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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

📢 German industry has plenty of potential for renewal. That's the headline finding of our roadmap for Germany's industries, out today: zoe-institut.de/en/publicati... We analysed the future-fitness of 62 industries to build the scientific basis for a new industrial strategy. 1/5

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Industry with a future - ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies

This analysis of 62 industry sectors shows that German industry possesses plenty of potential for renewal, and offers various development pathways for industrial renewal.

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 08/10/2026

Small electrical firms best placed to drive Germany's industrial renewal rely on China as their main supplier, competitor and sometimes customer, leaving Berlin with a dilemma: the fastest way to scale them up is with the very Chinese components it wants to reduce reliance on.

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Germany’s most promising industries depend on China, clashing with Berlin’s derisking push, study finds

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"We want to develop a new economic model for Germany." It's true. And we're excited to have @sven-kindler.bsky.social now in our team to help us do that. Sven talked to @taz.de this week about his motivation after 15 years as a German member of parliament: 🔗 taz.de/Gruenen-Poli... [DE]

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Grünen-Politiker wechselt zu Thinktank: „Wir wollen ein neues Wirtschaftsmodell entwickeln“

Früher saß Sven-Christian Kindler im Bundestag. Jetzt will er Klimaschutz anders voranbringen: beim Zoe-Institut für zukunftsfähige Ökonomien.

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎉 We're thrilled to welcome former German MP @sven-kindler.bsky.social to ZOE's team. We can’t think of a better person to – in his own words – “work on big questions and solutions” and “get things off the ground in Germany”. We’re excited to get things done with you Sven! taz.de/Gruenen-Poli...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🙌Join us for tomorrow's webinar hosted by @socialprotection.org! Our colleague @magalibrosio.bsky.social will show how a sustainable and inclusive wellbeing lens can help us design better policies and ultimately achieve better outcomes, both for people today and for those who come after us.

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Germany's economy is in a structural crisis. What is needed is a long-term industrial strategy that identifies and prioritises future-fit industries. 👉Read our new opinion piece by @lukasbe.bsky.social in Tagesspiegel Background: lnkd.in/df-8gF-n

"Longer working hours and tax cuts will not solve Germany's structural economic problems. [...] Germany needs an industrial strategy that does not rely on hope, but actively supports future-fit industries."
- Lukas Bertram in Tagesspiegel Background

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We’re taking a summer break, and we hope you can do the same! Wishing all of you a relaxing summer to rest and recharge.🌞 We'll be back in a few weeks with new content for a future-fit economy.

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

👀Would you like to become our next Economic Policy Trainee? We are looking for a trainee to support our policy and research work! As a trainee, you will contribute to several projects related to financing and implementing a green and just transition.🌏 Apply now! ▶️ lnkd.in/dqHfnWJU

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Can the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank deliver on its promises to help Europe’s businesses cut emissions? 📉 Only if it has reliable funding. 💰 Read how this can be achieved in this blog by our colleagues @jschneider.bsky.social @Willem Dil @lukasbe.bsky.social ➡️ zoe-institut.de/en/news/how-...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Want to learn more about the wellbeing economy – and how it’s being applied around the world? Find out more in this free online course! Co-developed with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social, @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social, @c40cities.bsky.social & P4NE ▶️ wellbeingeconomycourse.org

Wellbeing Economy
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wellbeing-economy.bsky.social @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🧳🌎 Want to tour the world to see how people are putting wellbeing economy principles into practice? This free online course is for you! Developed by WEAll, @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social @zoe-institute.bsky.social in partnership with @c40cities.bsky.social & P4NE bit.ly/4y3wBco

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🆕 We're in the market for funded Masters students! If you’re studying for a Masters related to new economies, the green transition or good governance and need to complete a work placement, look no further. We’ll be considering applications on a rolling basis: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🔊 GDP is not a measure of wellbeing or sustainability – it was never intended to be that and we should not expect it to be. So, what are the alternatives? In this two-part conversation ZOE’s @magalibrosio.bsky.social unpacks the field of Beyond Growth research. ▶️ Part 1: lnkd.in/ey_HnyvK

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Top 10% 'mega consumers' generate #climate and #biodiversity damage bill that exceeds economies of most countries, find our WISE Horizons project partners in this new study

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Calling finance whizzes 📢 We are looking for a financial controller to lead on finances - cost tracking, payroll, accounting, year-end closing, organisational budgeting, ERP etc Can be based in #Brussels #Berlin #Cologne or remote in Belgium or Germany 📅 Deadline = 7 June lnkd.in/dqHfnWJU

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In this conversation with We Are Voices of Ecology podcast, ZOE's @magalibrosio.bsky.social unpacks the field of #BeyondGrowth research What kinds of lives and living conditions is the economy actually delivering? she asks 🔖 Save for some enjoyable and informative bank holiday listening... 🎧

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Episode 14: Beyond Growth Part 1

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A panel of UN-appointed experts has issued the most powerful call yet for a shift away from GDP. They propose a set of #BeyondGDP indicators that countries can use, starting today. The recommendations are feasible and can be game-changing. 📩 Read our press release: zoe-institut.de/en/news/glob...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We'll be tuning in to this tonight 👇 🕘 21.00 CET A global panel of experts appointed by the United Nations will call time on GDP with its report on new measures of societal progress, #BeyondGDP. www.un.org/sustainabled...

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Media Advisory | UN to unveil first global dashboard to measure progress beyond GDP - United Nations Sustainable Development

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet

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Laura Rayner @lerayner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The European Council meeting tonight and tomorrow will be unbelievably important for several reasons. One of them is that it should determine the EU response to the fossil energy price shock that has been triggered by the situation in the Middle East.

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📢 We are hiring! We are looking for a #Communications Assistant to support our press and communications work in #Germany and #Brussels 📅 Deadline: 7 May 📍 Location: Germany or Belgium 🔑 Key info: Part-time | DE and EN speaking 🔗 zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📢 We are hiring! Do you have ideas how to make Germany's economy future-fit as part of a united Europe? Or know someone who does? 🤔 We are looking for a Senior Policy Advisor to drive our political work, primarily in Germany. 📅 Deadline: 10 May 2026 🔗 lnkd.in/dqHfnWJU

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Our senior policy advisor @lerayner.bsky.social is back with another Future-Fit Policy Watch blog - this time on the painful price Europe is paying for #fossilfuel dependence. 🔒 ↪️ Can the Iran war be an overdue 'Zeitenwende’ for EU energy independence? 🔗 zoe-institut.de/en/news/futu...

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman1913.bsky.social piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/

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Laura Rayner @lerayner.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In this month's @zoe-institute.bsky.social newsletter I reflected on European unity (or lack thereof) as leaders try and make progress on improving #competitiveness, as well as the recent calls by UN Secretary General Guterres to go #beyondGDP. zoe-institut.de/en/news/futu...

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Future-Fit Policy Watch – February 2026 - ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies

In this Future-Fit Policy Watch blog, our in-house 'policy-watcher', Laura Rayner, gives her take on events in and around Brussels. This time she reflects on the EU leaders’ retreat and calls from the...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Happening tomorrow: 'Competitiveness Reimagined', an online dialogue hosted by the MERGE project 👇 🗓25 Feb | ⏰14:00–15:15 CET Join us to discuss how to measure and assess competitiveness in ways that better reflect long-term economic, social, & environmental goals. mergeproject.eu/competitiven...

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Competitiveness Reimagined: Towards sustainable and inclusive wellbeing - MERGE

We invite you to an open science–policy dialogue hosted by MERGE, where we will continue the discussion on how to […]

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

What is Made in EU? And how can it help, or harm, future-fit economies? Ahead of the expected publication of the Industrial Accelerator Act later this month, we’re using today’s #CleantechEU thread 🧵 to explore #MadeInEU 👇

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

ZOE's @lukasbe.bsky.social on the pros and cons of #MadeinEU 👇 These tools carry both “big potential and big risks” and should be “targeted”. If properly done, buy-EU clauses could “support local jobs” in sectors like battery production, green steel, or electric vehicles.

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

What if our economies were designed for the wellbeing of people and the planet, not solely growth? That question is at the heart of #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek – and it’s one you can explore in the free #WellbeingEconomy Policy Design Course. 🎓Join here: wellbeingeconomycourse.org

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We’re excited for the first #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek 📅 26 January ➡️ 1 February A moment to showcase how we can redesign our economies: for crises absorption for fairness for #PlanetaryBoundaries for #FutureGenerations for a good life for all. Check out the programme: lnkd.in/gXPQbsUt

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

In our new opinion piece for @table.media we set out how the EU’s #simplification agenda risks costing a huge amount of political capital – all for little return. by @lukasbe.bsky.social and @cvanballegooy.bsky.social table.media/esg/opinion/...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

New year, new chances! We are looking for an Economic Policy Trainee to join us at the start of 2026 📢 An opportunity to start your career, gain hands-on insights into our EU policy work and contribute to projects that drive the green and just transition. More info: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...

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Milena Büchs 🌎🌻🐌 @mmbuchs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Looking forward to discussing the immensely good and important report by UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier de Schutter on "Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth" docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/56/61 at this event 🙂

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🔖 Tuesday 9 December, 19.00 CET ➡️ Beyond Growth Pathways for Eradicating Poverty in the EU We’re looking forward to picking up discussions on new economies fit for the 21st century at this debate in @europarl.europa.eu with @mmbuchs.bsky.social www.beyond-growth-2023.eu/about-the-co...

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Follow up event December 2025 - Beyond Growth 2023 Conference

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🆕 In this new Q&A with @thegreenfix.bsky.social Christiny Miller talks about #futuregenerations thinking – what it is, why it matters, how it works in practice, and how it can help break the cycle of short-term decision-making. 📥 Read the full Q&A here 👉 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...

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The Green Fix @thegreenfix.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#COP30 will not save us, we have to look for hope elsewhere 👀 In our latest newsletter, we talk with @zoe-institute.bsky.social about adopting long term thinking for climate policies and making the case for future generations governance ♻️💡 Read it here 🔗 thegreenfix.substack.com/p/future-gen...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

«Investing in people allows a society to deploy its transformative potential.» A key message in @sustwellbeing.bsky.social's #PolicyBrief ⤵️ www.swins.eu/publications/ We're proud to contribute to this #HorizonEurope project, designed to rethink the role of #SocialServices in European societies💡

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Magalí Brosio @magalibrosio.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🗓️ Join us next week! On 30 Oct (15:00–16:30 CET), the MERGE project is hosting an online science–policy dialogue on how to advance sustainable & inclusive wellbeing across Europe 🌍 📩 More information and registration here: mergeproject.eu/towards-a-pr...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Happening this week: #GlobalDonutDays! Events across the globe, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics. We already joined the launch event of the Global Doughnut 3.0 - hosted by ZOE's Advisory Board Member @kateraworth.bsky.social (And yes, naturally, themed snacks were involved 🍩 ... )

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

⚡ Electrifying industries is essential to achieving Europe’s climate & competitiveness goals But investment is not flowing fast enough This week we are submitting evidence for the EU Electrification Action Plan, based on our research into industrial ‘electrification-readiness'. 👇

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Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Big Doughnutty News. Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Coming up on 📅 9 October! We're excited to co-host this online session on participatory governance and community-led change, organised in partnership with @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social. 👀See you there? zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

One year on from the UN Summit of the Future, our colleague Christiny Miller has written this piece for @commondreams.org The challenges are immense but #FutureGenerations thinking still offers answers.

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Two of our Advisory Board members will be in conversation *tonight* about the Care Economy 👇 🕖 19.15 CET 💻 online "From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit - why a new economics guided by care is so urgently needed."

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We’re #hiring a Financial Controller (m/f/d) 📢 Are you ready to lead on finance, shape operations, and ensure compliance in a purpose-driven, international environment? Join us now! More info & how to apply: zoe-institut.de/en/jobs-and-...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Wishing everyone a refreshing summer break! 🍧 We'll be back with more future-fit economies content and the next edition of our newsletter in September. If you haven't signed up yet 👉 zoe-institut.de/en/future-fi...

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ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies @zoe-institute.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The big reveal in #Brussels this week is the #EUBudget proposal. #MFF As part of this, the European Commission will to put forward a new competitiveness fund. 💶 Ahead of the announcements on Wednesday, we’re re-sharing our Framing #Competitiveness recommendations. ⬇️

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Philippa Sigl-Glöckner @philippasigl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

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