Donatella Gasparro is a PhD candidate in Political Science & Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy) and at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) within the project REAL – A Post-Growth Deal. She is part of the editorial collective of the Italian degrowth quarterly Quaderni della Decrescita and is active in spreading and teaching degrowth in Italy and internationally.
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Neither the either nor the or: for a sideways degrowth
Within degrowth, we can and should continue to debate theories and strategies. But if we want to meaningfully engage with system transformation, we must recognise the pluriversal essence of the degrowth contribution and offer our analytical tools to support the anti-capitalist struggles, becoming thus an attribute – or adjective – of existing political proposals.
October 22, 2025
