Dr Christine Corlet Walker

Christine is a political economist who specialises in postgrowth economics and the privatisation of social care, healthcare and pensions. Her research with the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity asks how we can build resilient welfare systems that meet the needs of all within the means of the planet. Most recently, she has looked at how predatory financing in the care sector is creating poor outcomes for care workers and service users.

She has presented her work on growth dependency to policymakers at the European Commission, as well as the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Limits to Growth. Christine drafted a series of amendments to the Health & Care Bill that were debated in the House of Lords in early 2022, as well as co-developing a House of Commons Early Day Motion on the financialisation of adult social care. Her work has featured in The Morning Star, The Daily Express, The Guardian, The Conversation, BBC Radio Surrey and on a recent episode of BBC Panorama's Crisis in Care series.

Alongside her core PhD research, Christine has collaborated with national and international charities, NGOs and research institutes on projects addressing alternative indicators of societal welfare, the UK's housing crisis, wellbeing economics, and nature restoration. Prior to CUSP, she worked for several years as a third sector consultant and researcher. Christine holds an MSc in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh, and an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.