Research fields

  • Ecological economics
  • Post-growth 
  • Ecological macroeconomics 
  • Artificial intelligence 

Selected publications

  • Creutzig F, Denton F, Hine E, Joshi S, Ke G, Kyrychenko Y, Messner D, O’Neill DW. 2026. Governing artificial intelligence for planetary health. The Lancet Planetary Health, in press. doi:10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101408
  • Costanza R, Eastoe J, Hoekstra R, Kubiszewski I, O’Neill DW. 2025. Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now. Nature 647, 589-591. doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03721-1
  • McElroy C and O’Neill DW. 2025. The labour and resource use requirements of a good life for all. Global Environmental Change 92, 103008. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103008
  • Kallis G, Hickel J, O’Neill DW, Jackson T, Victor PA, Raworth K, Schor JB, Steinberger JK, Ürge-Vorsatz D. 2025. Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries. The Lancet Planetary Health 9(1), e62-e78. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00310-3
  • Fanning AL, O’Neill DW, Hickel J, Roux N (2022). The social shortfall and ecological overshoot of nations. Nature Sustainability 5, 26-36. doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00799-z