Meet the DEAL Community

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Irene Sotiropoulou is a heterodox economist based at the University of Hull, at the Energy and Environment Institute. She specialises in ecological, feminist, solidarity and non-capitalist economics, heterodox theories and practices about money and finance, non-monetary economics and sharing modes. For analysing everyday and folk culture with reference to grassroots economic knowledge, she has been awarded, along with Dr Ferda Dönmez-Atbaşı (Ankara University), a Newton Mobility Grant by the British Academy. She is a Fellow of the GEM-IWG/GEM-Europe and World Social Science Fellowship programs, and a Fellow of the Monetary Research Center (UNWE) at Sofia. At the Energy and Environment Institute, she works for the THYME project and her research is focusing on the existing bioeconomy in East Yorkshire with a special emphasis on farmers’ markets.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Hello! I'm currently working as Source for the Piʌot Project - the emergent people-powered movement for regenerative transformation. [Towards a more beautiful future] [ Towards a more beautiful future ] I'm also a regenerative business designer, a bookseller selling nature/travel/adventures books that help folk reconnect with themselves and the rest of the natural world, as well as a collaborator with the Leeds Doughnut Coalition. Before finding my wings in 2020 I was the Head of Policy at the York and North Yorkshire LEP where I developed England's first, and only, carbon-negative Local Industrial Strategy, integrated the UN SDG's into our decision making and project appraisal processes and pioneered the implementation of design thinking in the public sector. In my work now I'm investigating the role that we puny humans and our powerful businesses can play in nurturing a more beautiful future via a post-growth economy.

Lautertal, Hessen, Deutschland

I'm 53 years old and after a long hiatus now again active for envirionment and the natural world. What is lying ahead of us is scaring me and therefore I decided to do what I can to help shape a better future.

York, England, United Kingdom

I'm convinced we can use two levers - entrepreneurship and technology - to make agriculture more profitable, productive and sustainable. Farming is complex, and entrepreneurship is complex. Neither is remotely easy! Nonetheless I'm sure there are many ways growing exciting new businesses, can help to move the needle on less damaging farming practices, improving food security and environmental impact as a result. I'm probably the only person who's ever been both a Stanford MBA and a Nuffield Farming Scholar, which gives me a unique combination of perspectives, all accompanied by endless curiosity.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Thanks very much for the Action Lab. I am currently exploring how to integrate the Doughnut and Embedded Economy models within the following areas in Business:  * the Business Case for Programmes and Projects (e.g. UK Green Book)?  * Integrated Management Systems with ISO 9001 related standards?  * Sustainable Community based upon ISO 37101 and relation to the doughnut * the EFQM Model?  * B-Corporation Certifications?  * Systems engineering related areas.  The people working with these models and standards already have an understanding of models and have their own internal audiences within organizations. I'm interested in collaborating with any people also looking at these areas.

Brussels, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Working in international cooperation and development, international relations and cultural cooperation

Barcelona, Catalunya, España

Founder of Postfuturear, an agency based on advanced strategic foresight aiming to help SMEs and public local sector to think, embrace and plan toward better futures than the official

Florence, Toscana, Italy

Futures; Sustainable Economics; Participatory Development

Durham, England, United Kingdom

Hello! muddy boots sky gazer. does stuff with sticks and earth. Maker of common space. Here through curiosity and willingness to coordinate with others on macro-economic strategies. Thinking this will help me focus and articulate.

Brussels, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Tech facilitator and startup enthusiast. I strive for better techoglgy to support the ecological transition.

Berlin, Deutschland

My work is all about Energy Literacy and sense-making. I graduated from a Masters Programme for Media and Arts. As a producer and independent consultant I have been working for 25+ years mostly with creative businesses, international corporations and non-profits on projects focussing on whole systems change. I am trained in organisational development, large group facilitation and cross-cultural communications. My passion is shifting mental maps and assumptions that make up our daily routines and collective practices by utilising state of the art sense-making methods.

Chiang Mai, จังหวัดเชียงใหม่, Thailand

I am a development practitioner. I have lived and worked in Asia-Pacific for 20 years.

London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom

Urban climate adaptation practitioner passionate about systems change for climate justice.

Hofors kommun, Gävleborgs län, Sverige

Transitioner, Eco-villager, interested in economics, commons and sustainability.

York, England, United Kingdom

Hi - I'm Andy. I'm a (retired) researcher in participatory design and ICT for socio-economic development (ICTD). I'm really interested by how we configure and run projects that aim to use ICT to support socio-economic development - whether that's in the UK or in 'The global South'. I think that the outcomes we get often depend on the way we configure projects to begin with. Who gets to make the decisions?

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

I work as a Senior Cities Strategist for Circle Economy, supporting cities on their journey to become thriving places for people and the planet. I am passionate about designing participatory decision making processes, facilitating community visioning, and enabling social transformation on the ground. I have worked closely with DEAL on the development of the City Portrait tool for Amsterdam, Portland and Philadelphia and have co-designed the programme of Thriving Cities together with DEAL and C40.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Creative director, producer, curator, writer, interested in exploring the in between spaces of art and science and culture.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I admire creative thinkers, inclusive practices and thoughtful policy. As an independent consultant, I would like more organisations to implement social impact outcome and realise the value of measuring the intangible. Happy to connect with like-minded peeps via linkedin, etc.

Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Seeker of truth through the lens of Ecology, Economy & Self. Founder of Feel Economics Movement (www.feeleconomics.org). Masters candidate in Political Ecology & Environmental Justice at ICTA-UAB (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona).

Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Here to learn and to change the world! I admire Kate since the very first time I listened to her. My world is marketing and ideas, preferably good ideas. Please feel free to contact me. Best, Rodrigo

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Verónica Dahl is an Argentine/Canadian computer scientist who is recognized as one of the 15 world founders of the field of logic programming. She has contributed over 150 scientific publications in computational linguistics, deductive knowledge bases, computational molecular biology and web based virtual worlds. She has received numerous scientific awards- such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Award for Science and Technology-, and three literary awards. Her greatest ambition is to help bridge the gap between the formal and the humanistic sciences, in the hopes that this will be conducive to an overall more balanced world. She is presently Professor Emeritus in Computing Sciences at Simon Fraser University, and Associate Professor in Cognitive Sciences, also at SFU. Her research is supported by NSERC.

San Francisco, California, United States of America

I'm a Regenerative Entrepreneurs working in multiple startups and projects. I am seeking to bridge and support the intersectionality and well-being of organizational systems, and applying regenerative design, circular economies to create a better world for all of us. I currently work with social startups aligning with the SDG, WEF as a curator for Globally New Mobility Coalition, and co-chairing a Diversity & Inclusivity ethics committee with IEEE on AI/AS. I'm studying for my circular economy MBA at Bradford UNI and have been part of the regenerative movement for a few years.

San Francisco, California, United States of America

I earned an undergrad economics degree and an MBA from UC Berkeley. However, I always felt that the economics that I learned were flawed (e.g. endless growth, ignore the planetary effects, rational man). I am very excited to have discovered Doughnut Economics and the vision of the world that I want to help build.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

I'm a priest in the Episcopal Church whose primary focus is Plainsong Farm, a new ministry started five years ago. I also serve Holy Spirit Episcopal Church on a part-time basis. I attempt to connect the dots of a Christian food movement. It looks like a doughnut to me.