking about workers from the outside or substituting moralism for strategy.
We also push back on the idea that “consumption” is irrelevant. We don't mean it as individual guilt or footprint obsession but as collective, everyday politics. It's vital to push for building new infrastructures and desires that make another way of living feel normal (and worth fighting for).
Because capital’s power is also its ability to divide, the core strategic task becomes: how do you build alliances across these different working-class positions (unions, parties, social movements) without collapsing into either purity politics or “anything goes”.
On “class”, we agree that workers are central. But “working class” can’t mean only a narrow slice of wage labour in strategic industries. It has to include productive + reproductive labour, waged + unwaged, care, peasants, and environmental defenders, across borders.
We agree with Huber on a lot: production matters (and so does consumption), capital is an obstacle, and disruption (including strikes in fossil sectors) can be decisive. But we argue this is best seen as one tool among many.
It’s a friendly-but-firm dialogue with Matt Huber’s “class war” framing and a push for a broader more encompassing strategy.
We have a new piece out in the @degrowthjournal.bsky.social that I think many of you will like. Co-authored with Giacomo D’Alisa:
Towards eco-socialist degrowth: class and political strategy.
www.degrowthjournal.org/publications...
Glad to see La Vanguardia covering our research. The main point holds: when people see the full proposal, support is high. Let’s talk about the program, not the word.
www.lavanguardia.com/dinero/20260...
Me alegra ver nuestra investigacion en La Vanguardia. La idea central se sostiene: cuando se presenta la propuesta completa (objetivos + políticas), el apoyo es alto. El debate debería ser sobre el contenido, no sobre una palabra
www.lavanguardia.com/dinero/20260...
L'economista ecològic i #investigadorICREA @giorgoskallis.bsky.social de l' @icta-uab.bsky.social participa aquest any a l' #AnuariCIDOB2026.
Juntament amb Juan Pablo Arellano ha escrit l’article «Benestar i límits planetaris: el creixement i els obstacles per a l’adaptació al canvi climàtic».📑
🤔Did you know that a new research by ICTA-UAB and the
@lseusablog.bsky.social shows large support for core ideas of #degrowth, but not the label?🪧
By @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @giorgoskallis.bsky.social
Learn more⬇️
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Do people support the core idea of degrowth? A recent paper we published show the majority do.
See our press release here: www.uab.cat/web/newsroom...
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Once people understand what Degrowth is, the majority support it (74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US), regardless of the label. See our new research in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk
🆕Un primer estudio integral muestra un gran apoyo a las ideas clave del #decrecimiento, pero no al término.
Un estudio del ICTA-UAB liderado por @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @giorgoskallis.bsky.social revela apoyo en Reino Unido del 74-84 % y en EUA del 67-73 %.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Assessing public support for degrowth // New study by CUSP fellow @krpd.bsky.social and colleagues finds that—contrary to common political and media claims—the majority of respondents support #degrowth when presented with the full proposal, regardless of the label. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
First comprehensive investigation shows large support for core ideas of degrowth, but not the label.
Conducted by ICTA-UAB researchers @giorgoskallis.bsky.social & @jasonhickel.bsky.social together with the LSE @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Follow @jasonhickel.bsky.social @krpd.bsky.social and Frederic Basso for more insights into their brilliant work.
🔗 Read the open-access article here:
lnkd.in/dDrsdaZY
You can also download the full description of degrowth we provided study participants from our appendix^
When you put proposal + “degrowth” label together, support jumps back up (~65-75%). Once people understand what degrowth actually means, many are on board, despite the label.
But the word “degrowth” alone gets much lower support (~20–30%).
So critics are right that the label is contested, but wrong to claim the public rejects the substance.
Result: when people see the full proposal without any label, ~70–80% in both UK & US support it.
The idea of scaling down harmful production while guaranteeing wellbeing is popular.
We tested what happens when you show people:
- the full degrowth proposal (policies + goals)
- the label “degrowth” on its own
- the proposal + label together.
New paper out in The Lancet Planetary Health on public support for degrowth in the UK & US 🌍📊
By Dario Krpan, Frédéric Basso, Jason Hickel and myself.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy to share a short piece about well-being and planetary boundaries that I co-wrote with @jparellano.bsky.social for the CIDOB International Yearbook 2026.
You can find it here: www.cidob.org/en/publicati...
