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Beyond GDP: EU-funded Horizon projects

To catalyse scientific research efforts for the measurement of sustainability, inclusiveness and wellbeing, the EU has funded many Horizon consortia and awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant.

Projects include:

MERGE

Measuring what matters – Policy pathways to sustainable and inclusive wellbeing

ToBe

Towards an economy for sustainable well-being: Integrated policies and transformative indicators

SPES

Sustainability performances, evidence & scenarios: bridging productivity and growth with inclusiveness and environmental protection.

Wise Horizons

The wellbeing, inclusion, sustainability and the economy (WISE) project seeks to facilitate and accelerate a systemic change in society.

WISER

Well-being in a Sustainable Economy Revisited (WISER) will develop an evidenced-based economic development framework that prioritises the well-being of all generations.

A Post Growth Deal

This ERC-funded project develops frameworks for ‘post-growth deals’, from empirical research through to practical applications.

Related links

A European agenda to navigate uncertain times. How to steer the EU towards wellbeing for all, now and in the future (2024) - a paper co-issued by the SPES, WISE Horizons, ToBe, WISER and MERGE projects that proposes a policy agenda for the European Commission to ensure sustainable and inclusive wellbeing.