This master’s is co-organized by ICTA-UAB (Institute for Environmental Studies and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona) and R&D (Research and Degrowth International) in Barcelona.
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) is a multidisciplinary centre that promotes academic research and postgraduate education in the environmental sciences, which includes contributions such as the atlas of environmental justice. It aims to improve our understanding of global environmental change, and the nature and causes of environmental problems. In addition, it studies policies, strategies, and technologies to foster a transition to a sustainable economy. It leverages the ongoing European Research Council synergy project on post-growth (REAL), currently the largest degrowth-oriented initiative in Europe.
Research & Degrowth, (R&D) is a think-and-act-tank dedicated to the radical transformation of our economies and societies through research, advocacy, education, training and events around degrowth. It draws upon over fifteen years of successful organizational experience in international Summer Schools focused on Environmental Justice and Degrowth. R&D defines degrowth as a multi-level voluntary path towards reduction of production and consumption aiming at ecological sustainability, good life, liberty, and social justice. For R&D, degrowth is grounded in ecology, ecological economics, anthropology, psychology, and social sciences in general. In the degrowth process, R&D is concerned with democracy, international cooperation, and understanding as opposed to societal closure, fragmentation, and authoritarianism.