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Josh Moos

Senior Lecturer

Josh Moos has been a Lecturer in the Business School for seven years. He is currently the Module Lead for 'Introduction to Economic Thought', 'Contemporary Economic Thought' and 'Ecological Economics'.

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Josh Moos has been a Lecturer in the Business School for seven years. He is currently the Module Lead for 'Introduction to Economic Thought', 'Contemporary Economic Thought' and 'Ecological Economics'.

Josh Moos has been a Lecturer in the Business School for seven years. He is currently the Module Lead for 'Introduction to Economic Thought', 'Contemporary Economic Thought' and 'Ecological Economics'.

Josh read Sociology at the University of Sussex between 2005-8 and continued at the University of Sussex to read International Relations for his Masters. Before joining Leeds Beckett, he worked in under-16 education in inner-London and subsequently as a youth worker.

In 2015, Josh moved to Leeds to undertake a Post-Graduate Diploma in Youth and Community Work at Leeds Beckett. At the same time, he started working part-time in the Leeds Business School. Having completed his PG Dip, he continued to work at Leeds Beckett while also working in money advice services.

In 2019, Josh was made a permanent Lecturer in the Business School.

Research interests

Josh's current research interests encompass alternatives to growth-based economic paradigms, with a particular emphasis on Degrowth and Marxist Economics. His recent work has concentrated on examining the environmental impact of aviation and the constraints associated with technological solutions. Additionally, Josh investigates student engagement and participation within Higher Education.

Publications (7)

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Flight from reality: sustainable aviation, Jet Zero, and the technofix

Featured January 2025 Contemporary Social Science20(1):37-65 Informa UK Limited
AuthorsDale G, Moos J, Bernal Holmes A

This paper argues that rising aviation emissions, which are disproportionally driven by the wealthy, pose a serious threat to climate goals. Using the UK’s Jet Zero strategy as a case study, it explores how policymakers and industry promote speculative technologies—efficiency gains, electric and hydrogen aircraft, sustainable aviation fuels, carbon capture, and offsetting—to justify continued aviation growth. We critically assess these claims: electric aircraft are limited to short routes; hydrogen faces major storage and infrastructure barriers, and green hydrogen remains scarce. SAFs, often derived from land-intensive crops, risk deforestation, biodiversity loss, and higher net emissions. Second generation SAFs, such as used cooking oil, are scarce, and power-to-liquid is speculative and prohibitively expensive. Carbon capture is unproven at scale, and offsetting enables airlines to claim reductions without cutting actual emissions. These “solutions” align with a political agenda that prioritises economic growth and airport expansion. We argue that this techno-optimism delays real action. Rather than gambling on future breakthroughs that may never materialise, policymakers should pursue immediate demand-reduction strategies and support a just transition—ending frequent-flyer incentives, shifting short-haul flights to rail, removing aviation fuel subsidies, and retraining workers for low-carbon sectors.

Newspaper or Magazine article

Jet Zero and the politics of the technofix

Featured 27 August 2021 The Ecologist
AuthorsMoos J, Dale G
Newspaper or Magazine article

Jet Zero: a one way ticket to climate hell

Featured 31 August 2021 The Ecologist
AuthorsMoos J, Dale G
Internet publication

Why the world’s first flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel is a green mirage

Featured 28 November 2023 The Conversation The Conversation Publisher
AuthorsMoos J, Dale G
Chapter

Growth rate

Featured 23 February 2023 Dictionary of Ecological Economics Edward Elgar Publishing

This comprehensive Dictionary brings together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling contributions from distinguished scholars, it provides an intellectual map to this evolving subject ranging from the practical to the philosophical.

Chapter

Extrapolation

Featured 23 February 2023 Dictionary of Ecological Economics Edward Elgar Publishing

This comprehensive Dictionary brings together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling contributions from distinguished scholars, it provides an intellectual map to this evolving subject ranging from the practical to the philosophical.

Chapter

Principle of substitution

Featured 23 February 2023 Dictionary of Ecological Economics Edward Elgar Publishing

This comprehensive Dictionary brings together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling contributions from distinguished scholars, it provides an intellectual map to this evolving subject ranging from the practical to the philosophical.

Current teaching

  • H4 - Introduction to Economic Thought
  • H4 - UK Economy
  • H4 - Global Economic Awareness
  • H5 - Contemporary Economic Thought
  • H5 - Ecological Economics

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