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Lehrende: Dr. Lukas Bäuerle; Prof. Dr. Sabine Maasen
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
Re- Think Eco
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Credits:
6,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
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Kommentare/ Inhalte:
Against the backdrop of the grand challenges of the 21st century, the economy is regarded as a central arena of social transformation. The pressure for change in economic contexts is not only directed at practices, laws and institutions, but also at their meanings. What is 'the economy' anyway? How can it be conceived and also conceived differently? In the social sciences, including economics, this discussion is in full swing. Powerful schools of thought - above all neoclassical economics and neoliberalism - have, it seems, passed their zenith. New concepts and proposals are introduced in staccato by interdisciplinary discourses, but also by (supra-)state actors, by civil society and other stakeholders: Purpose economy, Doughnut economy, Foundational economy, Care economy, Post-growth economy, Circular economy, Share economy. Bioeconomy and others.
This seminar will take up a selection of the discussed economies and critically penetrate them. In addition to the concepts, their concrete implementation and related practices in different economic arenas will be of particular interest. This discussion will be framed and synthesized with the examination of possible conceptual vanishing points of ‘doing the economy’ in the 21st century. Is a new economic paradigm already emerging? What might it consist of? Or is the very notion of monolithic paradigms at stake?
Lernziel:
The learning objectives of the seminar are twofold:
- Seminar participants will develop a deeper understanding of the variety of concepts and practices relating to ‘the economy’ as recently being discussed in academic and public discourse. This includes reflecting upon both the tensions and synergies involved in this plurality.
- They will also be able to position themselves on important debates around societal innovations, relying on social scientific conceptualizations of new approaches to economic thinking.
Vorgehen:
In the seminar, the thematically relevant scientific literature will be presented and discussed in the form of presentations. Participants will also work on group work projects. There is the possibility to work on self-selected topics and projects within the framework of the seminar after consultation with the lecturer.
Literatur:
This list is subject to change with regard to the actual group size.
Economies
1) Hurst, A. (2014). The purpose economy: How your desire for impact, personal growth and community is changing the world. Elevate. Chapter 1.
2) Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist. Random House Business Books. Chapter 1.
3) Froud, J., & Williams, K. (Eds.). (2018). Foundational economy: The infrastructure of everyday life. Manchester University Press. Chapter 2.
4) Peng, I. (2019). The Care Economy: A new research framework. LIEPP Working Paper, 49.
5) Jackson, T. (2021). Post growth: Life after capitalism. Polity Press. Chapter 1.
6) Ghosh, S. K., & Ghosh, S. K. (2021). Conceptualizing the Circular Economy. In S. K. Ghosh & S. K. Ghosh (Eds.), Circular Economy: Recent Trends in Global Perspective (pp. 3–26). Springer Nature Singapore.
Cases
7) Purpose Economy. (2022). Case Study: Goldeimer. Eigenverlag. https://purpose-economy.org/content/uploads/purpose_casestudy_goldeimer.pdf
8) Strobel, H., Bothe, J., & nela - Next Economy Lab. (2022). A doughnut a day keeps the doctor away. Sustainable practices in agriculture and nutrition. Eigenverlag. https://nexteconomylab.de/wp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/NELA_F3_EN-V2_220518.pdf
9) Arcidiacono, D., & Pais, I. (2022). Re-embedding the economy within digitalized foundational sectors: The case of platform cooperativism. In F. Barbera & I. R. Jones (Eds.), The foundational economy and citizenship: Comparative perspectives on civil repair (pp. 27–50). Policy Press.
10) Kabeer, N., Razavi, S., & van der Meulen Rodgers, Y. (2021). Feminist Economic Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Feminist Economics, 27(1–2), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2021.1876906
11) Boer, D., Segarra, M., Fernández, A. I., Vallès, M., Mateu, C., & Cabeza, L. F. (2020). Approach for the analysis of TES technologies aiming towards a circular economy: Case study of building-like cubicles. Renewable Energy, 150, 589–597.
12) McGreevy, S. R., Rupprecht, C. D. D., Niles, D., Wiek, A., Carolan, M., Kallis, G., Kantamaturapoj, K., Mangnus, A., Jehlicka, P., Taherzadeh, O., Sahakian, M., Chabay, I., Colby, A., Vivero-Pol, J.-L., Chaudhuri, R., Spiegelberg, M., Kobayashi, M., Balázs, B., Tsuchiya, K., … Tachikawa, M. (2022). Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world. Nature Sustainability, 5(12), 1011–1017.
Concepts
13) Beckert, J. (2003). Economic Sociology and Embeddedness: How Shall We Conceptualize Economic Action? Journal of Economic Issues, 37(3), 769–787. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2003.11506613
14) Schlaudt, O. (2022). Philosophy of economics: A heterodox introduction. Routledge.
15) Gibson, K., & Dombroski, K. (Eds.). (2020). The handbook of diverse economies. Edward Elgar.
16) Rommel, F., & Kasperan, R. L. (2022). Pluralism is not ‘anything goes’—Grounding pluralism in economics in diverse economies by rehabilitating Paul Feyerabend. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 13(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPEE.2022.124575
17) Polanyi, K. (1968). The economy as instituted process. In E. E. LeClair & H. K. Schneider (Eds.), Economic anthropology: Readings in theory and analysis (pp. 122–142). Holt, Rinehart, Winston.
18) Dolfsma, W., & Verburg, R. (2008). Structure, Agency and the Role of Values in Processes of Institutional Change. Journal of Economic Issues, 42(4), 1031–1054.
19) Waddock, S. (2020). Thinking Transformational System Change. Journal of Change Management, 20(3), 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2020.1737179
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