On March 25th, Matt met with finance students at Georgetown University to discuss the work of Arketa Institute and introduce the concepts of Ecological Economics and degrowth.

From presenting at universities and industry events to publishing in trade journals and speaking on podcasts, our first year has been a whirlwind. Read our impact highlights from 2025.

The GAME Forum is the largest student-run financial conference in the world, bringing in students from over 140 universities to learn from industry leaders. This year, Matt was among them.

On March 19th, 2026, Anastasia returned to the WWF offices in Zurich, Switzerland, to give an internal presentation about Arketa Institute’s approach to creating financial systems change.

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Anastasia was invited to speak to students in a class taught by Lorenz Keysser and IPCC report co-author Professor Julia Steinberger.

On Feb. 25th, 2026, Arketa Institute Co-Founder Anastasia Linn presented as part of the Sustainability Talks series at Franklin University Switzerland.

On Feb. 4th, 2026, the team from Arketa Institute presented the key insights from their paper 'A Path to Post-Growth Pensions'. The conversation was moderated by Gaya Herrington.

Our piece on how Ecological Economics could change Development Finance for the better was featured as a top article on the emerging markets-focused media platform.

Last week, Anastasia presented to the Sustainable Finance team of World Wildlife Fund Switzerland at their offices in Zurich.

In a two-part series, Corporate Knights compares “Abundance” and “Degrowth”, featuring interviews with Matt Orsagh and others.

Steve recently spoke to purpose-focused entrepreneurs about Ecological Economics, our thoughts on post-growth finance, and what to keep in mind when looking for funding.

Matt and Steve wrote an article for NextBillion on how degrowth can move the world to a sustainable steady-state economy.

Our work was highlighted in an article on the sustainability platform of one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers.

Matt joined Gabriel Bonnamy of MIT for a bold conversation on ‘By Disaster or Design’ to kick off this new podcast.

Arketa Institute Co-Founder Matt Orsagh provides a free course on Ecological Economics and Degrowth in partnership with sustainability education provider ED4S.

On September 25th, Anastasia was invited to present to the Catalyst Network, an interdisciplinary group of high-impact change leaders largely based in Australia.

Earlier this month, Matt attended r3.0's annual conference and presented to r3.0 and its members on their Partner Day the day after the conference.

In late August, Arketa Institute was invited to present to the leadership of a Swiss pension fund. We introduced Ecological Economics and degrowth and shared ideas for how pension funds could continue delivering value in this context.

On August 22, 2025, Swiss postgrowth advocates came together in Bern, Switzerland. Anastasia joined to lead a session on narrative and communications.