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IIPP In Conversation Roundtable: Pluralism in Economics

14 November 2023, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm

In conversation with Claudius Gräbner, Louis Laure, Birte Strunk and Carolina Alves

Join UCL IIPP in conversation with Claudius Gräbner, Louis Larue and Birte Strunk, for a roundtable on 'Pluralism in Economics'. This talk will be chaired by Carolina Alves.

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Join this fascinating roundtable on Tuesday 14th November 2023 at 17:30-19:00 (GMT) UK Time at University College London (UCL).

About this roundtable:

IIPP's research and teaching are dedicated to creating new economic thinking and reframing today’s most pressing societal challenges within a new multidisciplinary political economy agenda. The issue of pluralism in economics in this context is crucial. Is pluralism necessary for changes in paradigm? How does pluralism deal with the explanatory power of economic theories? Does it matter? This panel bring together some of the best scholars studying this topic to tackle these questions. Followed by an audience Q&A.

Meet the panel:

  • Panellist: Claudius Gräbner | Assistant Professor of Pluralist Economics at the Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany
  • Panellist: Birte Strunk | PhD candidate in economics at the New School in New York City
  • Panellist: Louis Larue | Researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Chair and convenor: Carolina Alves | Associate Professor in Economics, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

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About the Speakers

Claudius Gräbner

Assistant Professor of Pluralist Economics at Europa-Universität Flensburg

Claudius Gräbner
Claudius is Assistant Professor of Pluralist Economics at the Europa-Universität Flensburg (Germany) and Research Associate at the Institute for the Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy (ICAE) of the Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bremen and has worked on comparative development dynamics in the European Union, the socio-economic implications of green transformations, the determinants and implications of technological change and economic complexity, as well as on the sociological and philosophical foundations of pluralism in the social sciences. More about Claudius Gräbner

Birte Strunk

PhD Candidate in Economics at The New School

Birte Strunk
Birte is a PhD candidate in economics at the New School in New York City. Having priorly studied economics and philosophy in Maastricht, London, and Vienna, she currently pursues research at the intersection of ecological economics and labor economics, with a focus on inequality and work hours. As part of her PhD, she spent a semester as a visiting research fellow at Harvard University, and she also currently pursues a Masters in philosophy at Fernuniversität Hagen next to her PhD.  She has published on feminist ecological economics, degrowth and philosophy of (plural) economics. More about Birte Strunk

Louis Larue

Researcher at University of Gothenburg

Louis
Louis Larue is a Belgian economist and philosopher, currently working as a researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on the ethics of finance and money, and has a growing interest in philosophy of economics and in social ontology. More about Louis Larue

Carolina Alves

Associate Professor in Economics at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)

Carolina Alves
Carolina is Associate Professor in Economics at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Carolina joined IIPP from Girton College at the University of Cambridge where she was the Joan Robinson Research Fellow in Heterodox Economics and a College Teaching Officer at the Faculty of Economics. At Cambridge, she led teaching in macroeconomics, political and social aspects of economics, and history and philosophy of economics, while also being the Director of Studies for Economics for second-year undergrads, and a member of Girton’s College Council responsible for the stewardship of the College.

Carolina is the co-founder of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics – a network of economists working to promote inclusiveness in economics in both the academic content and the field’s institutional structures. She is a member of the Rebuilding Macroeconomics Advisory Group - a research initiative aimed at re-invigorating macroeconomics and bringing it back to the fore as a policy-relevant social science, as well as being the co-editor for the Developing Economics blog, which takes a critical approach to creating discussion and reflection in the field of economics. She is also a board member on the Progressive Economy Forum Council (PEF) and Positive Money.   

More about Carolina Alves

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