Synthesising beyond-growth initiatives and co-creating future scenarios

About
WISE

WISE stands for Wellbeing, Inclusion, Sustainability & the Economy. The WISE Horizons project seeks to facilitate and accelerate a systemic change in society by creating a framework based on the current post-growth narratives, policies, and initiatives. It will create a synthesis of WISE indicators – presented in a special database – and WISE models to transform modelling and policymaking.

WISE Horizons will inform and accelerate the transition to a new economic paradigm with wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability at its core. The project will create a state-of-the-art theoretical framework which synthesises the current post-growth initiatives through a novel and open access WISE accounting framework.

Wellbeing

relates to wellbeing of the current generation

Inclusion

relates to the distribution of wellbeing, both between countries and within countries

Sustainability

relates to the wellbeing of future generations

Economy and Society

a WISE Economy/Society prioritises Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability

Timeline

September 2023

Future Lab

Brussels

The Future Lab aims to identify qualitative scenarios for 2050 using scenario planning methods. Participants will identify societal goals as well as key uncertainties that shape how people will be affected by the green transformation and discuss relevant scenarios.

The event will be held in-person in Brussels and will last one day.

November 2023

Just Transitions Lab

Brussels

The Just Transition Lab will build on the Future Lab to sharpen scenarios for 2050, and, as a dedicated event will be paying attention to societal groups negatively affected by the green transformation to better incorporate their knowledge and perspectives.

The event will be in-person in Brussels.

Partners

Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

Leiden University

Coordinator

ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)

University of Surrey

SINTEF

Department of Environment and Geography

York University

Centre of Applied Research (CAR)

Tsinghua University

Insights

Universiteit Leiden

www.Beyond-GDP.world

Learn about the metrics for societal progress towards Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability

Learn about the metrics for societal progress towards Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability

Paris School of Economics

World Inequality Database

Explore the most extensive available database on the historical evolution of the world distribution of income and wealth

Explore the most extensive available database on the historical evolution of the world distribution ...

Become Part

Join a global community of policymakers, researchers, activists and many others working towards a new economic paradigm with well-being, sustainability, and inclusion at its core.

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