Introducing the 2026 Post Growth Fellows

A global community of practice nurturing pathways towards life beyond growth.

Running from April through November 2026, the Post Growth Fellowship brings together researchers, creatives, community organisers, and activists from around the world. Now in its fifth year, the program continues to explore new approaches to our economic systems, nurturing pathways towards life beyond growth.

As we begin another cycle of shared learning and exchange, we’re excited to introduce the 2026 Post Growth Fellows:

**Adanma Yisa is an organizational transformation consultant and co-founder of The Decoloniality Network, with a Master’s in Critical Diversity Studies, passionate about decolonial practice, feminist organizational change, and building institutions that live up to their values. Her path to post-growth thinking grew from years of working inside development and civil society organizations and asking why so many, despite good intentions, reproduce the very hierarchies and extractive logics they exist to challenge. She is based in Johannesburg, South Africa**.

Afaf Abid is a Moroccan urban planner and doctoral researcher focused on territorial intelligence, post-mining transitions, and social justice. Based between Morocco and Spain, her work examines how large-scale urban projects reshape local dynamics, particularly in declining mining regions like Benguerir. Her interest in post growth stems from critiquing extractive development models; through her work she aims to contribute to more inclusive and just territorial futures.

**Aisha Ait Sair is a researcher with a PhD in integrated modeling applied to sustainability, and an engineering background in meteorology and climate sciences., she currently works on the development of a food transport model for food sovereignty. Her interest in post growth is connected to her research project on the transition of the Global South within planetary boundaries, particularly in Morocco. From Morocco and based in France, **she’s also enrolled in the Degrowth master’s online.

**Alicia Charles D’Avalon is the Kasike (Chief) of the Yukayeke Yamaye Kokuio (Taino Firefly Tribe of Jamaica), and a Researcher and Transition Designer. They are based in Montreal, Canada**.

**Akkanut Wantanasombut is a scholar-activist focused on the social and solidarity economy and fair digital economies. His work explores alternatives to extractive, growth-driven models through research and collaboration with workers and communities in Thailand**. He leads the Research Group in Innovation for Social Solidarity and Inclusive Economy in Asia at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, where he is based.

**Ashanti Kunene is an art activist, TEDx speaker, and systems change architect. She is founder of Learning 2 Unlearn and co-founder of The Unlearning Institute, working at the intersection of wealth, technology, and consciousness. Her post-growth practice was shaped through South Africa**’s #FMF and #EndRapeCulture movements. Based between Cape Town and Johannesburg, she also creates abstract expressionist art as @IArtShanti.

**Bea Albermann is a medical doctor and planetary health advocate for systemic transformation towards health equity within the limits of a liveable planet. Based in Bern, Switzerland**, Bea researches post-growth and health at the University of Lausanne and manages PHUSE, the Swiss Network for Planetary Health Education. The former WHO Youth Delegate and co-founder of Health For Future Switzerland has been recognised through the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, the Mercator Fellowship and two TEDx talks.

**Berivan Elis works at the intersection of social entrepreneurship, procurement, impact strategy, and organisational resilience. She is co-founder of Impact Hub Ankara, part of the global Impact Hub Network. Previously, she spent two decades across intergovernmental organisations and universities opening space for those working at the margins. She arrived at post-growth through practice. Based in Ankara, Türkiye**, she is also an information activist.

**Celina Gumiel Claure is a social entrepreneur and ecosystem builder with Mondragon Team Academy, focused on community-based initiatives and regenerative systems. Her interest in post growth is rooted in growing up in Bolivia and working with grassroots communities, where she witnessed systemic inequalities firsthand. Through projects supporting artists, youth, and changemakers, she explores how education, collaboration, and funding can sustain impact. She works across Bolivia** and international contexts, creating, connecting, and reimagining how change happens.

Originally from Indonesia and based in Norway, **Cinthya Sopaheluwakan** is a systems & strategy thinker, storyteller, provocateur, writer and speaker, focused on challenging dominant systems and narratives. Through The Big Picture, she supports organisations transitioning toward regenerative systems at the intersection of systems thinking, strategic intervention, and storytelling. With a background in physics, business, and sustainability, she brings an intersectional, decolonial lens to her work.

**Wahyuwidi Cinthya (Cinthya) is a development practitioner focused on environmental sustainability and sustainable finance. Her work explores how financing can support climate resilience and community wellbeing. From Indonesia** and based in Jakarta, she has worked with government on green financing instruments and continues to experiment with models supporting ocean conservation and livelihoods through Rare.

**Jasmine Wu is a climate justice advocate from Taiwan** exploring decolonial thought, degrowth, and collective healing. Her journey began in animal rights and youth climate activism, including work with the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition and COP processes. She now supports youth engagement through Mom Loves Taiwan Association. Her interest in post growth is shaped by seeing activists affected by burnout, leading her toward ecopsychology and collective healing.

**Jaiveer Singh is a sustainability practitioner and systems thinker passionate about circularity, thriving cities, post-growth urbanism, and community resilience. Born in New Delhi, India and living in New York, USA**, his work spans waste, energy, food, and mobility systems. Having witnessed the frustrating parallels between the US and India — where growth-oriented frameworks prioritize extraction while deepening segregation and inequality — he sits with a simple question: what does it mean to flourish within limits?

**Jenni Mayshiogie is an Indonesia**-based consultant focused on digital inclusion and equitable access to decentralized technologies.

Based in the Netherlands, **Jonneke Koning** is an educator-researcher focused on post-growth entrepreneurship and alternative ownership structures, particularly cooperatives and steward-ownership. Her interest in post growth emerged after working at Unilever, where she saw the limits of growth-driven value creation. She is pursuing a PhD at Wageningen University on how ownership and purpose shape post-growth value creation.

Kadamawe Knife is a sustainable development specialist focused on models that endogenize growth within developing countries. Holding a PhD in Sustainable Development and an MSc in Economics, he is a lecturer and researcher at the Mona School of Business and Management, University of the West Indies, and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Thinking and Practice. Based in Jamaica, Knife’s work explores entrepreneurship, the Social and Solidarity Economy, and community-led development in underserved communities.

**Maria Peteinaki is an architect working on urban resilience. She previously co-led an architectural firm focused on bioclimatic design, energy-efficient buildings, and ecological construction. She is president of Mikilio, a cooperative dedicated to circular economy and ecological regeneration. Passionate about ecofeminism and degrowth, she is pursuing a PhD on post-growth spatial design. Born in Bucharest, raised in France, and based in Athens, Greece**, she is active in Doughnut Economy Greece and grassroots climate and housing initiatives.

Raised in California and based in New York, USA, Rosalind Marino is a researcher, speculative designer, storyteller, and facilitator with a background in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Active across cooperative and distributed tech circles, they are interested in systems change through post-growth economics and the development of democratic tooling for managing the commons. She is currently serving as board secretary to Liminal Works, completing a residency with SOAM, and supporting research projects at Metagov.

**Sabrina Fernandes is a Brazilian** sociologist and political economist, focused on transition, Latin America, and internationalism.

**Sara Al-Mahdi is a political activist and researcher in international political economy with a background in conservation and development studies, focusing on degrowth, sovereignty, and anti-imperialism. Based in London, UK**, she trained in anthropology at UCL and has researched degrowth policy, beyond GDP indicators, and university complicity in war and genocide. She co-teaches Degrowth Policies and Politics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Based in Brussels, Belgium, **Sarah McKinley** is a global expert in Community Wealth Building (CWB), focused on designing local economies rooted in community ownership. With over two decades in community economic development, her work responds to the limits of extractive systems. She spent 12 years with The Democracy Collaborative advancing research and practice to democratise the economy.

**Sarah Queblatin is a regenerative design specialist and social artist weaving ecosystem restoration, biocultural heritage, and spiritual ecology. Her work with displaced communities inspired her to pursue ways to “restore and re-story” relationships between people and place. Based in the Philippines, **she founded Green Releaf Initiative and Living Story Landscapes, and is currently researching pathways for enabling the rights of nature through Indigenous worldviews on economy.

**Semakula Abdul is a civic, social, and climate innovator, and instigator of Regenar Development Initiative. He is based in Kampala, Uganda**.

**Sthembile Ndwandwe is a bioeconomy researcher with a PhD in Environment and Geography. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town**, focusing on knowledge sovereignty in biodiversity-based economies. She is interested in post-growth approaches to economic and multispecies justice, and her work engages closely with communities, including developing a honeybush tea archive.

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