Spread the news! ISEE is hiring a communications intern! Are you an intellectually curious self-starter wanting to help us refresh our communications strategy? Details on how to apply are available at isecoeco.org/communications…

Reminder 📢 The deadline to apply for this communications intern possition with ISEE is *TOMORROW 9th June*!

The deadline is June 9th! 📣 ISEE is looking for a communications intern! If you're a motivated, curious individual, this opportunity is for you. Check out the application details at isecoeco.org/communications… #NowHiring #CommunicationsIntern

Growth dependency in the #WelfareState: An analysis of drivers in the UK’s adult social care sector and proposals for change. New paper by Christine Corlet Walker, Angela Druckman and Tim Jackson. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/cc… cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #SustainableWelfare #BeyondGrowth

📰 New article in #EcologicalEconomics looking at Growth Dependency in the Welfare State: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… We take #AdultSocialCare as a case study & find 3 core processes driving its growth dependency (GD)... Tim Jackson Angela Druckman CUSP ISEE Research & Degrowth International /1

Must-read paper Christine Corlet Walker, Tim Jackson et al explains how the current #welfarestate depends on economic growth & how a rethink will be necessary to make it growth-independent #postgrowth #omgroei sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢New @openaccess paper in Social Policy & Admi nistration What was private provision of the NHS and adult/children’s social care meant to achieve? We reviewed the policy intentions justifying outsourcing for all sectors - and evaluated it against the evidence. Paper: doi.org/10.1111/spol.1…

Why did Sunak call the #generalelection yesterday... Released inflation figures? Internal pressures? A miscalculation? No... It's because we published a new paper tracking the politics of outsourcing policies, with stark conclusions... Paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sp… 🧵:

A decade of outsourcing in health and social care in England: What was it meant to achieve? —New Social Policy & Admi nistration paper by Anders Bach-Mortensen, Ben Goodair and Christine Corlet Walker. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/health/… cc #CarelessFinance #SustainableWelfare #Healthcare #SocialCare #Privatisation #NHS

“Historically, the productivity trap has created an impetus for economic growth because productivity gains have been taken largely as profit by shareholders, rather than redistributed in the form of reduced working hours.” Growth dependency - #PostGrowth sciencedirect.com/science/articl…