Working Groups

Several degrowth movement-building working groups emerged out of DeSchool 2025, as well as from DGI’s ongoing partnerships. These working groups are either collaborations between the DGI team and other degrowth activists and researchers around the world, or are projects the DGI team supports and helps to promote, even if our team is not actively involved in facilitating them.

This page serves as a clearinghouse of information on the working groups, where you can find overviews of the groups and their work, schedules of the meetings, and the names and contact information of the working group facilitators.

If you would like to get involved in any of these working groups, please reach out to the relevant working group facilitator directly. Each group has its own process for taking on new members, which the group’s facilitator can explain to you.

Unless otherwise noted, all working groups meet remotely on Zoom.

Challenge to Growth Mapping Working Group

Facilitator: Jason Barahona Rosales (DGI)

Meetings: Last Thursday of each month at 6:30PM Central Time

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For more information, or to get involved, please reach out to jason@degrowthinstitute.org.

Degrowth Policy Working Group

Facilitator: Anna Prouty (DGI)

Meetings: Biweekly on Fridays at 11:00AM Central Time

The Degrowth Policy Working Group is a collaboration between multiple researchers and organizations, facilitated by the DGI team. The purpose of the group is to produce scholarship and advocacy toolkits for those interested in furthering public policy to challenge economic growth in the US. The group is currently working on an explainer document outlining what defines degrowth policy and what possibilities exist to challenge growth at the federal, state and local levels.

For more information, or to get involved, please reach out to anna@degrowthinstitute.org.

Degrowth Academics’ Research Collaboration Circle

Facilitators: Alison Chopel and Rían Czerwiński

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North American Circle of the International Degrowth Network

Facilitator: Jason Barahona Rosales (DGI)

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