Academic dissertations

Version 1.1 (March 2023)

Overview

Welcome to the DEAL Team’s curated list of student-led dissertations and research projects that deepen the concepts and application of Doughnut Economics.

DEAL’s motivation for this tool is to inspire and lightly guide future research by providing a repository that helps make student-led research more visible. This living list is organised by year of submission and it will be updated periodically, but it is by no means exhaustive. You can also find a PDF version at the bottom of this page.

Please let us know if you have a dissertation or student-led research project to add to the collection, by sending a message via the contact page and select 'Research & Data Analysis' from the category options.

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2022

• Bengtsson, C (2022) Munkmodellen - Något Nytt Under Solen? (Bachelor’s Dissertation in Swedish), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Calisto Friant, M (2022) From circular economy to circular society: Analysing circularity discourses and policies and their sustainability implications (Doctoral dissertation), Utrecht University, Netherlands.
• Contreras C., Carla Andrea (2022) A Rosquinha Econômica (Doughnut Economics) Como Indicador de Sustentabilidade: Uma Bússola para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Brasil (Bachelor’s Dissertation in Brazilian Portuguese), National University of Latin American Integration, Brazil.
• Eriksson, F (2022) Towards a critical understanding of Doughnut Economics: The case study of Tomelilla, Sweden (Master’s dissertation), Lund University, Sweden.
• Gupta, S (2022) Preserving Ganga through sustainable agriculture: Where are we on the Donut? (Master’s dissertation), Jindal Global Law School, India.
• Hanbury Lemos, MM (2022) Decoloniality and the Global Social lens of the Doughnut economy (Master’s dissertation), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
• Karlsson, S (2022) Pathways to sustainable economies: a case study of the Doughnut Economics model in Amsterdam (Bachelor’s dissertation), University of St Andrew’s, United Kingdom.
• Moule, C (2022) Is a Doughnut Economics-based framework a viable tool to enhance effective decision-making in English councils? (Bachelor’s dissertation), University of Kent, United Kingdom.
• Reiterer, F (2022) A Physicalisation of the Planetary Boundary Network: Creating data-based objects to convey the meaning of scientific data on a multisensoral level (Master Dissertation), St Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria.
• Røkås, T (2022) Defining a safe and just operating space for the Norwegian economy (Master’s dissertation), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway.
• Zoons, T (2022) Regeneration at the Coast: Benefits beyond blue carbon (Master’s Dissertation), Utrecht University, Netherlands.

2021

• Hansen, C (2021) Prosperierende Städte innerhalb planetarer Grenzen: Aufstellung des City-Donuts für Berlin (Master's dissertation in German), Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany.
• Pokkinen, K (2021) Utilisation of Doughnut model in sustainable development: City Portrait of the Tampere Region (Master’s dissertation in Finnish), Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology, Finland.
• Preluca, A (2021) Doing business in the Doughnut: the sustainability of worker co-operatives (Master’s dissertation), Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Rawsthorne, C (2021) The challenge of thriving, zero-carbon, socially just cities: an exploration of urban policy making in a degrowth context - A case study of Leeds (Master’s dissertation), University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
• Solanki, A (2021) “Leeds is not an island”: decolonising climate action in activism and municipal governance in Leeds (Master’s dissertation), University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
• Valencia Leñero, EM (2021) Finding a safe and just space for water use in Mexico City (Master’s dissertation), Lund University, Sweden.

2020 and earlier

• Cole, M (2017) Tracking inclusive sustainable development at multiple scales: South Africa’s safe and just operating spaces (Doctoral dissertation), University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
• Fanning, AL (2016) Policy options for sustainable and equitable coastal economies: A comparative case study (Doctoral dissertation), University of Cadiz, Spain.
• Hossain, MS (2017) Safe operating space for development and ecosystem services in Bangladesh (Doctoral dissertation), University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
• Zecca, F (2020) The Edinburgh City Portrait: downscaling the Doughnut economic model to the city of Edinburgh (Master’s dissertation), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Acknowledgements

This tool was created by Andrew Fanning with contributions from Kate Raworth. Photo credit to Helena Lopes on Unsplash.