Giacomo D’Alisa is Maria Zambrano Research Fellow at ICTA-UAB. He is a political ecologist trained in ecological economics, political theory and integrated assessment of socio-ecological metabolism. His research is action-oriented and, through its strong emphasis on community service, contributes to sustainability studies and
impact on society. He employs innovative frameworks to investigate changes in societal metabolic patterns and the consequent environmental injustices they can generate.

His investigation focuses on common goods (natural resources, knowledge, health, etc.) and common bads (waste, pollution, contamination, etc.) dilemmas exploring the growth vs. degrowth diverging societal trajectories in the broader context of sustainability transformations and paradigmatic societal change.