Research project
WISE Horizons
To facilitate and accelerate a systemic change in society by creating a framework based on the current post-growth narratives, policies, and initiatives.
- Duration
- 2023 - 2027
- Contact
- Rutger Hoekstra
- Funding
- Horizon Europe funding
- Partners
Consortium partners:
Short abstract
Synthesising beyond-growth initiatives and co-creating future scenarios
Project description
WISE stands for Wellbeing, Inclusion, Sustainability & the Economy. Wellbeing is about average wellbeing of the current generation. Inclusion relates to the distribution of wellbeing, both within and between countries. Sustainability relates to the wellbeing of future generations.
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.
Research question
To facilitate and accelerate a systemic change in society by creating a framework based on the current post-growth narratives, policies, and initiatives.
Publications
Key publications:
- A comprehensive Beyond-GDP database to accelerate wellbeing, inclusion, and sustainability research; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04006-4
- Beyond GDP: a review and conceptual framework for measuring sustainable and inclusive wellbeing; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519624001475
- Can we project well-being? Towards integral well-being projections in climate models and beyond; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-02941-6
- Tilting the scale: a theoretical framework to re-direct public policy away from economic growth towards sustainable and inclusive wellbeing; https://wisehorizons.world/tilting-the-scale/
- A novel history of societal progress and its key drivers: a global historical analysis of sustainable and inclusive wellbeing; https://wisehorizons.world/a-novel-history-of-societal-progress-and-its-key-drivers/
- A European agenda to navigate uncertain times: how to steer the EU towards wellbeing for all, now and in the future; https://wisehorizons.world/a-european-agenda-to-navigate-uncertain-times-2/
List of all publications: https://wisehorizons.world/wise-horizons-publications-2/