Sustainable prosperity

Building caring societies requires a fundamental shift in the way the economy currently works

Featured Projects & Publications

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    The Care Economy in Beyond GDP Paradigms

    Developed as part of a collaboration within the Global Alliance for Care and co-written by Clare Coffey (Senior Associate, Pro(to)topia) and Valérie Bichelmeier (Vice-President, Make Mothers Matter), the paper explores how integrating the care economy into Beyond GDP frameworks can advance well-being and sustainable prosperity. It highlights policy pathways and measurement innovations that place care at the center of economic and social systems, contributing to international efforts to redefine progress beyond traditional growth metrics.

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    GDP+3 report

    Independent research funded by European Commission (DG RTD)

    Our report, developed together with SDSN and the Hot or Cool Institute, and under the expert advice of Sandrine Dixson Decleve, Enrico Giovaninni and Peter Browning, identified three actionable GDP+3 sets of indicators covering social, environmental, and institutional dimensions to complement GDP and to motivate policymakers to adopt policies furthering sustainable prosperity. The results were presented to several DGs in Brussels as well as other policy-makers.

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    Degrowth Journal article

    Our co-founder Eloïse Bodin and artist associate Mathilde Schoenauer Sebag just published an essay in the Degrowth Journal (Vol. 3, 2025, Special Issue: Arts).

    Their piece dives into how speculative fiction and sound art can be powerful tools to challenge extractivist and neocolonial logics — and to spark new political and economic imaginaries.

    Building on their theater and radiophonic project, The Dynamic Ministry of Insubordination, they show how art can question the growth paradigm and open pathways toward hopeful, post-capitalist fossil fuel free futures.

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  • Beyond Growth: Rethinking International Trade and Sustainable Prosperity

    Authored by Céline Charveriat, this article was published on TESS – Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs.

    It explores the “beyond growth” agenda and its implications for international trade, sustainability, and the SDGs. The piece highlights the limits of GDP-focused growth models, which often fail to improve well-being and continue to drive environmental pressures, and discusses emerging frameworks and debates for integrating environmental sustainability, equity, and system resilience into economic and trade policies.

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