ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies

What is an emergency? In what cases can ‘political imperative’ be used to fast-track policy files? And, is the use of emergency decision-making tools the new norm? In the context of a drive for 'efficiency' in government around the World, and the #EU #Omnibus packages, our governance team has written about the need for evidence-based, stakeholder-informed, rapid-response policymaking. #PolicyCycle

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 🔓   There is enough public and private capital available in the financial system to finance the green transition. But economic and deep-rooted barriers prevent it from flowing towards a sustainable economy.   Our new Policy Toolbox provides a structured approach to overcoming barriers on multiple levels.   It addresses explicit real-world barriers, like a lack of skilled workers or infrastructure gaps. As well as deeper-rooted implicit barriers that reinforce the status quo. These include the prevalence of short-term thinking and risk perceptions.   So far it includes more than 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ policy tools.   We developed our methodology based on extensive research and interviews to understand the barriers to mobilising and redirecting financial flows.   ▶️ WATCH: We presented the Toolbox and the thinking behind it in a recent webinar: https://lnkd.in/etAinvv8 🔧 EXPLORE: We invite you to explore the Toolbox and filter the policy tools by specific barriers and policy goals: https://lnkd.in/e6QhPSmm   #SystemsChange #PrivateFinance #SustainableEconomy

🌟 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴... 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 🔓   We have developed our Toolbox to help policymakers overcome not only explicit but also deeper-rooted investment barriers.  A successful #GreenTransition requires the mobilisation and redirection of private investment. For this, public policy often focuses on financial regulation. Research and stakeholder interviews tell us that this is necessary but not sufficient: ➡️ 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. Many companies struggle to turn funding into viable business cases due to other real-world obstacles like the lack of skilled workers or infrastructure gaps.  ➡️ 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗼. In addition to explicit barriers, deeper-rooted semi-explicit and implicit barriers need to be addressed to overcome issues like short-term thinking or risk perceptions.  Our Policy Toolbox includes over 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ policy tools. It provides a structured approach to overcoming explicit, semi-explicit and implicit investment barriers.  You can use the filters to find relevant tools depending on specific barriers and policy goals. Explore the Policy Toolbox now! https://lnkd.in/e6QhPSmm #GreenFinance #Investment #SustainableEconomy #PolicyInnovation #FinanceForGood 

📢 #Jobalert: Do you have an affinity for #IT, #M365, and digital tools – and would you like to share and expand your expertise in an international, impact-driven working environment? 🚀 We are looking for a new 𝐈𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 based in Cologne or Berlin! ⬇️ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞: In this role you will support our day-to-day operations. We envision you to grow gradually into managing our IT systems, equipment, software, and helpdesk activities – taking on more responsibilities over time. Ideally, you have experience with the technical administration of Microsoft 365, IT support or security, as well as good communication skills and a problem-solving attitude.   🔗 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:  https://lnkd.in/d4Wncymy #TeamZOE #hiring #IT #InformationTechnology #ITjobs

🗨️ The decision taken yesterday by the Bundestag in #Germany to reform the constitutional "debt brake" is historic.    The move to loosen decades of strict borrowing rules does represent a tectonic shift, a turning point, a watershed moment and all the other hyperbolic phrases being used about it.    Reform was necessary. And overdue. And more is still needed. Our Managing Director Jakob Hafele Hafele had this to say: "𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 #𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 #𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴. 100 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 150 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 2030. "𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦-𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴. "𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘻 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 180 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦?" #GreenTransition #DebtBrake

📆 Where will you be at the end of May? How about joining us in Cambridge, UK for the #BeyondNeoliberalism conference? This three-day conference will gather academics and thinkers – social scientists, legal scholars, historians, journalists, public intellectuals, and policymakers – to take conversations about the political economy we need for publicly desirable outcomes to the global level. We are super pleased to be a supporting partner of this event 🤝 🔗 Check out the stellar line-up of speakers, and register here: https://lnkd.in/eW-ZYg6X #development #equality #innovation #sustainability #PoliticalEconomy Noam Maggor

We will always be grateful for everything you have given to ZOE over the last years Dr. Christoph Gran 🙌 🙌 🙌 As one of our original founders, you have been there since day one, and have had a major influence on WHAT we do, as well as HOW we do it. Your macroeconomic perspective, bridge-building skills, empathy and good vibes will stay with us. 🎵 We know you won’t be a stranger and will continue to be devoted to the pursuit of #FutureFitEconomies. Very best wishes for this new chapter. 💛

💜 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆!💜 Let’s take this opportunity to celebrate the amazing work of female economists, long-term thinkers, and futurists all over the globe 🌏! ZOE women have provided their top picks for inspirational reading (and watching), related to future-fit economies and beyond – thank you Marla Schiefeling, Elena Mueller, Fran Gater, Magdalena Makowska, Hanna Parnow, Nicole Kormann da Silva, Rachele Chevallier, Erin Quigley, Laura Danilaviciute, Magalí Brosio Audrey Dessoy 💪 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #WomenInspiringWomen 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀:  • The Code of Capital by Katharina Pistor • The Wall Street Consensus by Daniela Gabor • The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg • Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici • Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by Bell Hooks  • The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism by Adrienne Buller • The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato • Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Vulva - Die Enthüllung des unsichtbaren Geschlechts by Mithu M. Sanyal  • Decolonizing Economics by Carolina Alves • Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy by Saskia Sassen   • Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez • Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis • Futures for the Public Sector, edited by Annie Hondeghem, Geert Bouckaert and others with contributions by many great female scholars • Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici  • This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein • Vulture Capitalism: How to Survive in an Age of Corporate Greed by Grace Blakeley  𝗖𝗼-𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: • "Keynes at the periphery: Currency hierarchy and challenges for economic policy in emerging economies" by Barbara Fritz, Daniela Prates and Luiz Fernando de Paula • "A stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model" by Maria Nikolaidi, Yannis Dafermos and Giorgos Galanis • "Why so Hostile? Busting Myths about Heterodox Economics" by Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven and Carolina Alves • "Heterodox economics as a positive project" by Ingrid Kvangraven and Carolina Alves • "Financing social protection requires changing the global financial architecture" by Jayati Ghosh ... 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: • "Why governments should prioritize well-being", TED Talk by Nicola Sturgeon (https://shorturl.at/w9BIM) • Geographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore, short film (https://shorturl.at/1LT2R) • Feminist Economics 101, video series (https://shorturl.at/Y2KiD)

We had a lovely evening hosting a screening of 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 - 𝗔 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 film 🎞️ for #WellbeingEconomy advocates in #Brussels this week The film follows ZOE Senior Fellow Dr Katherine Trebeck over two years as she works to found the Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) partnership of governments with a shared ambition of building Wellbeing Economies. #Finland #Iceland #Scotland #Wales #Canada #NewZealand Her story is woven with that of other international advocates for economies designed to serve people and planet 🌍 Many many thanks to Martin Oetting for joining us and sharing your motivation for making the film 🙏 Thank you to #SustainablePublicAffairs for your generous support for the event. And thanks to everyone who came along. The film is being screened in Scotland, Germany, Austria & France soon. And is available if you want to organise your own screening event. See How to Watch on the website 👉 https://purpose.film/

✒️ Following the German election, we were invited by Big Issue to reflect on the results – and on where #Germany goes now. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘋𝘜-𝘚𝘗𝘋 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭. 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳-𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦.” writes our Jakob Hafele in our article. In a surprise move, the new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has this week proposed to loosen the country’s strict debt rules and unlock billions of investment for defence and infrastructure. This is something his party blocked when in opposition, and which he ruled out during the campaign. Investment is overdue but what's missing is ambitious investment in the high-tech, low-carbon sectors of the future. Germany is crying out for industrial modernisation. Merz must not waste this opportunity to put Germany on a path towards a modernised sustainable, resilient economy.  🔗 https://lnkd.in/eWHaUqFt #IndustrialPolicy #DebtBrake #GreenTransition #Wahl