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Richard Bärnthaler

Richard Bärnthaler is an assistant professor in ecological economics at the University of Leeds Sustainability Research Institute. He is a member of the board of the European Society for Ecological Economics.

A man observes a surreal landscape with a city and a large face made of trees and buildings.

Corporate Power vs. Social-Ecological Transformation: Why Progress Remains Stalled

Richard Bärnthaler and Andreas Novy

Fossil fuel giants and entrenched elites block climate action.

Sufficiency: towards an eco-social economy

Richard Bärnthaler and Ian Gough

The only exit from the ‘polycrisis’ is a corridor of sufficiency between meeting need and avoiding excess.