Ana Díaz-Vidal

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I’m currently doing a PhD in post‑growth policy at the University of Barcelona under the supervision of Federico Demaria and Filka Sekulova as part of the MAPS project.

My aim is to analyse post-growth policies and their role in transitions. I am interested in creating space for alternatives to flourish and on nourishing better futures. I have a multi-disciplinary background and I often draw from (Critical) Political Economy, Geography, Ecological Economics and STS in my work. Methodologically, I am interested in computational social science for text analysis.

I have worked as a policy researcher at the European Commission, OECD and REN21, focusing on issues of beyond GDP indicators, renewable energy and climate negotiations in the framework of the UNFCCC. I graduated from Sciences Po and the University of Edinburgh.

I am an avid crossword solver, poetry writer, crafter and sport-doer. I also love reading.

latest posts

Oct 01, 2026	The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too Late
Dec 20, 2025	Writing slow in times of TikTok and AI
Aug 23, 2025	How to Fall in Love with the Future

selected publications

2026

Policy Brief

Hacia una transición ecosocial justa en el Estado Español: Nuevas herramientas institucionales para el poder popular

Hugo Abad Frías, Ana Díaz-Vidal, and Federico Arcuri

Feb 2026

Policy brief n.7

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2025

The COP30 Mutirão agreement was just talk without truth

Ana Díaz-Vidal and Yamina Saheb

Nov 2025

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The main COP30 declaration reduces climate diplomacy to a technocratic exercise in crisis management and fails to name the root causes of climate change
Unpacking an African Renewables-Based Economy

Díaz Vidal, Ana; Okoth-Menya, Frank

Jun 2025

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This Strategic Intelligence Brief looks at how resources, trade, policy, and finance intersect to shape Africa’s opportunity to build a renewables-based economy. It emphasises the critical role of renewables in regional cooperation, enabling policies that extend beyond energy access and strategic alignment with continental initiatives for economic development and industrialisation. Africa stands uniquely positioned to harness an unprecedented opportunity: leveraging its abundant natural resources, exceptional renewable energy potential, and critical mineral wealth to drive industrialisation, economic diversification, and sustainable development through a renewables-based economy framework.

2024

It’s not only about gigawatts: A comment on the COP28 renewable energy target’s conceptual issues

Ana Díaz Vidal

Sciences Po Energy Review, Oct 2024

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Foreword by Marc Ringel Foreword by Giacomo Luciani 2. Editorial Introduction 3. Experts interviews Interview with Miguel Gil Tertre-Competitiveness amidst Decarbonisation Interview with Adnan Shihab Eldin-A Nuclear Renaissance with Small Modular