[This article is part of a series called Answering Ireland’s Call: Thoughts for a new republic (Freagairt ar Ghlaoch na hÉireann: Smaointe ar…
Sean Fearon
Seán Fearon is an ecological economist working at the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) at the University of Surrey. He works on the WISE Horizons project researching sustainable consumption, human wellbeing, and time use. He will be transitioning to the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) to work on the REAL project, helping to design a post-growth deal for a good life within planetary boundaries.
Held in the EU Parliament from May 15 to 17, the Beyond Growth conference was in many ways a watershed for the…