Abigail Muscat

About Abigail Muscat

is a PhD researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands working on food systems, bioenergy and EU policies on the bioeconomy.

Care Economy: the Future of Work and Gender Equality

June 10, 2019 by Abigail Muscat 1 Comment

Appreciating care work is one of the best ways of achieving social equality between men and women.

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Can Economic Growth Ever Be Green? Suggestions for a Post-Growth Malta

October 24, 2018 by Abigail Muscat Leave a Comment

The stakes are too high to simply carry on with the ‘growth at all costs’ mantra. It is time to implement alternatives. Let us see what post-growth could look like.

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True Value of Land

May 8, 2018 by Abigail Muscat Leave a Comment

The question is not whether we will run out of physical land (although in a country as small as Malta this is physically possible), but rather what kind of society do we want to be. Do we want to depend on imports? Do we want to do away with agriculture altogether?

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