I welcome queries on doctoral dissertation projects on topics such as:
Political economy of social-ecological transformation; eco-social policy and politics; economic democracy and planning; industrial policy; universal basic services & foundational economy; post-growth; system-of-provision; sufficiency.
Below is a list of my current PhD students, organised by start date.
Harry Ewart-Biggs, Investigating ownership and governance of essential provisioning systems for an environmentally sustainable future, University of Leeds (co-supervision with Milena Büchs & Diana Ivanova)
Sophia Hamilton, Exploring the socio-ecological potentials of essential provisioning systems in OECD nations, University of Leeds (co-supervision with Milena Büchs & Diana Ivanova)
Brendan Paul Silcock, Economy-wide energy demand reduction, University of Leeds (co-supervision with John Barrett & Paul Brockway)
Julia Beier, A provisioning systems approach for transformative climate adaptation: addressing heat stress in labor-intensive sectors in Austria, Vienna University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (co-supervision with Melanie Pichler, Helmuth Haberl, Susanne Hanger-Kopp & Thomas Schinko)
Jan Stalzer, Conceptualising degrowth in the context of a social-ecological transformation, Vienna University of Economics and Business (co-supervision with Sigrid Stagl & Ulrich Brand)
Tom Webb, Examining the role of inequality reduction for making welfare states more growth-resilient, University of Leeds (co-supervision with Milena Büchs)
Tobias Riepl, The role of the foundational economy to live well within limits, Central European University Vienna (part of examination board throughout his PhD and co-supervision with Diana Ivanova during his time as visiting PhD student at the University of Leeds in 2025)