DC8 — Wellbeing without growth
| Project title | Wellbeing without growth - Lessons learned during the pandemic (DC8) |
| Supervisors | Giacomo D’Alisa (UAB), Giorgos Kallis (UAB), Simone D’Alessandro (UNIPI) |
| Work package | WP5 — Development, sustainable development and the socioecological transitions |
| Objectives | The objective is to understand the social and economic factors and structures that allow the decoupling of well-being from GDP in periods of stagnant or declining GDP. The project aims to be grounded on empirical evidence based on nations that have faced prolonged or intense periods of economic stagnation and were able to adapt (or not) to the lack/end of growth. The focus will be on how national economies managed without growth during the period of lockdowns and, in particular, how they sustained essential sectors. |
| Expected results | The project will produce (i) selected case studies of countries during the pandemic (e.g. Japan, Italy, Spain, Cuba), (ii) a cross-cutting analysis of these case studies and (iii) a typology of different experiences/routes to post-growth. |
| Planned mobility / secondment(s) | Duration of the PhD: 36 months (M6-M42) Main institution: UAB Visiting and secondment(s): UNIPI (M10 to M16 and M28-M30) and AFD (M18 to M22) |
| Degree awarding institution | UAB |
