Isabela Nogueira de Morais. Assistant Professor (Instituto de Economia - Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro)Coordinator LabChina (Studies in Chinese Political Economy) - http://www.ie.ufrj.br/labchina/ In the last four decades, the Asian Giant went from being a periphery economy to compete globally the first places in terms of economic wealth, geopolitical influence, technological development and militar …
We will discuss chapters 1-3 of Objectivity.
Last year, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) lauched the series "Is Green Growth Possible? A Debate" where economists discussed the tradeoffs between economic growth and the decarbonization challenge.https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/collections/is-green-growth-possible-a-debate The Sustainability WG invited Enno Schröder to present in this webinar his research findings with Servaas Storm, and to discuss to what extend the Green …
Women and gender minorities have overcome many obstacles within the world of work in the last decades; however, gender inequality is still the norm around the globe. While concepts such as “glass ceilings” and “gender pay gaps” are more and more popular everyday, some of the most pressing issues affecting women are little-known outside academia …
Women and the informal economy with Sally Roever, WIEGO Read More »
**Call for the Third Summer School on the History of Economic Thought in Latin America (EVPEAL) Mexico City, February 13-16, 2019** The Faculty of Economics of UNAM, ALAHPE and YSI working groups on "History of Economic Thought" and "States and Markets" invite you to: The third edition of the “Summer School on the History of …
3rd Summer School on the History of Economic Thought in Latin America Read More »
After the webinar provided by Prof. Todorova, the Feminist Epistemology Project will start their study group meetings with the discussion of the chapter "Gender and Economics" from the book "Feminism, objectivity and economics" by Julie Nelson. You find the next in this link:https://drive.google.com/open?id=15St55Fl39u0_cPpC-dvweY6nkIr4oMvC Everyone interested in more than welcome! For those who did not see …
Discussion of “Gender and Economics” from Julie Nelson Read More »
Hi guys, We are going to have a meeting at 8 am on Saturday, 2/16/2019 in order to discuss cooperation with various educational institutions in Doha, Qatar. We will also discuss our proposal for the conference.
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Young Scholars Initiative’s Complexity Economics Working Group (YSI - CEWG) and the Latin American Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (LALICS) invite you to submit a proposal paper to the 1st PhD Forum on Complexity Economics and Economics of Innovation, that will …
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South Africa joined the BRICS group of nations in 2010. Its inclusion represented a desire to expand the representivity of BRICS to include Africa, rather than being a function of South AFrica's economic or geopolitical dynamism. Among so-called emerging markets, post-Apartheid South Africa has been a relatively poor performer - registering high rates of growth …
We will discuss chapters 4 and 5.
Workshop “Is orthodox/heterodox a fruitful classification? From static labels to plural and interdisciplinary theory building” Deadline EXTENDED: January 16th. Undergraduate, master and PhD students, as well as young scholars working on any social science are invited to submit a brief note (between 300 and 700 words) stating why and how they think our workshop could …
Call for applications, YSI workshop at the 2019 ASEER Conference, February Read More »
When the 2008 subprime crisis hit the world, only a few economists had seen the crisis coming and ringed the bells before the tsunami swallowed many big economies in the world. In this context, the need for alternative economic theories and policy responses became evident, creating more space for new economic thinking in both academia …
YSI @ the 45th Eastern Economics Association Conference Read More »