Doughnut Academia
Inspired by Doughnut Economics, the academic doughnut reimagines academia so that it works better for people and planet.
As scientists concerned about the climate crisis, we set out to rethink the role and goals of the university in tackling the 21st century’s challenges. Building directly on Doughnut Economics, we suggest seven principles for rethinking the norms of academia and scientific practice so that our universities can work better for people and respond to the climate and ecological crisis.
These ideas, and our call to action, are described our paper: Urai AE, Kelly C (2023) Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis. eLife 12:e84991. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84991
You can find more information and resources, including recorded talks and an open source workshop we are developing here.
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Rick Feldman
Massachusetts, United States
Following successful years as an educator, a community-based entrepreneur, social enterprise developer, investor, and business and organization leader, during which I also provided support to our emerging regional eco-system to encourage startups, I am now a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Entrepreneurship. I teach business economics and entrepreneurship, co-direct our Fimbel Innovation Lab, coordinate our entrepreneurship programming (curricular and co-curricular), and serve on the academic program committee of Entrepreneurship, Organizations, and Society (EOS). EOS establishes the social and environmental context for entrepreneurial action; our entire approach since 2016 has been to ensure that entrepreneurial action and all aspects of business are directly tied to social and environmental issues and impacts.
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Henri Tul
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Colleen Cummings
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Lucy Hitchcock
Salem, Oregon
I'm a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and longtime activist for economic justice, care for the environment, universal healthcare and currently focused on mitigation of climate change. I'm active in several group efforts to that end. I am currently on the board of UUs for a Just Economic Community, and chair its task force for a Green New Deal. I have two sons and two grandchildren also living in the Pacific Northwest. I live in the Pringle Creek Commuity in Salem which focuses on sustainability for its 30 acre campus. I currently chair its Landscape Committee. I am very interested in Doughnut Economics because if our economic structures and popular persuasion, nationally and globally, do not change, we will not save life on our planet. The "Doughnut" makes easily grasped sense of the dilemma and the solutions.
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Kimberly Stoner
New Haven, CT U.S.A.
I am a retired agricultural scientist (specialist in entomology), director of advocacy for CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut), and about to teach a college course in Biodiversity Policy for the first time. #biodiversity
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Prajval Shastri
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I am an astrophysicist but also interested in supporting and contributing to pathways to a better world. I am Vice-Chair of the International Year of Basic sciences for Sustainable Development.
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Joe Murray
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Fran Sánchez Díaz
Valencia (Spain)
Renegade self-employment economist, agnostic about economic growth , European Funds Management Technician.
