Niko Paech

Niko Paech (born 1960) is a German economist and a prominent critic of economic growth. He completed his habilitation at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, where he worked in the field of production and the environment from 2008 to 2016. He subsequently taught and conducted research in the Plural Economics program at the University of Siegen. His book *Befreiung vom Überfluss* (2012) helped shape the German-language debate on post-growth economics and alternative economic models. In 2014, he received the ZEIT WISSEN Award for “Courage for Sustainability.”