Introduction to Pluralist Economics – Approaches for sustainable futures / Einführung plurale Ökonomik - Ansätze für zukunftsfähiges Wirtschaften
Dienstag, 17.03.2026
The world is facing multiple, interrelated and mutually reinforcing crises that merge into a polycrisis. We are confronted with an ecological crisis, growing inequalities, financial crises, wars, and, until recently, a global pandemic. The current economic system not only leads to ecological disasters but also to social and economic disruptions, as highlighted in the latest IPCC report. To address the polycrisis, it is essential to draw on a diverse toolbox of theoretical concepts and methodological approaches, which is largely absent in mainstream economics. The call for greater diversity in economics is omnipresent. This course acknowledges the need for a pluralistic approach to economics in order to tackle the complex challenges of our time and aims to respond, at least in part, to the demand for greater diversity. Before students engage with the specific schools of economic thought, three introductory sessions will cover the main economic-philosophical and historical foundations of economics as well as the basics of pluralist economics. Subsequently, five major schools of economic thought will be introduced, discussed, and critically reflected upon with the students, focusing on their proposed approaches to current challenges. The introduction session on the different schools of thought will be held by the lecturers form the CDE. The subsequent lecture and discussion of concrete examples of how such approaches might be applied will be held by guest lecturers that are experts in the field. The following schools of thought will be covered: neoclassical, feminist, post-Keynesian, Marxist, and ecological economics.
| Dozierende(r): | Dr. Christoph Bader, Nicolà Bezzola |
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| 17.03.2026: | 10:15 - 12:00 |
| Ort: | 1. Etage, 124 Uni Mittelstrasse Mittelstrasse 43 |
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