Writing

Essays on degrowth, energy transitions and systems thinking, and what they ask of the people who design things.

Degrowth, energy transitions, systems thinking

4 essays

Transition and Transformation

Transition and Transformation

A review of Child and Breyer on what we mean by transition and by transformation in the move to sustainable energy systems, and how research networks shape which word we reach for.

Embracing Degrowth

Embracing Degrowth for a Sustainable Future in Technology, Engineering, and Design

Degrowth asks what happens when well being, care and ecological limits replace growth as the measure of a good economy, and what that asks of the people who design things.

On Thinking Systems

On Thinking Systems

Our problems are transdisciplinary and our science is not. A note on cyber systemic thinking, on UFABC's interdisciplinary model, and on the bureaucracies that keep knowledge in boxes.

Research behind the practice

  • A Springer chapter

    Co-author of a case study of the Cooperlimpa Diadema waste picker cooperative and the circular economy, published October 2025.

  • A master's at UFABC

    Master of Engineering and Innovation Management, Design of Technology and Engineering, finishing December 2026.

  • The same view in the studio

    Discovery that names the decision before anyone draws, and services built so the next project costs less.

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