Next System Studies

Next System Studies at GMU

March 27, 2026

Join us via Zoom Tuesday, March 31st at 1:30 PM ET for a conversation with Dr. Matt Burke and Hannah Gokaslan from the University of Vermont and Leadership for the Ecozoic. They’ll explore degrowth as a strategy for building next systems—drawing on political ecology, just transitions, and post-extractive futures. Click here to register.

Also coming up: on April 14, Nairuti Shastry of the Center for Economic Democracy will join us to discuss community wealth building. You can register for that now as well!

Both talks are a part of the 2026 Next System Speaker Series.

Dr. Matt Burke and Hannah Gokaslan on Degrowth

Dr. Matt Burke and Hannah Gokaslan, both of the University of Vermont's Leadership for the Ecozoic at the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics at the University of Vermont, will join the Next System Fellows to discuss degrowth as a strategy for system change and next system design.

Nairuti Shastry - An Introduction to Community Wealth Building

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT

Fuse at Mason Square

Nairuti Shastry from the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) introducing community wealth building as a strategy to transform our relationship to land, labor, and capital.

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Announcing the 2026 Next System Speaker Series!

Next System Studies welcomes April Doner, Dr. Matt Burke, Hannah Gokaslan, and Nairuti Shastry as this year's guests for our 2026 Next System Speakers series!