Caring societies

We explore how care can guide just and sustainable futures — across scales, from global to local, and through diverse perspectives. Our projects range from policy papers and academic research to art exhibitions and collaborative initiatives, connecting thought, creativity, and action around care.

Featured Projects & Publications

  • Cover page of a policy brief titled 'A European Green Caring Society Overcoming Fragmentation' published by the Green European Foundation in June 2024, authored by Céline Charveriat and Taube Van Melkebeke.

    Towards a European Green Caring Society Paper

    Policy-relevant paper in collaboration with the Green European Foundation

    This paper examines the interconnection of care systems for climate and environment on the one hand and human care on the other. We identify that, in the EU, these phenomena are currently in a “twin crisis” and identify specific policy recommendations.

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  • Title slide for a webinar series on global aging and climate change focused on Africa, featuring logos of University of York, HelpAge International, Protopic, and Stockholm Environment Institute.

    Climate justice and ageing report

    Collaborative research with HelpAge International and SEI

    In 2023, we worked with HelpAge International on looking at the intersections between climate change and the ageing world. Our collaboration resulted in the production of a report addressing this intersection. We are currently animating consultation workshops in Asia, Latin America and Africa to identify policy-relevant recommendations in time for COP29.

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  • Business meeting in a high-rise office with 13 people seated around a large table, city skyline view, and an SDG poster wall on the right.

    Report on Women CSO Leaders for Systems Change

    Collaborative research funded by FEPS Europe, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and Green European Foundation

    The study was done in collaboration with Joanna Maycock and Angela Philips.  On the back of it, we are currently co-creating a prototype of a female leadership academy to turn collective vision into a reality, together with participants in the study.

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  • Abstract digital artwork with flowing, wavy lines in shades of gold, beige, and dark teal against a black background.

    Forum For Caring Societies

    Consultancy for Hot or Cool Institute, funded by Partners for a New Economy (P4NE)

    We helped to develop the Forum for Caring Societies, its Call for Action, and its strategy, aiming to bridge alliances between NGOs to drive global activism towards caring societies.

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  • Close-up of a hanging art installation made of glass pieces suspended by strings with a blurred background of a vivid earthy-toned art piece.

    NaturArchy Exhibitions

    Collaborative project as part of the JRC SciArt project, European Commission

    NaturArchy explores how providing Nature with a contract that integrates it totally into our society can redefine our anthropocentric relationship with it, through artistic, scientific and legal expressions. Exhibition from 24 May to 29 September 2024 in Brussels.

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  • French text on a beige background about community care in Montpellier, featuring a green leaf held by two pink hands and a circular image of a tree.

    Care at the Heart of the City – For a Sustainable Society: From Care to Montpellier

    Our project, “Le Care au cœur de la ville – Pour une société durable”, developed in collaboration with students from the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier within the seminar Care, prospective stratégique et politiques publiques locales, explored how care-based approaches can shape sustainable urban futures. Through a strategic foresight exercise, the students identified actionable pathways and policy recommendations to embed care principles at the core of local governance and urban planning in Montpellier, contributing to a broader reflection on sustainability, social cohesion, and well-being in cities

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