Beyond economic growth - the case for researching alternatives

Hamilton Jones, Imogen and Heeckt, Catarina (2025) Beyond economic growth - the case for researching alternatives. British Politics and Policy at LSE (14 Oct 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

As the ESRC, the UK’s leading social science funder, moves to deprioritise research on economic models beyond growth, Imogen Hamilton-Jones and Catarina Heeckt defend the academic legitimacy and societal relevance of post-growth thinking. In a time of ecological crisis and economic inequality, the authors argue that closing off inquiry into alternatives to GDP growth is not just anti-scientific but dangerously regressive.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE Cities
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2025 13:06
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2025 13:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130213

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