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Giorgos Kallis is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research spans several intersecting fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. Within these disciplines, Kallis focuses particularly on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of critical environmental and socio-economic issues. These include Climate Change Policy and Economics, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Agriculture, Land Use, and Rural Development, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Giorgos Kallis has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers, with notable publications such as Perceptions of degrowth in the European Parliament (2023) published in Nature Sustainability, Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world (2022) in Nature Sustainability, and Energy requirements and carbon emissions for a low-carbon energy transition (2022) in Nature Communications. Earlier works include Urgent need for post-growth climate mitigation scenarios (2021) published in Nature Energy, and From planetary to societal boundaries: an argument for collectively defined self-limitation (2021) in Sustainability Science Practice and Policy.

The scientist has worked frequently with a number of coauthors, among whom are Aljoša Slameršak, Jason Hickel, Daniel W. O'Neill, Marlyne Sahakian, and Riccardo Mastini. These collaborations reflect consistent engagement in interdisciplinary research.

Kallis's contributions also extend to published books, including the title Limits (2020), released by Stanford University Press eBooks.

Regarding publication venues, Giorgos Kallis has been featured multiple times in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Other frequent venues include Nature Sustainability and Ecological Economics, with additional publications in Nature Energy and Nature Communications.

  • Recent papers: Perceptions of degrowth in the European Parliament (2023, Nature Sustainability)
  • Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world (2022, Nature Sustainability)
  • Energy requirements and carbon emissions for a low-carbon energy transition (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Urgent need for post-growth climate mitigation scenarios (2021, Nature Energy)
  • From planetary to societal boundaries: an argument for collectively defined self-limitation (2021, Sustainability Science Practice and Policy)

  • Frequent coauthors: Aljoša Slameršak
  • Jason Hickel
  • Daniel W. O'Neill
  • Marlyne Sahakian
  • Riccardo Mastini

  • Frequent publication venues: SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Ecological Economics
  • Nature Energy
  • Nature Communications

  • Main fields of study: Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

  • Subfields of study: Economics and Econometrics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Environmental Engineering

  • Main topics of work: Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Best Publications

  • Is Green Growth Possible

    Jason Hickel;Giorgos Kallis

  • In defence of degrowth

    Giorgos Kallis

  • Crisis or opportunity? Economic degrowth for social equity and ecological sustainability. Introduction to this special issue

    François Schneider;Giorgos Kallis;Joan Martinez-Alier

  • Degrowth : a vocabulary for a new era

    Giacomo D'Alisa;Federico Demaria;Giorgos Kallis

  • The economics of degrowth

    Giorgos Kallis;Christian Kerschner;Joan Martinez-Alier

  • Research On Degrowth

    Giorgos Kallis;Vasilis Kostakis;Vasilis Kostakis;Steffen Lange;Barbara Muraca

  • Environmental innovation and societal transitions: Introduction and overview

    Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer;Giorgos Kallis

  • The EU water framework directive: measures and implications

    Giorgos Kallis;David Butler

  • Inequality, Communication and the Avoidance of Disastrous Climate Change in a Public Goods Game

    Alessandro Tavoni;Astrid Dannenberg;Giorgos Kallis;Andreas Löschel

  • To value or not to value? That is not the question

    Giorgos Kallis;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Christos Zografos

  • Social Metabolism, Ecological Distribution Conflicts, and Valuation Languages

    Joan Martinez-Alier;Giorgos Kallis;Sandra Veuthey;Mariana Walter

  • Coevolutionary ecological economics

    Giorgos Kallis;Richard B. Norgaard

  • Degrowth: from theory to practice

    Filka Sekulova;Giorgos Kallis;Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos;Francois Schneider

  • Collaborative governance and adaptive management: lessons from California's CALFED Water Program.

    Giorgos Kallis;Michael Kiparsky;Richard Norgaard

  • A Green New Deal without growth

    Riccardo Mastini;Giorgos Kallis;Jason Hickel

  • Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth

    Iago Otero;Iago Otero;Katharine N. Farrell;Katharine N. Farrell;Salvador Pueyo;Giorgos Kallis

  • Energy requirements and carbon emissions for a low-carbon energy transition

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  • Degrowth can work - here's how science can help.

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  • Growth, A-Growth or Degrowth to Stay within Planetary Boundaries?

    Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh;Giorgos Kallis

  • The political ecology of Jatropha plantations for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India

    Pere Ariza-Montobbio;Sharachchandra Lele;Giorgos Kallis;Joan Martinez-Alier

  • Imaginaries of Hope: The Utopianism of Degrowth

    Giorgos Kallis;Hug March

  • “Friday off”: Reducing Working Hours in Europe

    Giorgos Kallis;Michael Kalush;Hugh O.'Flynn;Jack Rossiter

  • Participation and evaluation for sustainable river basin governance

    Paula Antunes;Giorgos Kallis;Nuno Videira;Rui Santos

  • Urgent need for post-growth climate mitigation scenarios

    Jason Hickel;Jason Hickel;Paul Brockway;Giorgos Kallis;Lorenz Keyßer

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Martinez-Alier
Joan Martinez-Alier Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh Autonomous University of Barcelona
Richard B. Norgaard
Richard B. Norgaard University of California, Berkeley
Peter Nijkamp
Peter Nijkamp Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andreas Löschel
Andreas Löschel Ruhr University Bochum
Erik Gómez-Baggethun
Erik Gómez-Baggethun Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Fabrice G. Renaud
Fabrice G. Renaud University of Glasgow
Joan Rieradevall
Joan Rieradevall Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mario Giampietro
Mario Giampietro Autonomous University of Barcelona
David Butler
David Butler University of Exeter

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