In a 2014 issue of Nature, members of our research group called for abandoning the gross
domestic product as the key indicator in economic policymaking. In this new article, we …

Non-technical summary Transformation of the world towards sustainability in line with the
2030 Agenda requires progress on multiple dimensions of human well-being. We track …

The world has changed dramatically. We no longer live in a world relatively empty of
humans and their artifacts. We now live in the “Anthropocene,” era in a full world where …

For many years, using a monetary measure like GDP per capita as a proxy for the
population's wellbeing made much sense, at least for developed countries. GDP per capita …

From a sociological and political perspective, a key contribution of the discourse on the
Anthropocene is its ability to act as a boundary object, to bring natural scientists and social …

Despite considerable advancements over the last couple of years, research on the
Anthropocene still faces at least two challenges:(1) integrating different approaches from …

Griggs et al.(2013) redefine sustainable development as “development that meets the needs
of the present while safeguarding Earth's life-support system, on which the welfare of current …

How has wellbeing evolved over time and across regions? How does the West compare to
the Rest? What explains their differences? These questions are addressed using a historical …

The idea of sufficiency faces great obstacles in contemporary political economies in which
production and consumption growth has long been considered imperative. Despite …

A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world's leading
economists and statisticians" If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to …