Sophia Hamilton
- Email: szln0544@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Exploring the socio-ecological potentials of collective provisioning systems in OECD nations
- Supervisors: Dr Richard Bärnthaler, Professor Milena Büchs, Dr Diana Ivanova
Profile
I am a provisional PGCert/PhD student at the Sustainability Research Institute, funded by the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership under a collaborative award with the New Economics Foundation.
I am particularly interested in the ways hegemonic systems like capitalism contribute to the ongoing polycrisis of ecological degradation, social inequality, and the commodification of human needs, as well as how otherwise subaltern value systems – including feminist and post/decolonial – can support radical social-ecological transformation.
My research will compare the potentials of individualised versus collective provisioning systems in equitably meeting human needs within ecological boundaries, and how policy mechanisms can enable sufficient provisioning systems in practice. Through an ecological economics lens, I intend to examine the opportunities and challenges of proposals like Universal Basic Services in decreasing throughput whilst increasing wellbeing.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Social Science, Western Sydney University
- Master of Applied Anthropology and Development (Advanced), The Australian National University
Research groups and institutes
- Sustainability Research Institute
- Economics and Policy for Sustainability