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A call for psychological and behavioural science on degrowth

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Degrowth is a socioeconomic paradigm that prioritizes planetary health and human wellbeing through a democratically planned reduction of unnecessary production and consumption. We urge psychological and behavioural scientists to study this important topic and suggest ways to develop an integrated research agenda for degrowth.

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G.K., J.E.H. and D.O'D. acknowledge support from the European Research Council REAL under the European Union’s — ERC-2022-SYG REAL Reference Number 101071647.

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  1. Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Dario Krpan, Frédéric Basso & Dallas O’Dell

  2. Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

    Dario Krpan

  3. Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Dallas O’Dell, Jason E. Hickel & Giorgos Kallis

  4. Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

    Jason E. Hickel & Giorgos Kallis

  5. International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Jason E. Hickel

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D.K. and F.B. were responsible for conceptualization and visualization. D.K., F.B., D.O., J.H. and G.K. were all involved in the original draft, provided comments and addressed revisions.

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Krpan, D., Basso, F., O’Dell, D. et al. A call for psychological and behavioural science on degrowth. Nat Hum Behav 9, 1513–1518 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02211-8

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