This project examines how civil society organizations, researchers, and mission-driven financial institutions can more effectively organize countervailing power at the European level and at two national levels (the Netherlands and Germany) in financial policy dossiers. We focus on two areas: the digital euro and the role of banks in the energy transition. We assess existing coalitions and the policymaking process surrounding the digital euro. We will use these findings to develop a coordinated advocacy strategy focused on the role of banks in the energy transition. By linking research and strategic communication, we test and develop an approach to research-based advocacy.
Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action
What does an economy look like that focuses not on GDP growth, but on well-being, ecology and justice?
What is needed to achieve this sustainable economy and how is our current economic system holding back these changes?
We are exploring these questions from a practical perspective as part of the program: ‘Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action’. Together with partners from academia, the professional sector, government and social movements, we are working to shape this transition, set it in motion and anchor it. In doing so, we actively apply knowledge in practice to bring about a transformation of our current economic system.