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Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries

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Kallis, Giorgos, Hickel, Jason, O’Neill, Daniel W, Jackson, Tim, Victor, Peter A, Raworth, Kate, Schor, Juliet B, Steinberger, Julia K, Ürge-Vorsatz, Diana·2025·The Lancet Planetary Health
DOI 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00310-3
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There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we explore the rapidly advancing field of post-growth research, which has evolved in response to these concerns. The central idea of post-growth is to replace the goal of increasing GDP with the goal of improving human wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Key advances discussed in this Review include: the development of ecological macroeconomic models that test policies for managing without growth; understanding and reducing the growth dependencies that tie social welfare to increasing GDP in the current economy; and characterising the policies and provisioning systems that would allow resource use to be reduced while improving human wellbeing. Despite recent advances in post-growth research, important questions remain, such as the politics of transition, and transformations in the relationship between the Global North and the Global South.

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Authors
Kallis, G., Hickel, J., O’Neill, D. W., Jackson, T., Victor, P. A., Raworth, K., Schor, J. B., Steinberger, J. K., & Ürge-Vorsatz, D.
Affiliations
  • Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
  • University of Leeds (GB)
  • University of Surrey (GB)
  • York University (CA)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Boston College (US)
  • University of Lausanne (CH)
Corresponding author
Kallis, Giorgos
ORCID
Venue
The Lancet Planetary Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2025-01
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
e62-e78
ISSN
2542-5196 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00310-3
OpenAlex
W4406641222
Cited by
261
References
182
Citations by year
2026: 171 · 2025: 90
FWCI
48.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2025-06-01)
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Licence
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  • The Lancet Planetary Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Open Research (Auckland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/T014881/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
Keywords
post-growth, well-being, planetary boundaries, economic growth, ecological macroeconomics, social welfare (welfare economics), resource consumption reduction, provisioning systems, economic transition, North-South relations
MeSH terms
Sustainable Development, Conservation of Natural Resources, Humans, Social Welfare, Economic Development

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