14th Annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture Hosted by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, together with the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) and the Political Economy Student Society (ECOPSoc). Dodging a Mass Extinction Event: Climate Change and Necessity Speaker: Kim Stanley Robinson When: 25 November 2021, 2-3:30pm (Sydney time/AEDT)…
Continue readingThe School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney is once again proud to partner with Social Sciences Week Australia for an exciting week of public talks showcasing the diversity and relevance of social science research in our community and society.
Our political economists are involved in two panels on basic income and energy transition, and there are other events on the politics and inequalities of the pandemic. All events free, online and open to all.
Continue readingInstitute of Australian Geographers & New Zealand Geographical Society Combined Conference 6-9 July, 2021, University of Sydney The Institute of Australian Geographers and New Zealand Geographical Society Combined Conference will take place at the University of Sydney on stolen, unceded lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Conference theme: Remembering, Reimagining Geography The…
Continue readingMy new edited volume A Research Agenda for Critical Political Economy has just been published. The book’s chapters explore different dimensions of political economy and different ways of doing political economy. Issues range across inequality, growth and development, money, trade, land, time and space, and social movements. Perspectives include Marxism, post-colonial theory, feminism, post-Keynesian and experimental…
Continue reading13th Annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture Hosted by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, together with the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) and the Political Economy Student Society (ECOPSoc) This Global Crisis: Capitalism In And Beyond The Pandemic Speakers: Susan Ferguson, Jayati Ghosh and Adam Tooze When: 9 November…
Continue readingPluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary Book Launch | Gleebooks | Wednesday 9th October, 6:00pm for 6:30pm RSVP: HERE After decades of so-called ‘development’, the world is in crisis. Crucial conditions for life on Earth are failing, and people’s expectations for their own and children’s futures are uncertain. The dimensions of this crisis are environmental, economic, social,…
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