On 14 September 2026, a seminar on “Sustainability Beyond Growth: Redesigning Life, Communities, and Services under Constraints” is organised by Professor Kunio Shirahada, featuring a panel of experts in the field.
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In our ongoing seminar series, Professor Alejandro Agafonow's presented his research showing how governance structures, particularly those that function as fiduciary buffers, can protect social and ecological goals from the pressures of profit maximisation and can be a key part of transitioning businesses to a postgrowth society.
In a recent talk, ecological economist Jennifer Hinton presented key ideas from her forthcoming book “Game Changer: An economy beyond profit”.
Professor Oksana Mont has been awarded a six-month fellowship from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) to conduct research at Tokyo College, University of Tokyo. The project, titled Thriving without growth: Japanese pathways for sustainable business, examines how companies and institutions operate in a context of prolonged low or no economic growth.
The PGB team met with Professor Julia Steinberger to discuss her work with the REAL project.
As part of the Post-Growth Business seminar series, we welcomed Mario Pansera in December 2025. During his talk, Mario challenged one of the most persistent assumptions in sustainability debates: that innovation, if only properly accelerated, will solve our ecological and social crises.
From September to November 2025, the PGB research team had the pleasure of welcoming Lotte Levelt, a PhD candidate from Nyenrode Business University, as a visiting researcher at the IIIEE.
On 10 December, the Post-Growth Business project team will present the aims and early activities of the project to Lunds Klimatallians – a regional network that …

