Policy

From the website: "We are looking for a (Senior) Policy Officer for Post-Growth Transformation to drive our policy and advocacy efforts in Brussels to impact EU level policies. You’ll be a key player in pushing boundaries on economic policy discourse, translating academic research from REAL, and

The story of Tucson, Arizona-based, Brad Lancaster and his efforts to transform his own water use from one that drew on city sources to one that is entirely rainfed led to a process that ultimately set Tucson on a new path of water usage. While the technology used by Lancaster has been known for...

Excerpt: "This report adds to the knowledge base by building on prior work about the Gulf’s economic value and going beyond just updating estimates by expanding the scope of what’s being estimated to include non-market as well as market-based values and drawing out implications for decision making...

A systemic consideration of the value of technological solutions labor and productivity shortages, the author challenges the inevitability and efficacy of technological development to fill labor shortages. He makes the case that greater labor mobility could better serve both national and global...

Departing from the roots of modern political and security thinking, author Nayef Al-Rodhan weaves together emerging understandings in human behavior and neurobiology, international relations to present a series analytic frames based on them which he applies to international relations in his Ocean...

Excerpt from the publisher, Princeton University Press "Many blame today’s economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking—and pretty much all conventional thinking about markets, both...

Research based on case studies examining the governance approaches in urban areas to sustainable development challenges. The article presents a framework for examining such challenges as it examines the approaches taken by different European cities.  

Abstract: "Cities have emerged as policy actors...

A useful study that begins to describe some of the positive as well as negative social consequences, disaggregated, in the city of Umea, Sweden in a transition to a circular economy. This study will help to frame the kinds of things that systems designers should be aware of and plan for as they...

Don't read this article for its systemic examination of the climate related changes upon huge swathes of the Earth's population with rising temperatures in which it is too hot to work. Read it for the impressive analysis interlinking climate, social, and potential policy measures that could be taken...

Advisor to decision-makers covering geopolitics, civil-military affairs, multilateral affairs, donor relations and policy, including cyber and technology. Over 19 years of experience studying and working in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Work experience in both the private and non-profit...