Meet the DEAL Community

Scotland, United Kingdom

Hello there 👋 I'm the Digital Platform Lead here at DEAL, which means I lead the design, development and management of this website, the DEAL Community Platform.   My professional background is in game development as a programmer. I'm interested in using play to help people explore important and complex topics.   I'm also a freelance writer covering the games industry, technology and climate change I've been involved in the fossil fuel divestment movement as a campaigner, combining the need for climate action with tangible steps towards a more regenerative economic system.   I also helped found the game workers branch of the IWGB - the UK's first trade union dedicated to empowering and improving the rights of workers in the games industry.

Malmö, Skåne, Sweden

Carolina, Puerto Rico

Political science professor at the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras focused on public policy and administration. My interest and approach to Doughnut Economics is from a political and public policy perspective.

Berlin, Germany

Hi! I am an eLearning video editor currently retraining to become a psychotherapist. I was very inspired by Kate Raworth's book, and would love to learn more! :)

Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

I held my first Doughnut Economics talk in January, with support from Oxfordshire Doughnut Economics Collective, in Bampton Library. We are having a follow-on meeting later this week (February 13). In the first meeting we completed the 'Unrolling the Doughnut' activity which generated lots of ideas. The purpose of this next meeting is to see how we can action these ideas and set up our local group. I am excited to be a part of this growing collective and feel the model offers a practical and effective way to monitor what we do, why we do it and what impact we are having.      

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Hi! My research focuses on sufficiency-led practices, in both production and consumption contexts. I am interested in the application of the Doughnut at the organisational level.   

Ukraine

Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland

Oxford, United Kingdom

Ellena is a Graduate Student in the MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Prior to coming to Oxford, Ellena studied finance at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), managing Carleton University’s student investment fund ($2.0M AUM) and spearheading the integration of responsible investing and ESG principles across internal, asset, and portfolio levels. Research framing ESG as a financial sacrifice sparked Ellena’s interest in the nexus between value and values, fuelling her commitment to empowering the financial sector to deliver on the sustainability agenda.    Ellena’s interests include reshaping investment strategies in hard-to-abate sectors and advising on capital deployment to foster sustainable development. Moreover, Ellena is eager to research how impact investing can support the resiliency of Indigenous infrastructure.   Ellena is drawn to the DEAL community because she believes in the urgent need to transform our economic systems to prioritize sustainability and social equity. She is passionate about exploring how financial frameworks can align with the principles of Doughnut Economics.   Armed with a deep understanding of sustainability dynamics and financial acumen, Ellena plans to inform decision-making, redirect capital, and integrate net-zero into investment strategy. Moreover, she is eager to meaningfully support the resiliency of northern Indigenous populations. As a consulting professional advising clients nationwide, Ellena offers practical experience in the financial industry and a unique perspective into Canada’s economy. Her experience engaging Indigenous stakeholders provides valuable insight in addressing socio-economic challenges through strategy. Furthermore, her track record of research in sustainability as it intersects with enterprise offers a research-oriented perspective.    At the crossroads of value and values, Ellena is committed to building a prosperous, equitable, and sustainable future. Joining this community offers an invaluable opportunity to collaborate with like-minded individuals and contribute to innovative solutions that can drive meaningful change in our economic systems, ultimately fostering a more sustainable and equitable future. 

London

I head up Studio Elk, a design agency that helps product brands go beyond superficial sustainability.

Berlin, Germany

Dublin 8, Ireland

Hi everyone, am Sheila, based in Dublin, loving the doughnut theory and like to get involved

Coastal Carolina University, 108 James P. Blanton Circle, Conway, South Carolina 29526, United States

Mexico City, Mexico

Camarillo, California, United States

Thomas Arnett is working to transform industrial-style schooling as a senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute. He started his career as a teacher in Kansas City, where he experienced firsthand the frustration of working within a one-size-fits-all approach to education that neglects students’ widely-varying academic and emotional needs. He then joined the Christensen Institute after seeing how Clayton Christensen’s work offered not only a new vision for K–12 education but a comprehensive theory for bringing that vision mainstream. Over the last decade, Arnett’s work has expanded on Christensen’s insights by identifying the enabling conditions to disrupt conventional education and the circumstances that motivate education stakeholders to choose new models of schooling.

Colombia

izmir, Türkiye

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

30989, Gehrden, Lower Saxony, Germany

Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Los Santos de Maimona, Badajoz, Spain

Paris, France