Research & Degrowth International
Acronym: R&D
General Information
Identification Code: 687457348939-25
Website: www.degrowth.org
Entity Form: non-profit
Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions
Registration Date: 2/7/2023
Last Update: 1/30/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: Research & Degrowth, (R&D) is an academic association dedicated to research, awareness-raising, and events organization around the topic of 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.
R&D strives to bring scientists, civil society, practitioners, and activists together to think, imagine, discuss, and create proposals for sustainable degrowth. R&D supports and aims to maintain a diversity of degrowth strategies for achieving social equity and ecological sustainability, including:
grass-roots action and institutional interventions;
academic and (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Climate action
- Employment and social affairs
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
Levels of Interest:
- national
- european
- global
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Replacing GDP measurement with an index that measures social wellbeing.
Reduction of production and consumption.
Environmental protection.
Societal equality.
Participatory democracy.
Just relationship with the Global South.
Communication Activities: Degrowth Briefs project - a series of policy briefs to provide tools for EU policymakers.
Co-organizing the Beyond Growth Conference 2023.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Calle Mallorca 4344-2
Post Code: 08013
City: Barcelona
Country: SPAIN
Phone:
Indic Phone: 34
Phone Number: 59819386
EU Office
Address: Calle Mallorca 4344-2
Post Code: 08013
City: Barcelona
Country: SPAIN
Phone:
Indic Phone: 34
Phone Number: 59819386
Financial Data
New Organisation:
Current Year:
Grants:
Complementary Information: R&D International was established in 2022. Our first fiscal year is 1-12/2022.
Between 2006-2022, we primarily operated volunteer basis under our previous juridical body.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 4
Members25 Percent: 1
Members: 5
Members F T E: 0.6499999761581421
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: none
Organisation Members: Research & Degrowth International is an independent organization that belongs to a network of and has closer ties with the following organizations (https://degrowth.org/network/.):
– degrowth.info
– globaltapestryofalternatives.org
– kalpavriksh.org
– kateraworth.com
– ejatlas.org
– Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie (Germany)
– Netzwerk Wachstumswende (Germany)
– Kolleg Postwachstumsgesellschaften (Germany)
– decrecimiento.info (Spain)
Current Job Opportunities
Associate - Climate action
Research & Degrowth International
juniorBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025