ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies
@zoe-institute.bsky.social
We are a non-profit, independent think & do tank. We are dedicated to research for a future-fit economy and to applying new economic thinking to public policy.
🆕 In this new Q&A with @thegreenfix.bsky.social Christiny Miller talks about #futuregenerations thinking – what it is, why it matters, how it works in practice, and how it can help break the cycle of short-term decision-making.
📥 Read the full Q&A here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
📥 Read the full Q&A here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🆕 In this new Q&A with @thegreenfix.bsky.social Christiny Miller talks about #futuregenerations thinking – what it is, why it matters, how it works in practice, and how it can help break the cycle of short-term decision-making.
📥 Read the full Q&A here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
📥 Read the full Q&A here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
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#COP30 will not save us, we have to look for hope elsewhere 👀
In our latest newsletter, we talk with @zoe-institute.bsky.social about adopting long term thinking for climate policies and making the case for future generations governance ♻️💡
Read it here 🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
In our latest newsletter, we talk with @zoe-institute.bsky.social about adopting long term thinking for climate policies and making the case for future generations governance ♻️💡
Read it here 🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#COP30 will not save us, we have to look for hope elsewhere 👀
In our latest newsletter, we talk with @zoe-institute.bsky.social about adopting long term thinking for climate policies and making the case for future generations governance ♻️💡
Read it here 🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
In our latest newsletter, we talk with @zoe-institute.bsky.social about adopting long term thinking for climate policies and making the case for future generations governance ♻️💡
Read it here 🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...
«Investing in people allows a society to deploy its transformative potential.» A key message in @sustwellbeing.bsky.social's #PolicyBrief ⤵️
www.swins.eu/publications/
We're proud to contribute to this #HorizonEurope project, designed to rethink the role of #SocialServices in European societies💡
www.swins.eu/publications/
We're proud to contribute to this #HorizonEurope project, designed to rethink the role of #SocialServices in European societies💡
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
«Investing in people allows a society to deploy its transformative potential.» A key message in @sustwellbeing.bsky.social's #PolicyBrief ⤵️
www.swins.eu/publications/
We're proud to contribute to this #HorizonEurope project, designed to rethink the role of #SocialServices in European societies💡
www.swins.eu/publications/
We're proud to contribute to this #HorizonEurope project, designed to rethink the role of #SocialServices in European societies💡
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🗓️ Join us next week!
On 30 Oct (15:00–16:30 CET), the MERGE project is hosting an online science–policy dialogue on how to advance sustainable & inclusive wellbeing across Europe 🌍
📩 More information and registration here: mergeproject.eu/towards-a-pr...
On 30 Oct (15:00–16:30 CET), the MERGE project is hosting an online science–policy dialogue on how to advance sustainable & inclusive wellbeing across Europe 🌍
📩 More information and registration here: mergeproject.eu/towards-a-pr...
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🗓️ Join us next week!
On 30 Oct (15:00–16:30 CET), the MERGE project is hosting an online science–policy dialogue on how to advance sustainable & inclusive wellbeing across Europe 🌍
📩 More information and registration here: mergeproject.eu/towards-a-pr...
On 30 Oct (15:00–16:30 CET), the MERGE project is hosting an online science–policy dialogue on how to advance sustainable & inclusive wellbeing across Europe 🌍
📩 More information and registration here: mergeproject.eu/towards-a-pr...
Happening this week: #GlobalDonutDays!
Events across the globe, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics.
We already joined the launch event of the Global Doughnut 3.0 - hosted by ZOE's Advisory Board Member @kateraworth.bsky.social (And yes, naturally, themed snacks were involved 🍩 ... )
Events across the globe, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics.
We already joined the launch event of the Global Doughnut 3.0 - hosted by ZOE's Advisory Board Member @kateraworth.bsky.social (And yes, naturally, themed snacks were involved 🍩 ... )
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Happening this week: #GlobalDonutDays!
Events across the globe, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics.
We already joined the launch event of the Global Doughnut 3.0 - hosted by ZOE's Advisory Board Member @kateraworth.bsky.social (And yes, naturally, themed snacks were involved 🍩 ... )
Events across the globe, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics.
We already joined the launch event of the Global Doughnut 3.0 - hosted by ZOE's Advisory Board Member @kateraworth.bsky.social (And yes, naturally, themed snacks were involved 🍩 ... )
⚡ Electrifying industries is essential to achieving Europe’s climate & competitiveness goals
But investment is not flowing fast enough
This week we are submitting evidence for the EU Electrification Action Plan, based on our research into industrial ‘electrification-readiness'. 👇
But investment is not flowing fast enough
This week we are submitting evidence for the EU Electrification Action Plan, based on our research into industrial ‘electrification-readiness'. 👇
October 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
⚡ Electrifying industries is essential to achieving Europe’s climate & competitiveness goals
But investment is not flowing fast enough
This week we are submitting evidence for the EU Electrification Action Plan, based on our research into industrial ‘electrification-readiness'. 👇
But investment is not flowing fast enough
This week we are submitting evidence for the EU Electrification Action Plan, based on our research into industrial ‘electrification-readiness'. 👇
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Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coming up on 📅 9 October!
We're excited to co-host this online session on participatory governance and community-led change, organised in partnership with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social.
👀See you there? zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We're excited to co-host this online session on participatory governance and community-led change, organised in partnership with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social.
👀See you there? zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Washington Economic Justice Alliance is making incredible progress co-creating solutions to poverty.
Join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance's Policy Makers Network and the Dr Lori Pfingst to hear all about it.
Thursday 9 October.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance's Policy Makers Network and the Dr Lori Pfingst to hear all about it.
Thursday 9 October.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Coming up on 📅 9 October!
We're excited to co-host this online session on participatory governance and community-led change, organised in partnership with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social.
👀See you there? zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We're excited to co-host this online session on participatory governance and community-led change, organised in partnership with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social.
👀See you there? zoom.us/meeting/regi...
One year on from the UN Summit of the Future, our colleague Christiny Miller has written this piece for @commondreams.org
The challenges are immense but #FutureGenerations thinking still offers answers.
The challenges are immense but #FutureGenerations thinking still offers answers.
We all must remind ourselves that someday we will be the past generations and it’s our decisions now that will shape the future.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/thin...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/thin...
A Year After the Summit of the Future, Future Generations Thinking Is Still the Answer | Common Dreams
For our democracies to function we need to repair the social contract between generations and work toward such a shared vision of the future.
www.commondreams.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
One year on from the UN Summit of the Future, our colleague Christiny Miller has written this piece for @commondreams.org
The challenges are immense but #FutureGenerations thinking still offers answers.
The challenges are immense but #FutureGenerations thinking still offers answers.
Two of our Advisory Board members will be in conversation *tonight* about the Care Economy 👇
🕖 19.15 CET
💻 online
"From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit - why a new economics guided by care is so urgently needed."
🕖 19.15 CET
💻 online
"From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit - why a new economics guided by care is so urgently needed."
Will prosperity ever be measured in health, not wealth?—Join @timjackson.org.uk & @kateraworth.bsky.social at The Conduit to explore an economy organised around care, not growth—and why it’s urgently needed for people & the planet.
🎟️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/the-c... #postgrowth #degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
🎟️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/the-c... #postgrowth #degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth
Join renowned economists Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth at The Conduit for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not w ...
cusp.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Two of our Advisory Board members will be in conversation *tonight* about the Care Economy 👇
🕖 19.15 CET
💻 online
"From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit - why a new economics guided by care is so urgently needed."
🕖 19.15 CET
💻 online
"From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit - why a new economics guided by care is so urgently needed."
We’re #hiring a Financial Controller (m/f/d) 📢
Are you ready to lead on finance, shape operations, and ensure compliance in a purpose-driven, international environment? Join us now! More info & how to apply: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...
Are you ready to lead on finance, shape operations, and ensure compliance in a purpose-driven, international environment? Join us now! More info & how to apply: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...
September 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We’re #hiring a Financial Controller (m/f/d) 📢
Are you ready to lead on finance, shape operations, and ensure compliance in a purpose-driven, international environment? Join us now! More info & how to apply: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...
Are you ready to lead on finance, shape operations, and ensure compliance in a purpose-driven, international environment? Join us now! More info & how to apply: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...
Wishing everyone a refreshing summer break! 🍧
We'll be back with more future-fit economies content and the next edition of our newsletter in September.
If you haven't signed up yet 👉 zoe-institut.de/en/future-fi...
We'll be back with more future-fit economies content and the next edition of our newsletter in September.
If you haven't signed up yet 👉 zoe-institut.de/en/future-fi...
August 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Wishing everyone a refreshing summer break! 🍧
We'll be back with more future-fit economies content and the next edition of our newsletter in September.
If you haven't signed up yet 👉 zoe-institut.de/en/future-fi...
We'll be back with more future-fit economies content and the next edition of our newsletter in September.
If you haven't signed up yet 👉 zoe-institut.de/en/future-fi...
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🚨 It’s live! 🚨
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org
Beyond Neoliberalism: The Dream Team
"Beyond Neoliberalism: The Dream Team" is a 16-minute video essay that threads together the big themes of the conference: industrial policy, climate, inequality, state capacity, and the future of globalization. Featuring an all-star cast of thinkers, policymakers, and journalists. Visit the CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://beyond-neoliberalism.org/ - watch highlights and full-length videos of every panel - listen to the conference podcast - see a full archive of photographs Listen to the Conference Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-neoliberalism-the-conference-podcast/id1825070611 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7Gc3JCHtVwCaoMjibrAGxi
bit.ly
July 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨 It’s live! 🚨
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org
The big reveal in #Brussels this week is the #EUBudget proposal. #MFF
As part of this, the European Commission will to put forward a new competitiveness fund. 💶
Ahead of the announcements on Wednesday, we’re re-sharing our Framing #Competitiveness recommendations. ⬇️
As part of this, the European Commission will to put forward a new competitiveness fund. 💶
Ahead of the announcements on Wednesday, we’re re-sharing our Framing #Competitiveness recommendations. ⬇️
July 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The big reveal in #Brussels this week is the #EUBudget proposal. #MFF
As part of this, the European Commission will to put forward a new competitiveness fund. 💶
Ahead of the announcements on Wednesday, we’re re-sharing our Framing #Competitiveness recommendations. ⬇️
As part of this, the European Commission will to put forward a new competitiveness fund. 💶
Ahead of the announcements on Wednesday, we’re re-sharing our Framing #Competitiveness recommendations. ⬇️
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We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
July 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Welcome to the bi-weekly #CleanTechEU thread! 🧵 … and our first at @zoe-institute.bsky.social!
July 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Welcome to the bi-weekly #CleanTechEU thread! 🧵 … and our first at @zoe-institute.bsky.social!
⚡ #Electrification is essential for future-fit industries.
But as it stands, investments are not flowing fast enough.
Our new report looks at the barriers faced by EU regions as they try to finance industrial electrification.
#GreenTransition #PrivateFinance #Competitiveness #IndustrialPolicy
But as it stands, investments are not flowing fast enough.
Our new report looks at the barriers faced by EU regions as they try to finance industrial electrification.
#GreenTransition #PrivateFinance #Competitiveness #IndustrialPolicy
June 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
⚡ #Electrification is essential for future-fit industries.
But as it stands, investments are not flowing fast enough.
Our new report looks at the barriers faced by EU regions as they try to finance industrial electrification.
#GreenTransition #PrivateFinance #Competitiveness #IndustrialPolicy
But as it stands, investments are not flowing fast enough.
Our new report looks at the barriers faced by EU regions as they try to finance industrial electrification.
#GreenTransition #PrivateFinance #Competitiveness #IndustrialPolicy
Still time to register for our workshop on mobilising #PrivateFinance for decarbonising the built environment on Thursday
We’ll explore how to overcome investment barriers, looking more closely at the case of #HeatPumps deployment
📅 June 26, 10-12.00
💻 Online
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’ll explore how to overcome investment barriers, looking more closely at the case of #HeatPumps deployment
📅 June 26, 10-12.00
💻 Online
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Still time to register for our workshop on mobilising #PrivateFinance for decarbonising the built environment on Thursday
We’ll explore how to overcome investment barriers, looking more closely at the case of #HeatPumps deployment
📅 June 26, 10-12.00
💻 Online
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’ll explore how to overcome investment barriers, looking more closely at the case of #HeatPumps deployment
📅 June 26, 10-12.00
💻 Online
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Event alert: Join our interactive workshop on mobilising private capital for decarbonising the built environment! We’ll explore how to overcome investment barriers, looking more closely at the case of heat pump deployment.
📅 June 26 |💻 Online
🔗 Register now 👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 June 26 |💻 Online
🔗 Register now 👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Event alert: Join our interactive workshop on mobilising private capital for decarbonising the built environment! We’ll explore how to overcome investment barriers, looking more closely at the case of heat pump deployment.
📅 June 26 |💻 Online
🔗 Register now 👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 June 26 |💻 Online
🔗 Register now 👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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What does de-risked decarbonization mean for state capacity across sectors?
I am THRILLED that this article is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social! 🔓
Current climate finance regimes lock in lopsided transitions - states need resources for unbankable transitions.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I am THRILLED that this article is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social! 🔓
Current climate finance regimes lock in lopsided transitions - states need resources for unbankable transitions.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The limits to derisked decarbonization: state capacity unevenness in domestic green transition strategies
With the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, governments around the world committed to developing national plans to reduce emissions and limit average global temperatures to below 2 °C above p...
www.tandfonline.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What does de-risked decarbonization mean for state capacity across sectors?
I am THRILLED that this article is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social! 🔓
Current climate finance regimes lock in lopsided transitions - states need resources for unbankable transitions.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I am THRILLED that this article is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social! 🔓
Current climate finance regimes lock in lopsided transitions - states need resources for unbankable transitions.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks for having us @feps-europe.eu and for the opportunity to share our work on #IntergenerationalFairness
❗️No generation should be left behind.
Policymakers & experts gathered at FEPSHQ to discuss intergenerational fairness and what we as progressives want it to be for the meeting "Towards a progressive initiative for intergenerational solidarity in Europe".
🔗 bit.ly/IntergenSoli...
Policymakers & experts gathered at FEPSHQ to discuss intergenerational fairness and what we as progressives want it to be for the meeting "Towards a progressive initiative for intergenerational solidarity in Europe".
🔗 bit.ly/IntergenSoli...
June 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Thanks for having us @feps-europe.eu and for the opportunity to share our work on #IntergenerationalFairness
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@glgerstle.bsky.social: "How do we generate enthusiasm for a market-shaping popular politics?"
It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference
beyond-neoliberalism.org
It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference
beyond-neoliberalism.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@glgerstle.bsky.social: "How do we generate enthusiasm for a market-shaping popular politics?"
It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference
beyond-neoliberalism.org
It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference
beyond-neoliberalism.org
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Framing climate policy as a finance issue obscures the real stakes. We need to refocus debates on mobilizing real resources, challenging economic orthodoxies, and building a more just financial system.
My latest for @the-breakdown.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/post/real-co...
My latest for @the-breakdown.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/post/real-co...
Real Constraints
The Global North talk constantly about the
www.break-down.org
May 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Framing climate policy as a finance issue obscures the real stakes. We need to refocus debates on mobilizing real resources, challenging economic orthodoxies, and building a more just financial system.
My latest for @the-breakdown.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/post/real-co...
My latest for @the-breakdown.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/post/real-co...
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Germany is facing its deepest economic and democratic crisis in decades. Real wages are down, the far right is rising—and the new government has no plan that speaks to the scale of the challenge. A thread 🧵
May 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Germany is facing its deepest economic and democratic crisis in decades. Real wages are down, the far right is rising—and the new government has no plan that speaks to the scale of the challenge. A thread 🧵
#Competitiveness is top of the EU agenda. But how to join the conversation without moving attention away from other long-term economic, social, and environmental goals? We developed 7 research-based framing recommendations:
Framing Competitiveness
Seven research-based recommendations for communicating at the EU level in ways that are helpful for long-term societal goals.
zoe-institut.de
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#Competitiveness is top of the EU agenda. But how to join the conversation without moving attention away from other long-term economic, social, and environmental goals? We developed 7 research-based framing recommendations: