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Lewis Akenji

Executive In Residence in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Duke Science & Society

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Executive In Residence in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2026 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Recent Scholarly Works


A diversity of sustainable lifestyles in 2050: Future SLIM scenario narratives for deep climate change mitigation

Journal article Energy Research and Social Science · December 1, 2025 Sustainable lifestyle changes can play a critical role in climate change mitigation. This paper presents and discusses a set of four comprehensive lifestyle scenario narratives, collectively named Sustainable Living in Models, or SLIM, scenario narratives. ... Full text Cite

Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.

Journal article Nature ecology & evolution · December 2025 Earth is teeming with life on the move, shaping ecosystems and human civilizations alike. However, the magnitude of movement by humans and other animals has yet to be assessed holistically. Here we quantify the movement of biomass across all animal life an ... Full text Cite

Fair Consumption Space

Book section · January 1, 2025 A fair consumption space has been defined as “an ecologically healthy perimeter that supports within it an equitable distribution of resources and opportunities for individuals and societies to fulfill their needs and achieve wellbeing” (Akenji et al., 202 ... Full text Cite
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Education


University of Helsinki (Finland) · 2019 Ph.D.
Technical University of Munich (Germany) · 2006 M.S.