Tim Jackson (economist)

Tim Jackson
Tim Jackson in 2017.
Born (1957-06-04) 4 June 1957
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Professor of ecological economics
Known for Criticism of economic growth
Notable work Prosperity Without Growth (2009)

Tim Jackson FAcSS (born 1957) is a British ecological economist and professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey. He is the director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP),[1] a multi-disciplinary, international research consortium which aims to understand the economic, social and political dimensions of sustainable prosperity. Tim Jackson is the author of Prosperity Without Growth (2009 and 2017) and Material Concerns (1996). In 2016, he received the Hillary Laureate for exceptional mid-career Leadership.[2]

Work

Academic work

For more than twenty five years, he has worked internationally on sustainable consumption and production.[3] During five years at the Stockholm Environment Institute in the early 1990s, he pioneered the concept of preventative environmental management outlined in his 1996 book Material Concerns – pollution profit and quality of life.[4]

From 1995 to 2000, Jackson held an EPSRC fellowship on the Thermodynamics of Clean Technologies. From 2003 to 2005, he held a Professorial Research Fellowship on the social psychology of sustainable consumption. From 2006 to 2011 Jackson was Director of the ESRC Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment. From 2010 to 2014, he was Director of the Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group. From 2013 to 2017, he was ESRC Professioral Research Fellow on Prosperity and Sustainability in the Green Economy.[5]

Since 2003, his research has focused on consumption, lifestyle and sustainability. In 2005, the Sustainable Development Research Network[6] published his widely cited review Motivating Sustainable Consumption.[7] A respective Earthscan 'Reader' in Sustainable Consumption was issued in 2006.[8] During 2006 and 2007 Tim Jackson was advisor and a regular contributor to BBC Newsnight's Ethical Man series.[9]

In his function as Economics Commissioner on the Sustainable Development Commission[10], he authored a controversial report, later published by Earthscan/Routledge as Prosperity Without Growth: economics for a finite planet (2009). A substantially revised second edition (Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow) has been published in January 2017.[11] By arguing that "prosperity – in any meaningful sense of the word – transcends material concerns",[12] the book summarises the evidence showing that, beyond a certain point, growth does not increase human wellbeing. Prosperity without Growth analyses the complex relationships between growth, environmental crises and social recession. It proposes a route to a sustainable economy, and argues for a redefinition of "prosperity" in light of the evidence on what really contributes to people’s wellbeing.[13] In the wake of technological progress and the pursuit of ever-increasing profits, financial growth and its "skewed priorities" are linked to human exploitation and environmental destruction, which Jackson refers to as the "age of irresponsibility."[14] "The clearest message from the financial crisis of 2008 is that our current model of economic success is fundamentally flawed. For the advanced economies of the Western world, prosperity without growth is no longer a utopian dream. It is a financial and ecological necessity."[15]

The book was described by Le Monde as "one of the most outstanding pieces of environmental economics literature in recent years."[16] The sociologist Anthony Giddens referred to it as "a must-read for anyone concerned with issues of climate change and sustainability – bold, original and comprehensive."[16] Prosperity without Growth has been translated into 17 languages including Swedish, German, French, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Chinese.

Tim Jackson was the founder and director of RESOLVE (Research Group on Lifestyles Values and Environment)[17] and of its follow-on project: the Defra/ESRC Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG).[18] His current projects include – in collaboration with Professor Peter Victor (York University, Toronto)[19] – the development of the Green Economy Macro-Model and Accounts (GEMMA).[20][21]

Playwright

In addition to his academic and advisory work,[3] Jackson is an award-winning playwright with numerous BBC Radio writing credits to his name.[22] His 30 episode environmental drama series Cry of the Bittern won a 1997 Public Awareness of Science (PAWS) Drama Award. The Language of Flowers – a drama documentary about the life and work of the 18th Century poet Christopher Smart won the 2004 Prix Marulić. Jackson's most recent play, Variations, written around a Beethoven Sonata of the same name, won the 2007 Grand Prix Marulić[23] and was longlisted for the 2008 Sony awards.[24]

Publications

  • The Post-Growth Challenge — Secular Stagnation, Inequality and the Limits to Growth. Tim Jackson, CUSP Working Paper No 12. Guildford: University of Surrey. May 2018.[25]
  • Confronting inequality in a post-growth world – basic income, factor substitution and the future of work. Tim Jackson, and Peter Victor. CUSP Working Paper No 11. Guildford: University of Surrey. April 2018.[26]
  • Does slow growth increase inequality? Some reflections on Piketty’s ‘fundamental’ laws of capitalism, Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, PASSAGE Working Paper 14-01, Guildford: University of Surrey, August 2014[27]
  • Green economy at community scale, Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, Metcalf Foundation: Toronto, November 2013[28]
  • Developing an Ecological Macroeconomics, Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, Centre for International Governance Innovation, cigionline.org, 11 September 2013[29]
  • Angst essen Seele auf – Escaping the 'iron cage' of consumerism, Tim Jackson, Wuppertal Spezial (Vol 48), Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy[30]
  • Consumerism as Theodicy – an exploration of religions and secular meaning functions (with M. Pepper). In Thomas, L (ed): Consuming Paradise. Oxford: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010.
  • New economic model needed not relentless consumer demand, Tim Jackson for The Guardian Blog, 17 January 2013[31]
  • The Cinderella economy: an answer to unsustainable growth?, Tim Jackson for The Ecologist, 27 July 2012[32]
  • Let's be less productive, Tim Jackson for The New York Times, 26 May 2012[33]
  • Dismount and die? The paradox of sustainable living, Tim Jackson for The Guardian, 29 June 2011[34]
  • Consumerism as Theodicy – an exploration of religions and secular meaning functions (with M. Pepper). In Thomas, L (ed): Consuming Paradise. Oxford: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010.
  • Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet. London and New York: Earthscan/Routledge, 2009.[16]
  • The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Consumption. London and New York: Earthscan/Routledge, 2006[35]
  • Material concerns: pollution, profit, and quality of life. SEI, Stockholm Environment Institute; London, New York: Routledge, 1996.[4]

Politics

Prior to the 2015 general election, he was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas.[36]

References

  1. ↑ "CUSP". Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ↑ | Tim Jackson named 2016 Hillary Laureate | last visited: 27 June 2016
  3. 1 2 Tim Jackson at the University of Surrey | last visited: 17 April 2013
  4. 1 2 Material concerns: pollution, profit, and quality of life Stockholm Environment Institute; London, New York: Routledge, 1996]
  5. ↑ Resumée on TimJackson.org.uk. (accessed 2018-01-22).
  6. ↑ Homepage of the Sustainable Development Research Network
  7. ↑ Motivating Sustainable Consumption Archived 24 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Report to the Sustainable Development Research Network | January 2005
  8. ↑ The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Consumption | Earthscan, 2006
  9. ↑ Carbon Footprint for Newsnight's Ethical Man Series | last visited: 25 May 2012
  10. ↑ Tim Jackson | the new economics foundation | neweconomics.org | last visited: 25 May 2012
  11. ↑ "Routledge | Featured Author: Tim Jackson". Routledge. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  12. ↑ Has Western capitalism failed? Tim Jackson for BBC 22 September 2011 | last visited: 25 May 2012
  13. ↑ Prosperity without Growth? – The transition to a sustainable economy Archived 1 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Report for the SDC 03.2011 | last visited: 25 May 2012
  14. ↑ Walker, Stuart (2012). "The Object of Nightingales: Design Values for a Meaningful Material Culture". Design and Culture. 4 (2).
  15. ↑ Prosperity without Growth? Report | Summary | last visited: 25 May 2012
  16. 1 2 3 Routledge Website for Prosperity Without Growth
  17. ↑ RESOLVE | Research Group on Lifestyles Values and Environment | resolve.sustainablelifestyles.ac.uk | last visited: 3 April 2014
  18. ↑ SLRG Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group | last visited: 3 April 2014
  19. ↑ Peter Victor | Official Website | last visited: 27 May 2012
  20. ↑ Short GEMMA Description Archived 9 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. | Institute for New Economic Thinking | ineteconomics.org | last visited: 25 May 2012
  21. ↑ GEMMA on PASSAGE project page | Work programme of PASSAGE project | last visited: 24 September 2014
  22. ↑ Tim Jackson's plays listed on official website | last visited: 10 September 2014
  23. ↑ Prix Marulić 2007 | last visited: 25 May 2012
  24. ↑ Tim Jackson on SLRG | www.sustainablelifestyles.ac.uk
  25. ↑ Jackson, Tim (13 May 2018). "The Post-Growth Challenge—Secular Stagnation, Inequality and the Limits to Growth". Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  26. ↑ Jackson, Tim (April 2018). "Confronting inequality in a post-growth world – basic income, factor substitution and the future of work". Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  27. ↑ Does slow growth increase inequality? Some reflections on Piketty’s ‘fundamental’ laws of capitalism, Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, PASSAGE Working Paper 14-01, Guildford: University of Surrey, August 2014
  28. ↑ Green economy at a community scale, Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, Metcalf Foundation: Toronto, November 2013
  29. ↑ Developing an Ecological Macroeconomics, Tim Jackson and Peter Victor, Centre for International Governance Innovation, cigionline.org, 11 September 2013
  30. ↑ Angst essen Seele auf – Escaping the 'iron cage' of consumerism, Tim Jackson, Wuppertal Spezial (Vol 48), Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
  31. ↑ 'New economic model needed not relentless consumer demand, Tim Jackson for The Guardian Blog, 17 January 2013
  32. ↑ The Cinderella economy: an answer to unsustainable growth?, Tim Jackson for The Ecologist, 27 July 2012
  33. ↑ Let's be less productive, Tim Jackson for The New York Times, 26 May 2012
  34. ↑ Dismount and die? The paradox of sustainable living, Tim Jackson for The Guardian, 29 June 2011
  35. ↑ The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Consumption, London, New York: Earthscan/Routledge, 2006
  36. ↑ Elgot, Jessica (24 April 2015). "Celebrities sign statement of support for Caroline Lucas – but not the Greens". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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