Filka Sekulova

Filka holds a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and in Economics and Business from the Universiteit van Amsterdam, a Masters in Environmental Economics and Transport from Vrije Universiteit, and a PhD in Climate Change Economics and Happiness from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She is a member of the academic think-tank Research & Degrowth, working towards the establishment of degrowth as an academic field and an applied concept in university teaching and beyond. Prior to starting her doctoral studies, she worked in an international NGO focusing on environmental and economic justice in the Global South.

Her research explores the implications of sustainable degrowth, the application of nature-based solutions in cities as a response to climate change and biodiversity deterioration, while contributing to societal well-being, and the role and trajectories of community-based initiatives in building an ecologically sustainable and socially just society.

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