On 14 September, the Post-Growth Business project participated in the Sustainability Beyond Growth Seminar at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) Tokyo Satellite. The seminar brought together researchers and practitioners to explore a shared question: how can societies, organisations and individuals live well when resources are constrained and continuous economic growth can no longer be taken for granted?

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.

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”.

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.