About my work

The central research question guiding my current work is:

Will Prometheus’ gift undo the world?

The advancements in technological innovation and trade, driven by abundant and inexpensive fossil fuels and entrepreneurship, have given rise to the complexities of modern global civilisation.

Progress has, however, come at a significant cost. The result is a predatory system of extractive global capitalism marked by inequality, conflict, and ecological overshoot, culminating in challenges such as global warming and the transgression of various planetary boundaries, endangering the very habitability of planet Earth.

"The IUCN estimates that some 20% of all species are in danger of extinction over the next few decades […] That we are already on the path of a sixth major extinction is now scientifically undeniable" - Bradshaw et al (2021: 3)