Niko Paech conducts research and teaches in the Master’s program in Pluralist Economics. His research focuses on sustainability in economics, particularly post-growth economics, environmental economics, climate change management, organizational and innovation research, supply chain management, industrial engineering, and the analysis of transformative economic models. He currently leads the BMBF-funded research project SolaRegio, which examines implementation strategies for community-supported agriculture.

Regularly Offered Courses:

• Post-Growth Economics (Lecture)
• Projects and Measures for Implementing the Post-Growth Economy (Project Course)
• The Third Sector and Community-Oriented Economics (Lecture)
• Alternative Economic Systems and Sustainability (Lecture)

Office hours can be scheduled at any time via email (niko.paech@uni-siegen.de).

The latest information on lectures, media coverage, etc., is available on thePost-Growth Economics website. 

Monographs

• The Effect of Potential Competition on the Pricing Behavior of Established Firms in the Absence of Strategic Asymmetries, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1995 (doctoral dissertation).
• Sustainable Business Beyond Innovation and Growth—A Firm-Level Theory of Transformation, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 1st edition 2005, 2nd edition 2012 (postdoctoral thesis)
• Liberation from Excess: On the Path to a Post-Growth Economy, oekomverlag, Munich, 1st edition 2012, 8th edition 2015
• Liberation from Excess. The Road to a Post-Growth Economy, oekomverlag, Munich, 2012
• Liberation from Growth: The Road to a Post-Growth Society, Namudosi Publishing Co., Seoul, 2015
• What You’re Planning There Would Be a Revolution …, oekomverlag, Munich, 2016 (with Erhard Eppler and Christiane Grefe)
• Se Libérer Du Superflu. Vers une économie de post-croissance, Rue de L'échiquier, Paris, 2016
• Energy, Entropy, Creativity—What Drives and Holds Back Growth, Springer Spektrum, Berlin, 2018 (with R. Kümmel and D. Lindenberger)
• The Economy of Moderation: Ideas for a Society Without Growth, Herrenalber Forum, Karlsruhe, 2019 (with C. Rauch and A. U. Engelmann)
• All You Need Is Less: A Culture of Enough from an Economic and Buddhist Perspective, oekomverlag, Munich, 2020 (with M. Folkers)
• The Growth Debate, Westend Verlag, Frankfurt, 2022 (with K. Gentinetta)
• Climate Crises: 9 Perspectives, Trabanten Verlag, Berlin, 2022 (with G. Scobel, G. Gysi, and others)
• Escaping Excess: The Path to a Post-Growth Economy, Yeni Insan, Istanbul, 2023

Edited Volumes

• Perspectives on a Cultural Studies Theory of Enterprise, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2004 (with the Research Group on Enterprises and Social Organizations – FUGO)
• Sustainable Future Markets: Orientations for Entrepreneurial Innovation Processes in the 21st Century, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005 (with K. Fichter and R. Pfriem)
• Innovations for Sustainable Development, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2006 (with R. Pfriem, R. Antes, K. Fichter, M. Müller, S. Seuring, and B. Siebenhüner)
• Economic Research on Sustainability, a book series published by Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg; eight volumes have been published since 2007 (member of the editorial board and editor)
• New Concepts in Economics. Companies Between Sustainability, Culture, and Ethics, Festschrift for Reinhard Pfriem, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2009 (with I. Antoni-Komar, M. Beermann, C. Lautermann, J. Müller, H. Schattke, S. Schneidewind, and R. Schulz)
• Companies in Society. Interdisciplinary Contributions to a Critical Theory of the Company, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2017 (with the Research Group on Companies and Social Organizations – FUGO)

Articles in Journals

• Environmental Awareness, Quality Uncertainty, and the Impact of Emissions Disclosure, in: Journal of Economic and Social Sciences, 109/3, 1989, pp. 385–398
• Potential Competition—On the History of Dogma in Supposedly New Approaches to Industrial Economics, in: Yearbooks for National Economy and Statistics, 214/4, 1998, pp. 467–481
• Contestability Reconsidered: The Meaning of Market Exit Costs, in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 34/3, 1998, pp. 435–443
• Reaching New Horizons of Innovation with Sustainability Concepts, in: UmweltWirtschaftsForum (UWF), 10/3, 2002, pp. 12–17 (with R. Pfriem)
• Sustainable Development and Environmental Communication, in: Berufsbildung, 56/76, 2002, pp. 25–28
• Innovations and Sustainability: Solution or Part of the Problem?, in: Politische Ökologie, 21/84, 2003, pp. 16–18
• Future Markets Through Sustainability Innovations, in: Political Ecology, 21/84, 2003, pp. 56–57 (with M. Arnold, A. Aulinger, W. Bierter, K. Fichter, and R. Pfriem)
• From Business Innovations to Structural Change: Guiding Concepts of Sustainable Economic Management, in: UmweltWirtschaftsForum (UWF), 12/1, 2004, pp. 22–26
• Sustainability Between Dematerialization and Ecologization: Has the Question of Growth Been Settled?, in: Natur und Kultur, 6/1, 2005, pp. 52–72
• Growth Neutrality Through Zero-Sum Games in Material Use, in: Ökologisches Wirtschaften, 3/2006, pp. 30–33
• Sustainable Development as a Zero-Sum Game—Climate Protection and Distribution, in: Zeitschrift für Sozialökonomie (ZfSÖ), 43/150, 2006, pp. 23–35
• Principles of Sustainability Beyond the Three-Pillar Paradigm, in: Nature and Culture, 7/1, 2006, pp. 42–62
• Corporate Sustainability and the Unresolved Question of Growth: From Function-Orientation to Needs Substitution, in: UmweltWirtschaftsForum (UWF), 15/2, 2007, pp. 86–91
• Where Does the Pressure to Grow Come From?, in: Gaia 16/4, 2007, pp. 299–300
• Climate Protection in Housing—Unlocking Untapped Potential, in: Marketing Review St. Gallen (Thexis) 4, 2008, pp. 34–38
• Regional Currencies as Building Blocks of a Post-Growth Economy, in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSÖ) 45/158–159, 2008, pp. 10–19
• GEKKO: Buildings, Climate Protection, and Communication, in: Einblicke—Research Magazine of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Issue No. 47, 2008, pp. 38–39
• Corporate Networks for Municipal Climate Protection: The Example of KoBE e.V., in: Journal of Business and Corporate Ethics (ZfWU), 4/3, 2009, pp. 436–438
• The Post-Growth Economy—A Vademecum, in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSÖ), 46/160–161, 2009, pp. 28–31
• Between Growth and Sustainability: Notes on the Debate over Political Ecology, in: Gen-ethischer Informationsdienst (GID), No. 153, April 2009, pp. 13–15
• An Economy Beyond Growth, in: Einblicke—Research Magazine of Carl von Ossietzky University, Issue No. 49, 2009, pp. 24–27
• “Growth Light”? Qualitative Growth Is a Utopia, in: Science & Environment Interdisciplinary, 13/2009, pp. 84–93
• The Growth Debate: 3 Questions—3×3 Answers, in: Political Ecology, 27/118, 2009, p. 30
• Farewell to the Decoupling Myth—Welcome to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Forum Environment & Development Newsletter 2/2010, pp. 7–8
• An Alternative to the Myth of Decoupling: The Post-Growth Economy, in: Humane Wirtschaft, 05/2010, pp. 12–14
• Climate-Friendly Homes Wanted—Climate Protection Communication and the Energy-Efficient Renovation of Residential Buildings, in: Ökologisches Wirtschaften, 3/2010, pp. 43–46
• After the Growth Frenzy: A Time-Economic Theory of Sufficiency, in: Zeitschrift für Sozialökonomie (ZfSÖ), 47/166–167, 2010, pp. 33–40
• The End of Growth: The Second Chance Is the Last, in: Die Gazette, No. 28, Winter 2010/2011, pp. 23–27
• Products and Technology in the Post-Growth Economy, in: BdWi Study Booklet, No. 7, 2011, pp. 65–67
• From the Failed Vision of Decoupling to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Newsletter of the E.F. Schumacher Society for Political Ecology, 8/1, January–March 2011, pp. 1–3
• Sufficiency Plus Subsistence Equals Economic Sovereignty—The City and the Post-Growth Economy, in: Politische Ökologie, 29/124, 2011, pp. 54–60 (with B. Paech)
• The Twilight of Growth—Supply Systems in the Post-Growth Economy: Consume or Do It Yourself?, in: Oya, No. 07, March/April 2011, pp. 52–55
• Green Growth Mania vs. the Post-Growth Economy, in: Hernsteiner, 03/2011, pp. 10–11
• Post-Growth Economics: An Examination of Concepts of Growth and Sustainability, in: EPD Documentation, 5/2012, pp. 31–37
• The Misery of the Consumer Economy: From Rio+20 to a Post-Growth Society, in: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 6/2012, pp. 55–63
• A Growth Brake Is Urgently Needed!, in: Fairconomy, 2/2012, p. 3
• Green Growth Without a Happy Ending. Why Green Growth Cannot Work, in: Forum Wissenschaft, 2/2012, pp. 13–16
• Explorations into Post-Growth Economics, in: Freiburger Universitätsblätter, Issue 197, September 2012, pp. 59–85
• From a Green Fig Leaf to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Ökologisches Wirtschaften 4/2012, pp. 17–19
• Mitigating the Impact—Self-Restriction as Self-Protection, in: Die Gazette, No. 36, Winter 2012/2013, pp. 15–19
• On the Path to a Post-Growth Economy, in: Orientierungen zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik, 134, 4/2012, pp. 61–67
• From the Myth of Green Growth to the Post-Growth Economy, in: EPD Documentation, 3/2013, pp. 4–12
• Growth—The Rise and Fall of a Dogma, in: Universitas, 38/800, February 2013, pp. 27–35
• Less and Simpler: Beyond the Growth Spiral, in: Forschung & Lehre, 4/2013, pp. 276–277
• Industrial Agriculture, Food Prosperity, and Organized Irresponsibility, in: Zur Debatte, 3/2013, pp. 32–33
• Prosperity in Conflict—Beyond Green Dreams of Growth, in: agora 42—The Philosophical Economics Magazine, 02/2013, pp. 17–22
• A Little Therapeutic Help for the Time Before and After the Collapse, in: Lynx, 02/2013, pp. 14–16
• The Shift to a Post-Growth Economy—How We Can Overcome Our Addiction to Growth, in: Mio Magazine, 02/2013, p. 59
• In Praise of Reduction: Moderate Lifestyles, in: Political Ecology, 31/135, 2013, pp. 16–22
• Old and New Limits to Growth, in: CSR-Magazin, 4/2013, Issue 12, pp. 6–8
• A Time-Economic Theory of Sufficiency, in: Environmental Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 2/33, 2013, pp. 145–155
• Neu-Stadt, in: The European – The Debate Magazine, 1/2014, pp. 97–98
• I Repair, Therefore I Am! From the Exhausted Self to the Empowered Prosumer, in: Universitas, 69/818, August 2014, pp. 55–68 (with M. Bergmann and K. Dutz)
• The Sharing Economy—A Concept for Overcoming the Limits of Growth?, in: Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 95, No. 2, February 2015, pp. 102–105
• Less and Simpler: Beyond the Growth Spiral, in: TheBe (Journal of the Theological Movement for Solidarity and Liberation), 2/15, September 2015, pp. 15–17
• Growth, Progress, Peace, in: W&F (Science and Peace), Vol. 33, No. 2/2015, pp. 38–41 (with B. Paech)
• Repair versus Obsolescence, in: Forum Ware, 43, No. 1–2, 2015, pp. 25–32 (with M. Bergmann and K. Dutz)
• From the Ecological Game of Hide-and-Seek to Sufficiency, in: movum, Issue 10, February 2016, p. 9
• Liberation from Excess—Foundations of a Non-Growth Economy, in: Fromm Forum, 20/2016, pp. 70–76
• Sufficiency as a Core Element of the Post-Growth Economy, in: Neue Wege (Essays on Religion and Socialism), 5/16, May 2016, pp. 4–8
• Post-Growth Economy, in: agora42—The Philosophical Economics Magazine, 3/2016, pp. 18–19
• I Consume! Therefore I Am?, in: das baugerüst, 3/2016, p. 62
• Acting Responsibly Instead of Offsetting, in: Politische Ökologie, 34/147, 2016, pp. 112–117 (with M. Folkers)
• Sustainable Consumption as a Marketable Morality, in: Ethics & Education (Journal for the Ethics Subject Group), 1/2017, p. 5
• Post-Growth Economics—Alternatives to Marxism Critical of Growth, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), 19–20/2017, p. 41–46
• Collaborate Instead of Collapse, in: enorm, 01/2017, pp. 86–89 (with Marius Rommel)
• Prosperity in Contradiction—Beyond Green Dreams of Growth, in: agora 42—The Philosophical Economics Magazine, 01/2018, pp. 9–12
• Forget Politics!, in: Oya, No. 47, April 2018, p. 35
• Green Growth as a Dead End, in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSÖ), 55/198–199, 2018, pp. 60–64
• No Food Without Morals: Organized Irresponsibility in the Food Sector, in: agora 42 – The Philosophical Economics Magazine, 02/2019, pp. 71–74
• Climate Protection—Between Facade and Substance, in: der architekt, 3/19, pp. 57–62
• Criticism of Growth in Transition: Practicing Ecological Decency, in: Politische Ökologie, 37/157–158, 2019, pp. 28–33
• Respect for Insects? Analysis of the German Federal Government’s Action Program for Insect Protection with a Special Focus on Transformative Approaches, in: Natur und Landschaft—Journal of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, 95/7, 2020, pp. 316–324 (with Nicolas Schoof and Rainer Luick)
• Why Marx Must Be Protected from Some of His Followers Today, in: OXI, 6/2020, p. 20
• The Principle of Sufficiency, or What the SDGs Do Not Include, in: SOL – Sustainable Austria, 79/2020, pp. 7–10 (with C. Maurer)
• Learning from the Pandemic: Sustainability for the Future Through Self-Restraint, in: Diagonal, 41/2020, pp. 291–307
• The Economic Principle of Small Units—Resilience Through Community-Supported Supply Structures: The Example of Community-Supported Agriculture, in: Haushalt in Bildung & Forschung (HiBiFo), 4/2020, pp. 47–63 (with M. Rommel, I. Antoni-Komar, and D. Posse)
• Response to a book review of “All You Need Is Less,” in: Ökologisches Wirtschaften, 1/36, 2021, pp. 51–52
• Creative Frugality as a Survival Strategy?, in: Kommunal, 05/2021, pp. 46–49
• Post-Growth Economy: From Hopeless Institutional Ethics to Individual Ethics, in: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik (zfwu), 02/22, 2021, pp. 168–190
• From the Failure of Previous Crisis Remedies to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Scheidewege, Vol. 51, 2021, pp. 17–35
• Is the Crisis the New Economic Normal?, in: agora42, 02/2022, pp. 24–27
• Digital Reality, in: Umweltzeitung, 3/22, May/June 2022, p. 15 (with K. Dutz)
• Squaring the Circle: The Missteps of Sustainability Research from a Growth-Critical Perspective, in: Forschung & Lehre, 7/29, 2022, pp. 520–512
• The Commons and the Transition to a Post-Growth Economy, in: Journal of Public Economy and the Common Good (Z'GuG), 2/45, pp. 399–409
• The Culture of Repair—Is This Also a Topic for Schools?, in: PädF, Vol. 33, No. 6/2022, pp. 226–229 (with K. Dutz and H. Kaiser)
• What Kind of Economy Is Compatible with Climate Protection?, in: Sozialmagazin, Vol. 48, Nos. 7–8, 2023, pp. 91–97
• Fundamentals of Community-Based Entrepreneurship, in: Ökologisches Wirtschaften, 1/2024, pp. 30–36 (with M. Rommel, S. Mewes, C. von Wulffen, and K. Reiß)
• Can We Still Afford Growth?, in: Deutschland & Europa, Issue 87, 2024, pp. 48–51
• Individual Empowerment as the Basis of a Post-Growth Economy, in: Adult Education, Vol. 70, No. 4, 2024, pp. 155–157
• “Small Is Still Beautiful,” in: Ecology & Agriculture, 4/2024, p. 23
• Post-Growth Economy: A Survival Strategy Beyond Outdated Illusions of Progress, in: Original, No. 46, 2024, pp. 14–15
• Climate Protection, Post-Growth Economy, and the Question of Transformation, in: Vorgange, Issues 1–2/2024, No. 245/246, pp. 135–149.

Contributions to Anthologies

• “The Competitive Industry in Short-Run Equilibrium: The Impact of Less than Perfectly Elastic Markets,” in: Berninghaus, S. K./Braulke, M. (eds.): Contributions to Micro- and Macroeconomics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York, 2001, pp. 93–97 (with M. Braulke).
• Sustainability Innovations—A Contradiction in Terms?, in: Dietzfelbinger, D./Thurm, R. (eds.): Sustainable Development: The Foundation of a New Economic Ethics, Munich/Mering, 2004, pp. 155–171.
• Sustainable Development as a Cultural Challenge, in: Research Group on Enterprises and Social Organizations – FUGO (eds.): Perspectives on a Cultural Studies Theory of Enterprise, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2004, pp. 341–374.
• Sustainable Innovations: On Shaping Ambivalent Processes of Change, in: Yearbook of Ecological Economics 4, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005, pp. 225–250.
• Sustainability as a Market and Cultural Challenge, in: Fichter, K./Paech, N./Pfriem, R. (eds.): Sustainable Future Markets. Guidelines for Entrepreneurial Innovation Processes in the 21st Century, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005, pp. 57–94.
• IBW: Regional Service Networks for Sustainable Construction and Housing, in: Fichter, K./Paech, N./Pfriem, R. (eds.): Sustainable Future Markets. Guidelines for Entrepreneurial Innovation Processes in the 21st Century, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005, pp. 191–202.
• Project Work: Networking Platforms for New Entrepreneurship, in: Fichter, K./Paech, N./Pfriem, R. (eds.): Sustainable Future Markets. Guidelines for Entrepreneurial Innovation Processes in the 21st Century, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005, pp. 153–166.
• eBay: Institutional Innovations in the Consumer Sector, in: Fichter, K./Paech, N./Pfriem, R. (eds.): Sustainable Markets of the Future. Guidelines for Entrepreneurial Innovation Processes in the 21st Century, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005, pp. 203–236.
• Strategic Direction in Sustainability-Oriented Innovation Management, in: Fichter, K./Paech, N./Pfriem, R. (eds.): Sustainable Future Markets. Guidelines for Entrepreneurial Innovation Processes in the 21st Century, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2005, pp. 323–347.
• New Usage Strategies and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, in: Rabelt, V./Bonas, I./Buchholz, K./Denisow, K./Piek, M./Scholl, G. (eds.): Strategies for Sustainable Product Use, oekom verlag, Munich, 2005, pp. 35–47 (with R. Pfriem).
• Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Business Practices, in: Beschorner, B./Linnebach, P./Pfriem, R./Ulrich, G. (eds.): Corporate Responsibility from a Culturalist Perspective, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2007, pp. 139–162. 
• How Does the Social Dimension Fit into Sustainability?, in: Yearbooks of Ecological Economics 5, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2007, pp. 99–128 (with R. Pfriem).
• Directional Certainty in Sustainable Innovation Management, in: Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, M. (ed.): Innovations Toward Sustainability: Conditions and Consequences, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 121–139.
• Fear Eats the (Ecological) Soul, in: Lang, E./Busch-Lüty, C./Kopfmüller, J. (eds.): Approaches to an Economics of Sustainability, oekom verlag, Munich, 2007, pp. 227–230.
• Innovation Strategies Based on Zero-Sum Games Involving Materials as a Contribution to Corporate Social Responsibility, in: Müller, M./Schaltegger, S. (eds.): Corporate Social Sustainability—Trend or Fad, oekom verlag, Munich, 2008, pp. 159–173.
• The Post-Growth Economy as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development, in: Hinterberger, F./Hutterer, H./Omann, I./Freytag, E. (eds.): What Kind of Growth Is Sustainable? A Compendium of Arguments, Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna, 2009, pp. 215–223.
• Sustainability Innovations and the Unresolved Question of Growth, in: Baumgartner, R. J./Biedermann, H./Zwainz, M. (eds.): Eco-Efficiency—Concepts, Applications, and Best Practices, Hamp Verlag, Munich/Mering, 2009, pp. 173–186.
• Entrepreneurial Sustainability, Sufficiency, and Time Constraints, in: Antoni-Komar, I./Beermann, M./Lautermann, C./Müller, J./Paech, N./Schattke, H./Schneidewind, U./Schulz, R. (eds.): New Concepts in Economics. Businesses Between Sustainability, Culture, and Ethics, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2009, pp. 61–83.
• Climate Protection Communication in the Residential Building Sector: Theoretical and Practical Guidelines, in: Mahammadzadeh, M./Biebeler, H./Bardt, H. (eds.): Climate Protection and Adaptation to Climate Impacts, Cologne Institute for Economic Research Media, Cologne, 2009, pp. 161–170.
• Sustainability Without Growth: A Solution to “Three-Pillar Burnout,” in: Müller, M. C. M. (ed.): Sustainability: Burnout of a Revolutionary Ideal?, Loccumer Protokolle 71/08, Rehberg-Loccum, 2009, pp. 83–97.
• Guidance on Climate Protection: A Compass for Energy-Efficient Building Renovation, in: Fansa, M./Ritzau, C. (eds.): Cold Times – Warm Times: Climate Change(s) in Northern Germany, Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt, 2010, pp. 119–121 (with C. Sperling and R. Widera).
• “Growth,” in: BUND/Diakonie/Zukunftsrat Hamburg (eds.): A Sustainable Hamburg, Dölling und Galitz Verlag, Hamburg/Munich, 2010, pp. 213–241.
• Perspectives on a Post-Growth Economy: External Supply or Urban Subsistence?, in: Müller, C. (ed.): Urban Gardening: On the Return of Gardens to the City, oekom verlag, Munich, 2011, pp. 88–103.
• From the Green Growth Myth to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Welzer, H./Wiegandt, K. (eds.): Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 2011, pp. 131–151.
• From Supposedly Sustainable Growth to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Rätz, W./Von Egan-Krieger, T. et al. (eds.): Overgrown! Ecological Justice. Social Rights. The Good Life, VSA Verlag, Hamburg, 2011, pp. 31–42.
• Goodbye to Consumer Prosperity: On the Disaster of Sustainability Communication and the Possibilities of Sufficiency, in: Heidbrink, L./Schmidt, I./Ahaus, B. (eds.): Consumer Responsibility, Campus, Frankfurt/New York, 2011, pp. 285–304.
• Sustainable Development as a Zero-Sum Game, in: Melanchthon Academy Cologne (ed.): RheinReden, Cologne, 2011, pp. 71–89.
• Current Trends in Sustainability Research, in: Komorek, M./Niesel, V./Rebmann, K. (eds.): Energy Education for a Shapable Future, BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg, 2011, pp. 25–27.
• Green Growth? On the Failure of All Decoupling Efforts: A Tragedy in Several Acts, in: Sauer, T. (ed.): The Economics of Sustainability—Fundamentals, Indicators, Strategies, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2012, pp. 161–181.
• Sufficiency and Subsistence: Paths to a Post-Growth Economy Using the Example of “Urban Gardening,” in: Schneider, M./Stodieck, F./Fink-Kessler, A. (eds.): The Critical Agricultural Report, ABL Verlag, Munich, 2012, pp. 148–152 (with C. Müller).
• From the External Dependency Syndrome to a Post-Growth Economy, in: Informationsbüro Nicaragua e.V. (ed.): Bring on the Good Life! Alternative Approaches to the Global Crisis, Wuppertal, 2012, pp. 43–52.
• When Everything Gets More, But Nothing Gets Better: The Way Out Is the Post-Growth Economy, in: Association of Lower Saxony Educational Initiatives e.V. (ed.): Global Patriots—Encounters, Positions, and Impulses on Climate Justice, Biological and Cultural Diversity, Oekom-Verlag, Munich, 2012, pp. 102–116.
• Industrial Specialization, the Blurring of Boundaries, and the Post-Growth Economy, in: Seidel, E. (ed.): Georg Winter—Pioneer of Environmentally Conscious Corporate Management. Festschrift for His 70th Birthday, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2012, pp. 345–363 (with B. Paech).
• Second Hand Spaces – Spaces of Possibility for Urban Subsistence, in: Ziehl, M. et al. (eds.): Second Hand Spaces. Recycling Sites Undergoing Urban Transformation, Jovis-Verlag, Berlin, 2012, pp. 221–229 (with A. Rehm).
• Ways Out of the Growth Trap, in: Bethmann Bank (ed.): People, Ideas, Changes, Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch, 2012, pp. 36–37.
• From the Growth Dogma to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Huncke, W./Kerwer, J./Röming, A. (eds.): Paths to Sustainability, HLZ, Wiesbaden, 2013, pp. 73–95 (with B. Paech).
• Economic Growth and Sustainable Development, in: Angrick, M./Burger, A./Lehmann, H. (eds.): Factor X. Re-source – Designing the Recycling Society, Springer Verlag, Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York/London, 2013, pp. 31–44.
• Explorations into the Post-Growth Economy, in: Gögl, H.-J./Kittinger, J. (eds.): Days of Utopia, Bucher Verlag, Hohenems, 2013, pp. 84–111.
• Prosumption, in: Feddersen, J. (ed.): Mini Utopias, Edition Rokfor, Zurich/Berlin, 2013, pp. 71–74.
• No Sustainability Without Sufficiency, in: Forum Umweltbildung (ed.): Education for Sustainable Development – Yearbook 2013, Forum Edition, Vienna, 2013, pp. 53–58.
• Ways Out of the Dictatorship of Growth, in: Welzer, H./Wiegandt, K. (eds.): Ways Out of the Growth Society, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2013, pp. 200–219.
• A Brief History of Growth and Its Foreseeable End, in: Heuser, U. J./Priddat, B. P. (eds.): *Die ZEIT Explains the Economy*, Vol. 1: National Economy, Murmann, Hamburg, 2013, pp. 155–159.
• Subsistence Economy and Demonetized Provision, in: MISEROR/ZASS-KAB/KBE (eds.): Where Are You Going, Human? The Art of Survival in Times of Globalization, Aachen, 2013, pp. 84–85.
• Between Growth Mania and Asceticism: In Search of a New Balance, in: tri Donau (ed.): Architecture for Energy Autonomy—Neighborhoods, New Construction, Renovation, Dalpra & Partner, Götzis, 2013, pp. 78–87.
• Sufficiency and Subsistence: Proposed Solutions for Overcoming the Dictatorship of Growth, in: Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie (eds.): Time Prosperity, oekom verlag, Munich, 2013, pp. 40–49.
• Business Administration and Post-Growth Economics: Some Remarks, in: Kersten, W./Wittmann, J. (eds.): Competence, Interdisciplinarity, and Complexity in Business Administration, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, 2013, pp. 259–278.
• Post-Growth Design, in: Fuhs, K.-S. et al. (eds.): The History of Sustainable Design, Verlag für akademische Schriften (VAS), Bad Homburg, 2014, pp. 204–212.
• Fundamentals of a Post-Growth Economy, in: Seibold, A./Snyder, E. B. (eds.): Astacus Astacus – The Curse of the Past, Verlag Buchfink, Rottach-Egern, 2014, pp. 33–41.
• Sustainability Beyond Green Growth Illusions: Sketches of a Post-Growth Economy, in: Kunz, F./Roller, G./Scheffold, K. (eds.): Areas of Conflict and Perspectives in Environmental Protection, oekom verlag, Munich, 2014, pp. 261–275.
• The Post-Growth Economy as a Departure from the Organized Irresponsibility of the Industrial System, in: Pfaller, R./Kufeld, K. (eds.): Arcadia or Survivor: Living in Harmony with or in Conflict with Nature, Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg/Munich, 2014, pp. 217–247.
• Climate Protection, Post-Growth Economy, and Resilience, in: Yearbook of the Association for the Protection of the Mountain World (ed.), Vol. 79, Munich, 2014, pp. 249–266 (with B. Paech).
• Modern Subsistence in the Post-Growth Economy, in: Schauspielhaus Bochum and Urbane Künste Ruhr (eds.): This is not Detroit. Shift Change—A Handbook for Cities in Transition, Theater der Zeit Publishing, Berlin, 2014, p. 131.
• Society at the Turning Point of Growth: From the Dogma of Growth to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Elsen, S./Reifer, G./Wild, A./Oberleitner, E. (eds.): The Art of Change. Approaches to Eco-Social Transformation, oekom verlag, Munich, 2015, pp. 25–44.
• The Misery of the Consumer Economy. From Rio+20 to the Post-Growth Society, in: *Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik* (ed.): *That’s as Far as We Can Go! The Post-Growth Reader*, Blätter Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin, 2015, pp. 71–78.
• Food and Agriculture: From Organized Irresponsibility to a Post-Growth Economy, in: Pfriem, R. et al. (eds.): The Cultivation of the Economic, Metropolis, Marburg, 2015, pp. 189–205.
• Climate Change and the Biosphere Crisis—Opportunities for a “Great Transformation,” in: Schmitthenner, U. et al. (eds.): The Future We Mean—Life Instead of Destruction, Lit-Verlag, Berlin, 2015, pp. 117–137.
• On the Path to a Post-Growth Economy, in: youthinkgreen (ed.): Tree of Hope. A Handbook for Global Thinking and Local Action, Kellner Verlag, Bremen, 2016, pp. 409–413.
• The Post-Growth Economy as a Balance Between Self-Sufficiency and Industrial External Supply, in: Jähnichen, T. et al. (eds.): Yearbook of Social Protestantism, Vol. 9, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh, 2016, pp. 75–94.
• The World Can Only Be Repaired Through a Post-Growth Economy, in: Baier, A. et al. (eds.): Repairing the World. Open Source and DIY as Post-Capitalist Practices, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2016, pp. 287–294.
• Post-Growth Economics as a Reduction Program for Industrial Supply Systems, in: AK Postwachstum (eds.): Growth—Crisis and Critique. The Limits of the Capitalist-Industrial Way of Life, Campus, Frankfurt/New York, 2016, pp. 135–157.
• Spirit and Luxury—A Question of the Rational Use of Time, in: Van der Meulen, B./Fink, M. (eds.): Spirit and Luxury, companion book to the exhibition “At the Dornach Monastery,” Schwabe Verlag, Basel, 2016, pp. 26–33.
• The Myth of the Energy Transition: The Shattered Dream of Green Growth, in: Etscheit, G. (ed.): Sacrificed Landscapes—How the Energy Transition Is Destroying Our Environment, Heyne, Munich, 2016, pp. 205–228.
• Corporate Sustainability from the Perspective of Post-Growth Economics, in: FUGO (ed.): The Corporation as Society. Interdisciplinary Contributions to a Critical Theory of the Corporation, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 2017, pp. 123–143.
• Dilemmas in Shopping: The Joy of Shopping or Eco-Frustration, in: Franken, M./Götze, M. (eds.): Simply Eco, oekom verlag, Munich, 2017, pp. 62–62 and pp. 158–159.
• Post-Growth Economics, in: Spash, C. L. (ed.): Handbook of Ecological Economics, Routledge, London, 2017, pp. 477–486.
• Critique of Growth and Corporate Sustainability, in: Keck, W. (ed.): CSR and Microenterprises, Springer/Gabler, Berlin, 2017, pp. 287–302.
• Remarks on the Value-Neutrality of Traditional Economics: A Critique of Growth, in: Pfriem, R. et al. (eds.): Transformative Economics in the Context of Sustainable Development, Metropolis, Marburg, 2017, pp. 355–371.
• From Deceptive “Save the World” Symbolism to the Post-Growth Economy, in: Emde, O. et al. (eds.): Saving the World Through Education? Global Learning for Sustainable Development, Barbara Budrich Publishing, Opladen/Berlin/Toronto, 2017, pp. 133–146.
• Ways Out of “Comfortocracy”—Letting Go Is a Skill to Be Learned, in: Rietmann, R./Sawatzki, M. (eds.): The Future of Counseling. From a Behavioral to a Contextual Orientation?, Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2017, pp. 45–71 (with K. Dutz).
• Repair versus Obsolescence: Opportunities for a Post-Growth Economy, in: Kannengießer, S./Weller, I. (eds.): Projects and Practices Critical of Consumption—Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Collaborative Consumption, oekom verlag, Munich, 2018, pp. 39–56 (with M. Nagel).
• Politics Overwhelmed—Why Only Individual Responsibility Can Save the Ecosphere, in: Henkel, A./Lüdtke, N./Buschmann, N./Hochmann, L. (eds.): Reflexive Responsibilization—Responsibility for Sustainable Development, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2018, pp. 437–453.
• From Organized Responsibility to a Post-Growth Economy, in: Becker, M./Reinicke, M. (eds.): Growing Differently! Facing the Crisis of Capitalist Growth Society and Approaches to Transformation, oekom verlag, Munich, 2018, pp. 201–222.
• Post-Growth Economics: Reduction as a Development Program, in: Lederhilder, S. J. (ed.): Gardens in the Desert. Creation Ethics Between Desire and Reality, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, 2018, pp. 119–140.
• Factors Promoting and Hindering the Spread of Energy Cooperatives. An Empirical Study, in: Lautermann, C. (ed.): Strengthening the Citizens’ Energy Transition, Metropolis, Marburg, 2018, pp. 101–123 (with Daniel Dorniok).
• Transformation from the Perspective of Post-Growth Economics, in: Förster, M. et al. (eds.): Un/certain Futures, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2018, pp. 120–140.
• Green Progress Has Failed, in: Göpel, M. et al. (eds.): Yearbook of Ecology. “Leitkultur” Ecology, Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart, 2018, pp. 207–220.
• Conceptual Continuity in the Discourse Bouncy Castle, in: Gieseke, D./Doeffner, H.-G./Wiegandt, K. (eds.): Welzer’s World. Disruptions in Operations, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2018, pp. 32–37.
• Transformative Scale Management. How Can Transformative Economic Models Be Stabilized Economically and Socially?, in: Antoni-Komar et al. (eds.): Transformative Enterprises and the Transformation of the Food Industry, Metropolis, Marburg, 2019, pp. 129–157 (with M. Rommel and C. Sperling).
• An Economy of Proximity: The Horizontal Spread of Resilient Supply Patterns, in: Antoni-Komar et al. (eds.): Transformative Enterprises and the Transformation of the Food Industry, Metropolis, Marburg, 2019, pp. 361–397 (with M. Rommel and C. Sperling).
• Sustainability and Growth: A Design Problem, in: Alfred Herrhausen Society (ed.): Moving Forward. Thinking. Organizing. Shaping. Bold Ideas on the Questions of Our Time, Siedler Verlag, Munich, 2019, pp. 26–35.
• Ways Out of the Dictatorship of Growth, in: Günther, B./Heide, A. (eds.): Wien Modern 32. Growth, 2019, pp. 102–113.
• Energy Cooperatives from the Perspective of Institutional and Organizational Theory, in: Hildebrandt, A./Landhäußer, W. (eds.): CSR and the Energy Sector, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2nd ed., 2019, pp. 101–115 (with D. Dorniok).
• Obsolescence, Extending Service Life, and New Educational Concepts, in: Eisenriegler, S. (ed.): Circular Economy in the EU. An Interim Assessment, Springer Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2020, pp. 159–193 (with K. Dutz and M. Nagel).
• Prosperity for All? A Survival Program for Everyone!, in: Ludwig Erhard Foundation (ed.): Prosperity for All—Are You Serious? Climate Protection and Climate Protection, Finanzen Verlag, Munich, 2020, pp. 94–95.
• Obsolescence, Useful Life Extension, and New Educational Concepts: The Economy Needs Repair!, in: Eisenriegler, S. (ed.): The Circular Economy in the European Union. An Interim Review, Springer-Verlag, Cham, 2020, pp. 157–185 (with K. Dutz and M. Nagel).
• Creative Frugality as a Survival Strategy, in: Bahner, O./Böttger, M./Holzberg, L. (eds.): Concern for Sustainability, jovis-Verlag, Berlin, 2020, pp. 23–30.
• Cost Effects of Local Food Enterprises: Supply Chains, Transaction Costs, and Social Diffusion, in: Kropp, C./Antoni-Komar, I./Sage, C. (eds.): Food System Transformations, Routledge, London/New York, 2021, pp. 119–138 (with C. Sperling and M. Rommel).
• Industry 4.0 versus the Post-Growth Economy: Work and Education, in: Röhl, A. et al. (eds.): Bauhaus Paradigms. Arts, Design, and Pedagogy, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2021, pp. 397–410 (with K. Dutz).
• How the Ecological Crisis Politicized Me, in: Gschwendtner, B. (ed.): Portraits of Political Leaders, ProMedia, Vienna, 2021, pp. 146–159.
• ...Because the House Is on Fire: No Climate Protection Without Stopping Growth, in: Yearbook Mission 2021, Missionshilfe-Verlag, Hamburg, 2021, pp. 107–113.
• Post-Growth Economics: Paths Out of Abundance, in: Stiegele, J. (ed.): *Utopia Toolbox: Consequences—Tools for the Impossible*, Bookwise, Munich, 2021, pp. 102–113.
• Post-Growth Economics: Reduction as a Development Program, in: Kminek, H./Bank, F./Fuchs, L. (eds.): Controversial Coexistence. Interdisciplinary and Controversial Positions on Education for Sustainable Development, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 2021, pp. 11–31.
• From Sustainability Simulation to Post-Growth Economics, in: Verfuß, C./Erdmann, F. (eds.): Moonlit Night. Five to Twelve. Responses to the Climate Crisis, Trabanten Verlag, Berlin, 2021, pp. 107–132.
• The Post-Growth Economy as a Plunder-Free Vision for the Future, in: Franzini, L. et al. (eds.): Denknetz Yearbook 2021, vol. 8, Zurich, 2021, pp. 73–82.
• Resilience and Digitalization, in: Bunger, B. et al. (eds.): Yearbook of Pedagogy 2021. The Future—As It Stands Now, Belz-Juventa, Weinheim, 2022, pp. 129–143 (with K. Dutz).
• Quality of Life Through Self-Restraint, in: Meyer, C. (ed.): Transforming Our World. Discourses on the Future: Implementing the UN 2030 Agenda, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2022, pp. 195–202.
• “Cooperate to Transform? Regional Cooperation in Community-Supported Agriculture as a Driver of Resilient Local Food Systems,” in: Leal Filho, W. et al. (eds.): Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, Springer, Cham, 2022, pp. 381–399 (with M. Rommel, D. Posse, M. Wittkamp).
• From the Dogma of Growth to Urban Subsistence, in: BBSR (ed.): Low-Tech in the Building Sector, series “Zukunft Bauen: Research for Practice, ” vol. 32, Bonn, 2023, pp. 14–20.
• From the Myth of Earned Prosperity to a Different Kind of Work, in: Steinrücke, M./Zimpelmann, B. (eds.): Work Less, Live More!, VSA-Verlag, Hamburg, 2024, pp. 50–70.
• The Future of the Urban Economy, in: Business News Group (ed.): Transformation of the City Center, Essen, 2024, pp. 120–122.

Discussion Papers and Conference Papers

Discussion Papers and Conference Papers

• Environmental Certificates and Emissions Taxes as Alternative Instruments of Market-Based Environmental Policy, Osnabrück, 1985 (Master’s thesis).
• On the Effectiveness of Potential Competition in the Contestable-Market Model, in: Contributions from the Department of Economics at the University of Osnabrück, 1993.
• Contracting and the Optimality of Bertrand Entry, in: Contributions from the Department of Economics at the University of Osnabrück, 1996.
• Efficiency versus Consistency: The Path to Sustainable Design, in: Martinuzzi, A./Tiroch, M. (eds.): Environmental Economics—International, Interdisciplinary, Innovative, Publications of the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vol. 3, Vienna, 2007, pp. 55–57.

Academic Studies and Research Reports

• Sustainability-Oriented Innovation Management. Process Design with Special Emphasis on Internet Usage, Berlin/Oldenburg, 2003 (baseline study conducted as part of the BMBF research project SUMMER with K. Fichter).
• Concepts of Corporate Sustainability. Theoretical Requirements and Empirical Trends, Oldenburg, 2004 (basic study conducted as part of the BMBF research project SUMMER with R. Pfriem).
• Usage Systems in the Consumer Goods Sector: eBay as a Sustainable Alternative?, Oldenburg, 2004 (case study as part of the BMBF research project SUMMER).
• Buildings, Climate Protection, and Communication: Research Framework and Theoretical Foundations, Baseline Study 2 as part of the BMBF GEKKO project, Oldenburg, 2009 (available for download at www.gekko-oldenburg.de).
• Buildings, Climate Protection, and Communication: Interactionism, Diffusion, and Results of User Surveys, Baseline Study 2 as part of the BMBF project GEKKO, Oldenburg, 2010 (download at www.gekko-oldenburg.de).
• Buildings, Climate Protection, and Communication: Final Report, BMBF GEKKO Project, Oldenburg, 2011 (Download at www.gekko-oldenburg.de).

Encyclopedia Entries

• Economies of Scale, in: Plümper, T. (ed.): Encyclopedia of International Economic Relations, Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich and Vienna, 1996, pp. 303–304.
• Strategic Trade Policy, in: Plümper, T. (ed.): Encyclopedia of International Economic Relations, Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich and Vienna, 1996, pp. 308–312.
• Post-Growth Economics, in: Winter, E. (ed.): Gabler Economic Encyclopedia, 18th ed., Springer Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2014, pp. 2506–2509.
• Post-Growth Economics, in: Hübner, J. et al. (eds.): Evangelical Social Encyclopedia, 9th ed., Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 2016, pp. 1240–1242.

Forewords

• Schumacher, E. F.: Small Is Beautiful—A Return to Human Scale, oekom verlag, Munich, 2013, pp. 9–17.
• Latouche, S.: Enough!, oekom verlag, Munich, 2015, pp. 7–14.
• D’Alisa, G./Demaria, F./Kallis, G.: The Degrowth Handbook, oekom verlag, Munich, 2016, pp. 8–12.
• Rosa, L.: Aspects of a Post-Growth Economy. Hamburg Teaching Models for the KMK Orientation Framework on Global Development, No. 5, Authority for Schools and Vocational Training, Hamburg, 2016, p. 6.

Reviews

• Van Damme, E., “Stability and Perfection of Nash Equilibria, ” in: Kyklos 42, 1989, pp. 643–646.
• Friedman, J. E., “Game Theory with Applications to Economics, ” in: Kyklos 43, 1990, pp. 316–317.
• Feiler, K. (ed.), “Sustainability Creates New Prosperity—Report to the Club of Rome, ” in: Zeitschrift für Sozialökonomie (ZfSO) 42/145, 2005, pp. 41–42.
• Ulrich, P., “A Civilized Market Economy: An Ethical Orientation in Economics, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 42/147, 2005, pp. 44–45.
• Sachs, W./Santarius, T., “Fair Future: A Study by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy,” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 43/149, 2006, pp. 44–46.
• Binswanger, H. C., “The Growth Spiral—Money, Energy, and Imagination in the Dynamics of the Market Process,” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 44/152, 2007, pp. 29–30.
• Schmidt-Bleek, F., “Are We Using the Earth Properly?—Nature’s Services and Human Labor, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 45/156, 2008, pp. 69–70.
• Scherhorn, G., “Sustainable Development: The Special Responsibility of Financial Capital, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 45/158–159, 2008, pp. 64–66.
• Dahm, D./Scherhorn, G., “Urban Subsistence—The Second Source of Prosperity, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 46/160–161, 2009, pp. 67–69.
• Binswanger, H. C., “Forward Toward Moderation—Perspectives on a Sustainable Economy, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 47/164–165, 2010, pp. 73–74.
• Felber, C., “The Economy for the Common Good—The Economic Model of the Future, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 48/168–169, 2011, pp. 72–73.
• Jackson, T., “Prosperity Without Growth—Living and Doing Business in a Finite World,” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 48/170–171, 2011, pp. 69–71.
• Stengel, O., “Sufficiency—The Consumer Society in the Ecological Crisis, ” in: Journal of Social Economics (ZfSO) 51/182–183, 2014, pp. 77–78.

Other Publications

• North-South Aspects in the Agenda Work of the City of Oldenburg, in: Ecolog Institute (ed.), Local Agenda 21 and Global Responsibility, Hanover, 2000, pp. 46–48.
• SUMMER – Sustainable Markets eMERge, in: Kanning, H. (ed.), Networks and Sustainability, Series of the Doctoral Network for Sustainable Management e.V., Vol. 6, Hanover, 2002, pp. 24–28.
• Sustainability Innovations Through Regional Business Networks: The Case of KoBE and IBW, in: Association for Independent Regional Development in Lower Saxony e.V. (ed.), Guidelines for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises on Sustainable Business Practices, Hanover, 2004, pp. 25–29.
• Climate Protection Through Communication and Consulting: Practice and Science Drive Sustainable Construction in Oldenburg, in: Nolting, K. et al. (eds.), Cooperate—But How? A Guide to Establishing Cooperative Relationships Between Local Agenda 21 Initiatives and Stakeholders from Business and Academia, Berlin, 2008, pp. 40–31.
• Climate Protection in Residential Buildings: The GEKKO Research Project, in: Institute of German Economy (ed.), klimazwei Newsletter, No. 2, May 2008, p. 2.
• GEKKO – Buildings, Climate Protection, and Communication, in: German Economic Institute (ed.), Climate Protection and Adaptation. Results of the klimazwei Funding Priority, Berlin/Cologne, 2009, pp. 48–49.
• Prosperity Without Growth, in: Greenpeace Magazine, Issue 5/2009, pp. 32–33.
• Toward an Economy Beyond Growth, in: Die Nordelbische (special edition for the 1st Political Church Congress), August 2009, p. 17.
• Buildings, Climate Protection, and Communication, in: Institute of German Economy (ed.), klimazwei Newsletter, No. 4, November 2009, p. 1.
• Strategies Against Growth Drivers, in: BUNDmagazin, Issue 2/2010, pp. 16–17.
• The Logic of the Cornucopia, in: Junge Welt, No. 173, July 29, 2010, p. 15.
• The Legend of Sustainable Growth, in: Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2010, pp. 12–13.
• Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Are Mutually Exclusive, in: Brot für die Welt/Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (eds.): Would You Like a Little More? On the Growth Society and the Question of Overcoming It, Bonn/Stuttgart, 2011, pp. 37–41.
• The Dilemma of Less and More, in: changes (Endress+Hauser Magazine), 2011, p. 11.
• The Sustainability Clergy—Save the World from the World’s Saviors, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, No. 131, June 8, 2011, p. 12.
• Utopia – Hamburg 2030, in: Change – 100% Local Climate Protection, Issue 1/2011, pp. 8–10.
• Green New Deal? Prosperity Without Growth!, in: Umweltzeitung, Vol. 19, January/February 2012, pp. 12–13.
• The Plundering of the Future, in: ZEO2 – Magazine for the Environment, Politics, and the New Economy, Issue 01/2012, pp. 13–14.
• Supply Systems in the Post-Growth Economy: Consume or Do It Yourself?, in: Westfälischer Okkupierer, Fall 2012, pp. 3–4.
• No “More” Without “Less,” in: welthaus bielefeld info, 01/2012, pp. 6–7.
• From Tiger to Doormat: The Good Old Club of Rome, in: Neues Deutschland, June 9, 2012, p. 25.
• The Fairy Tale of Green Growth, in: Die Tageszeitung (TAZ), Nov. 24–25, 2012, p. 15.
• Now It’s Time for the Family Silver, in: Die Tageszeitung (TAZ), January 25, 2013, p. 9.
• Is Growth Even Necessary Anymore?, in: Hessische Wirtschaft, February 2013, p. 10.
• Liberation from Abundance, in: Lebensart, February/March 2013, p. 64.
• Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Are Mutually Exclusive, in: Pedagogical-Theological Institute of the Nordkirche (ed.): RUMS – Religion and Multicultural Schools, 2013, pp. 20–23.
• What Does Sustainability Mean?, in: Unser Wald – Journal of the German Forest Protection Association, Issue 2, March/April 2013, p. 5.
• What Kind of World Do We Want to Live In?, in: *Wilde Baumzucht*—The Magazine of the Bavarian State Forests, No. 11, April 2013, p. 42.
• Justice and Plunder, in: Brennstoff, No. 32, May 2013, p. 9.
• Use Your Consumer Power!, in: Naturally Vegetarian, 3/13, 2013, pp. 44–45.
• The Growth Dogma, in: Fabrikzeitung, No. 294, September 2013, p. 10.
• Economics Without Growth, in: Unabhängige Bauernstimme, No. 373, January 2014, p. 3.
• Between Growth Mania and Asceticism: In Search of a New Balance, in: *Dramaturgie*—Journal of the Dramaturgical Society, 02/2014, pp. 17–22. 
• The Re-embedding of the Economic in the Social, in: Thinking Economics – Special Issue of the AöL (Association of Ecological Food Producers), April 2014, pp. 14–16.
• Post-Growth Economy: Protection Against Consumer Burnout, in: Umweltzeitung, Vol. 21, July/August 2014, pp. 16–17.
• Why the Efficiency Revolution Must Be Followed by a Sufficiency Revolution, in: Federal Environment Agency (ed.): Integrated Scenarios within the Framework of the National Sustainability Strategy, 2014, p. 11.
• Economics as Collapse Design, in: ORIGINAL, Issue 03, March 2015, pp. 10–13.
• Schleswig-Holstein: A Region of Happiness and Growth, in: Schleswig-Holstein (The Cultural Magazine for the North), July/August 2015, p. 66.
• Post-Growth Economy—Living More Rather Than Having More, in: juna (Magazine of the Bavarian Youth Ring), 03/2015, p. 28.
• Appreciation and Time, in: KGS, October/November 2015, pp. 4–5.
• Where Would We End Up If the Economy Stopped Growing..., in: Franziskuskalender, Franziskuskalender-Verlag, Olten, 2015, pp. 8–9.
• Landfills of Progress. Strategies Against the Littering of the World, in: Wespennest, No. 168, 2015, pp. 38–42 (with K. Dutz).
• Less Is More, in: Andererseits (magazine of the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden), No. 2, April/July 2015, pp. 6–7.
• Green Growth Would Be a Miracle, in: Ebert, M./Langhans, I./Prochnow, S. (eds.): Social Sciences/Economic Policy, Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart/Leipzig, 2015, pp. 62–63.
• The Growth Party Is Over. What a Post-Growth Economy Would Require, in: BUFO (Bundesforum—Magazine of the Catholic Rural Youth Movement of Germany), 2015, p. 11.
• A Different World of Work Is Possible—and Necessary, in: Weser Kurier, November 27, 2015, p. 12.
• Unconvincing Symbolism, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, November 28–29, 2015, W3 (Climate Special).
• The Art of Reduction, in: +3 Magazine, December 4, 2015, p. 23.
• Less and simpler. Beyond the spiral of growth, in: Zusammenkunst (ed.): Thinking the Other Way Around, Nova Druck, Nuremberg, 2016, p. 18
• Beyond Growth, in: Weser Kurier, September 28, 2016, p. 2. 
• Why Everything Big Must Shrink, in: Salzburger Nachrichten, January 3, 2017, p. 19.
• After the Growth Frenzy: How We Will Work, in: Lebenswelt Heim, 75/2017, pp. 36–37.
• The Destructive Dream of Progress, in: LaBGC/ProMosaik (eds.): NOSALTRES – per un món millor, tredition, Hamburg, 2017, pp. 177–179.
• Dramatic Overproduction: Industrial Agriculture as Organized Irresponsibility, in: Evangelisch in Varel (EVA), No. 4/2017, p. 22.
• Can an Ecological Economy Even Exist?, in: Sportswear International, The Sustainable Issue, No. 284, Spring 2018, pp. 46–47.
• My Marx, Your Marx, in: Publik Forum, No. 8, April 2018, p. 47.
• Must Our Standard of Living Decline?, in: Publik Forum, No. 10, May 2018, pp. 26–27.
• The Consumer Society’s Dilemma, in: Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (Anniversary Edition), June 2018, p. 45.
• Sustainability Cannibalism: The Green Dilemma, in: Naturschutz Magazin, 01/2019, pp. 34–35.
• A Burst Bubble, in: Die Tageszeitung (TAZ), No. 11993, July 28, 2019, p. 10.
• Limiting Freedom to Preserve It, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, No. 191, Aug. 20, 2019, p. 9.
• Climate Protection as a Private Matter, in: Tagesspiegel, No. 23946, Sept. 15, 2019, p. 8.
• Post-Growth Economy: Quality of Life Through Self-Restraint, in: Eine Welt Netz NRW e.V. (ed.) Open Mind—A Contribution to Education for Sustainable Development at Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia, 2019, pp. 10–13.
• After the Growth Frenzy—How Will We Work?, in: Catholic Workers’ Movement of Germany e.V. (KAB) et al. (eds.): The Future of Work. Sustainable Growth. Better Work. Good Life, Cologne, 2019, pp. 84–85. 
• Is Sustainable Consumption Possible, Mr. Paech?, in: Mannheimer Morgen, Dec. 14, 2019, p. 3.
• Less Is More! A Radical Critique of Growth, in: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (ed.): On the Way—Justice and World Trade, Neumünster, 2019, pp. 18–19.
• Climate Change, in: City of Oldenburg (ed.): More Courage. Together. Demographic Strategy, Oldenburg, 2020, p. 28.
• Frugality as Liberation, in: Nordwest-Zeitung, June 10, 2020, p. 13.
• A Virus Raises the Question of Growth, in: Frings – The Misereor Magazine, 2/2020, pp. 46–47.
• We Are Drowning in an Avalanche of Choices, in: Siegener Zeitung, Dec. 9, 2020, p. 8.
• The Food Sector: A Symbol of Organized Irresponsibility, in: Naturschutz Magazin, 01/2021, pp. 60–65.
• Green growth won’t save us, in: Der Freitag, Issue 33/2021, August 18, 2021, p. 14.
• “Can’t We Not Only Learn to Do Without, but Also Enjoy It, Mr. Paech?”, in: Deutsches Theater Berlin (ed.): Expecting Miracles, Elbe-Druckerei Wittenberg, 2021, pp. 114–118.
• There Is No Such Thing as Sustainable Growth, in: KREO Magazine, 07/2021, pp. 58–59.
• The Future as a Place of Learning: Doing It Yourself Instead of Letting Others Do It, in: Editorial of the VHS Oldenburg program booklet, 2022, p. 5.
• Only Save When the House Is on Fire? That’s Not Enough, in: Wirtschaftswoche, Issue 28, July 8, 2022, pp. 44–45.
• A Sufficient Life in the Post-Growth Economy, in: KAB Newsletter (Munich and Freising), Fall/Winter 2022, pp. 4–5.
• Introduction to the 4th Leopold Kohr Summer School, in: Proceedings of the Academic Forum “Post-Fossil Mobility, ” Salzburg, 2022, pp. 12–13.
• Crisis of the Cathedral of Consumption, in: Die Tageszeitung (TAZ), Nov. 5, 2022, p. 15.
• Contra: Growth Without Damage Is an Illusion, in: Magazine for Sustainable Economics, 02/2022, p. 44.
• The Green Easter Bunny—A Response to Martin Unfried, in: taz FUTURZWEI, No. 24, pp. 52–53.
• An Impossible Balancing Act, in: TAZ, October 17, 2023, p. 14.
• An Economy Without Growth Begins in Local Learning Spaces, in: imakom konkret, September 2023, pp. 31–33.
• Preserving God’s Creation: This Is Only Possible Without Economic Growth, in: Von Wegen, 3/2023, pp. 10–12.
• Sufficiency as a Core Element of the Post-Growth Economy, in: Leben in der Frauenkirche Dresden, September–December 2023, pp. 3–7.
• Does Less Growth Bring More Happiness?, in: Vorarlberger KirchenBlatt, March 14, 2024, p. 10 (also published in: Martinus, March 24, 2024, p. 18).