People
Principal investigators
All three PIs are sustainability scientists with a central role in the nascent field of post-growth research. Julia Steinberger is an ecological economist with training in physics, an expert on modelling social outcomes and provisioning systems. Jason Hickel is a development studies scholar with training in anthropology and with a series of recent high-profile publications on unequal exchange and policies for post-growth. Giorgos Kallis is a political ecologist, studying processes of socio-environmental transformation – from the Yellow vest or Indignado movements, to solidarity economies in Spain and Greece, and post-growth politics in the European Parliament.
Jason Hickel
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Jason’s research focuses on political economy and international development. His recent work has explored the drivers of poverty and inequality in the world economy, inequalities in material use and emissions, and dynamics of unequal exchange between the global North and global South. He is the author of “The Divide: A Brief Guide To Global Inequality And Its Solutions” and “Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save The World”.
Julia Steinberger
Université de Lausanne
Julia travelled through physics and industrial ecology before landing as an ecological economist. She is interested in exploring the relationship between energy use and social outcomes, how much energy is required for decent living, and how provisioning systems can deliver better outcomes with less energy. Before REAL, she was the recipient of a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for her research project “Living Well Within Limits”. She is a Lead Author for the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report in Working Group 3.
Giorgos Kallis
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Other investigators
A. Katharina Keil
Doctoral researcher
Aljoša Slameršak
Postdoctoral researcher
Angelos Varvarousis
Ramon y Cajal Researcher
Ben Hinder
Doctoral researcher
Brototi Roy
Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellow
Charles Stevenson
Doctoral researcher
Dallas O´Dell
Postdoctoral researcher (starting October 2024)
David Gilbert
Postdoctoral researcher
Diego Andreucci
Postdoctoral researcher
Elena Hofferberth
Postdoctoral researcher
Elke Pirgmaier
Project coordinator and postdoctoral researcher
Feroz Khan
Doctoral researcher
Gauthier Guerin
Associate researcher
Giacomo D’Alisa
Maria Zambrano Research Fellow
Giorgos Kallis
Principal investigator
Jason Hickel
Principal investigator
Joel Millward-Hopkins
Senior reseacher
Judith Pape
Doctoral researcher
Julia Grosinger
Postdoctoral researcher
Julia Steinberger
Principal investigator
Kaan Onder
Postdoctoral researcher
Lea Tamberg
Doctoral researcher
Lorenz Keyßer
Doctoral researcher
Lucia Muñoz-Sueiro
Doctoral researcher
Marula Tsagkari
Postdoctoral researcher
Meghna Goyal
Doctoral researcher
Morena Hanbury Lemos (she/they)
Doctoral researcher
Omer Tayyab
Doctoral researcher
Riwan Driouich
Doctoral researcher
Sarah Bretschko
Doctoral researcher
Sergey Steblev
Doctoral researcher
Suryadeepto Nag
Doctoral researcher
Theodoros Semertzidis
Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher
Vanessa del Pino Pérez
Project Manager
Victor Cannilla
Doctoral researcher
Vivien Fisch-Romito
Postdoctoral researcher
Yannick Oswald
Postdoctoral researcher
Zehra Taşdemir-Yaşın
Postdoctoral researcher