Meet the DEAL Community

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Managing Director at ZOE-Institute for future-fit economies. Engaged with translating the Doughnut into EU Policy. Previous engagements with rethinking economics Germany. Member of the Think Tank 30 of the Club of Rome Germany and the scientific working group on sustainable money.

I'm an Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low Carbon Transitions at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds. My work focuses on sustainable welfare, which is closely related to ideas of 'doughnut economics'. In May we published '10 Principles for Building Back Better' post Covid-19 with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance which was also strongly inspired by the 'doughnut' https://wellbeingeconomy.org/ten-principles-for-building-back-better-to-create-wellbeing-economies-post-covid

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

Researcher in socio-economics, I investigate local development and sustainability issues. In particular, I studied the role of complementary currencies in fostering local development and social cohesion.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Hi! My name is Ryan Punamiya and I am studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Oberoi International School, Mumbai, India. I love to play the piano and am passionate about math, physics, computer science and economics. 

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

I’m Pauline Westendorp, representing the energy community movement in Amsterdam. (Just like you, in Amsterdam or in your own region?) Today, we turn shared energy goals developed by politicians, big industry, academics and the disruptive ideas from communities into practical solutions. They appeal to anyone who seeks change. Energy collectives aren’t new. We’ve been active since 1980’s. But they are gaining public awareness now because of three developments - and one big mistake.......(Please read more in my linkedin ....)

Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Independent and experienced activist, board member, advisor and expert on public affairs, from local to global. Active in various movements advocating i.a.: better democracy, monetary reform, education, gender, time use and a fair and healthy economy, all from an integral perspective. At the same time involved in connecting these movements to effect system changes through concretel projects, all fitting smoothly in the values and goals of the doughnut economy. Real projects that aim for a redesign of the underlying systems, like the obsolete political and voting system, the unfair and unsafe monetary system, but also projects that are producing proper educational material, publishing position papers, promoting health and environmental measures and will scaling down the negative impact of financialization, globalization and digitalization. Always with a focus on implementing the Human, Women’s and Children’s Rights and the SDG’s.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Scientist, educator, environmentalist. Circular Economy Lab Oxford. World Economic Forum Global Shaper. Doing the Doughnut in AMS Olya is a consultant at Metyis and social entrepreneur, who is passionate about climate and society and all things circular. Olya was behind the development of the Thriving Cities Methodology (Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Portland) and the Amsterdam City Portrait.

Auckland, New Zealand

Kia ora from Auckland, NZ! I am an engineer, entrepreneur, educator and business leader, who thrives at the fringes of industries, joyfully joining the dots Over the last 10 years, in Asia, North America and Europe, I have led initiatives and ventures that leverage the dynamics digital collaboration and emerging disruptive technologies to create thriving societies. I'm currently the Director of Innovation & New Business at Tata Consultancy services, a global leader in digital, IT and business services built on the pillars of people, planet and good business. With Juhi Shareef, I co-founded, Moonshot:City an exploration of what we need to do to create cities that work for us in the 21st century and beyond.

Lisboa, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

An industrial ecology scholar, and circular economy enthusiast, that is trying to bring the doughnut vision into the portuguese and, hoperfully, international context. Also, former Secretary of State of the Environment of Portugal.

Hayle, England, United Kingdom

I'm a mum, social entrepreneur, guest lecturer, consultant, activist, change practitioner (apparently!) and community facilitator - I guess lots of things like lots of people here!

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Erinch is the business and enterprise lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab. His work focuses on transforming the deep design of businesses to enable them to pursue regenerative and distributive strategies. Working with 22 partner organisations and over 300 businesses, he has lead DEAL’s work to create the Doughnut Design for Business tool, which enables businesses to engage with the concepts of Doughnut Economics. Erinch has been in leadership roles across business, NGOs and government. He was the chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organization, the global network and verifier of social enterprises who fully practise Fair Trade. He has also spent 7 years at Oxfam working in campaigns and programmes, including in creating and leading the Behind the Brands scorecard. Erinch has also worked at Procter & Gamble as a market strategy manager, established a furniture business and worked for Australia's aid programme in Indonesia.  Erinch is a board member of the Social Enterprise World Forum and the Finance Innovation Lab. He is also a fellow at the Post Growth Institute and a senior associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership where he teaches sustainable value chains to post-graduate students. He holds degrees in finance and law, a masters in international law and an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Professor Julia Steinberger researches and teaches in the interdisciplinary areas of Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology. Her research examines the connections between resource use (energy and materials, greenhouse gas emissions) and societal performance (economic activity and human wellbeing).

Bishopbriggs, Scotland, United Kingdom

Hey everyone, I'm inspired by the capacity of people to change the world. Big interest in basic income and on developing Scotland's global connectivity. Head of RSA Scotland in my day job, looking forward to connecting.

Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I´m a political scientist and urban Planner.

Barcelona, Catalunya, España

I am an assistant professor in ecological economics and political ecology at the University of Barcelona, and associate researcher at ICTA UAB. I have contributed to an ecological and cultural critique of (sustainable) development, and the search for alternatives to it. The proposal that I have explored more in depth is ‘degrowth’, the hypothesis that we can live well, with less. Degrowth is an attempt to re-politicise debates about desired socio-environmental futures. I co-edited “Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era” (with G. Kallis & G. D’Alisa; translated into 10 languages) and “Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary” (with A. Kothari, A. Escobar, A. Salleh & A. Acosta) an exciting volume of over 100 essays on transformative alternatives to globalized development. My last book is “The case for degrowth” (with G. Kallis, S. Paulson & G. D’Alisa) where we address the question of 'how to'. Find all my publications freely downloadable here: https://uab.academia.edu/FedericoDemaria

Cadiz, Andalucía, Spain

Carmen is a Research Scientist at the University of Cadiz where she is working on understanding the inputs, distribution and fate of plastics in the Global Ocean, and how it affect us all. Mum of two.

Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium

Active Senior, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yannick Beaudoin is the Director-General for Ontario and Northern Canada with the David Suzuki Foundation. He brings an ‘economics for transition’ lens to the Foundation aimed at helping to enable a socially thriving and ecologically sustainable Canada. He applies art of change and participatory social processes to a variety of themes that include: adaptation to uncertain climate futures, embedding of local, traditional and indigenous knowledge in policy-, decision- and choice-making, promoting a transition to a sustainable relationship between society and Nature. From his decade with the United Nations to his return to Canada in 2018, he has been facilitating conversations around the world, highlighting various solution pathways towards a well-being centric, #beyondGDP economic system. Yannick holds a Phd in Marine Geology from the University of Toronto and an MA Economics for Transition from Schumacher College in the UK.

Long Hanborough, England, United Kingdom

Family Doctor/GP and Environmental Activist

Sitka, Alaska, United States of America

20 years of working for ecological sustainability, economic efficiency, and just distribution Based in Sitka, Alaska and Arendal, Norway

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

I am interested in teaching and learning at the intersection of evolution, behavior, and sustainability science. Working through collaborations across scientific institutions, international non-profits, and local classrooms, our projects use human social behavior as a conceptual lens for interdisciplinary education. Scientific perspectives on the causes and consequences of our everyday experiences can be leveraged into deeper understandings of the challenges and solutions to sustainable development at every level of society. Projects at www.GlobalESD.org and www.EvoLeipzig.de

São Paulo, Brasil

Marketing professional passionate by working with purpose. Trying to understand a way to make a complete sustainable business.

Gent, Vlaanderen, België

I strongly believe in the power of ideas. Our ecological crisis is also a crisis of imagination. We need a vision of a society that aims at a good life for all within planetary boundaries. In this, we realize our deep connectedness with each other and the living world. This is not only a matter of words, engaged citizens all over the world are already creating, in the real here and now, concrete projects that prefigure this socio-ecological society. These commons show that the future is already happening. As Co-Founder and Director of Oikos, the Flemish Think Tank for Socio-Ecological Change, and as Co-President of the Green European Foundation, I try to inspire, bring together thinkers and do-ers, build Europe wide connections and support movements. You can read about my core ideas in my essay ‘Freedom & Security in a Complex World’ . System thinking is key to me, and speaking in public always a pleasure.

Helsinki, Etelä-Suomi, Finland

Juha Leppänen is the Chief Executive of Demos Helsinki, leading independent Nordic think tank. Juha serves as an advisor for strategy, governance and innovation for governments and private institutions