Episode 17 of the Saving the World webinar series features Dr Sabrina Chakori, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CSIRO.
Calls for a shift away from ‘growthism’ (policymaking centred on economic growth) have been growing louder recently. This has been fuelled by accelerating climate change, ever-increasing concentrations of wealth, rising health inequities compounded by climate change, and a growing sense that the long-standing growth-based approach is no longer delivering for the vast majority in developed economies.
In this webinar, Dr Sabrina Chakori and Dr Hridesh Gajurel will discuss alternative approaches to growthism that emphasise wellbeing, equity, and sustainability. They will discuss approaches representing both incremental and more radical departures from the current model. They will also point to potential pathways to such alternative models for countries like Australia.
Event Speakers
Dr Sabrina Chakori
Dr Sabrina Chakori is a postdoctoral researcher at CSIRO. Her research explores innovation and exnovation dynamics in postgrowth food systems transitions. Adopting a cross-scale perspective, she analyses how beyond-GDP frameworks could unlock the potential of postgrowth enterprises.
Dr Hridesh Gajurel
Dr Hridesh Gajurel is a Laureate Research Fellow with the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse in the School of Regulation and Global Governance. He is a political economist who specialises in comparative capitalism, corporate governance, financialisation, and new institutional theory.
Dr Nick Frank
Dr Nick Frank is a Laureate Research Fellow with the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse in the School of Regulation and Global Governance. Prior to this, he was an Associate Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. Nick specialises in the political economy of trade and investment governance.