Close
IIPP is making available up to 15 places for policymakers on its groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, running 8 January – 24 March 2025
The in-person only course will examine the contemporary global political economy as a complex system, facing historically rooted ‘grand challenges’, including the legacies of colonialism, climate change and ecological crises, challenges around productivity, growth, wages, and inequality, and the relationship between investment, financial markets, and financial and political instability. The course will ask the question—what do we mean by capitalism, and what COULD we mean? The course combines academic lectures from some of the world’s leading new economic thinkers with policy lectures from leading policymakers and influencers. The course convenor will be IIPP Visiting Professor of Practice Damon Silvers. Lecturers will include IIPP faculty including Prof. Mariana Mazzucato, Prof. Carlota Perez, Dr Carolina Alves and a range of distinguished scholars from around the globe. Past lecturers in this course have included Prof. Martin Guzman, Prof. Ha Joon Chang, Prof. Kate Raworth, Prof. Jayati Ghosh and IIPP Honorary Professor Francesca Bria. Small group seminars will be paired with lectures and bring together participating policymakers to explore the course's subject matter in the light of your experiences across national and international contexts.
The module will help participants develop their critical thinking and make the connections between economic theory, politics, economic history and real-world policy issues. It will provide an introduction to a range of different economic perspectives, including Neoclassical, post-Keynesian, Schumpeterian, ecological, evolutionary and institutional economics theories and how they are both rooted in economic history and lead to different public policies.
The course is suitable for policymakers from a wide range of backgrounds (including think tanks or NGOs as well as civil servants) but you should be actively working on economic or public policy issues. Having some academic background in economics or a related social science would be an advantage. Policymakers will not be assessed but will receive a certificate of attainment upon completion of the course.
Key details
Term dates: 10-week course, 8 January - 24 March 2025 (reading week with no teaching 12 February)
Times: Lectures: Weekly in-person lectures at UCL central London campus, 2 hours long, Thursday 14-16h
Seminars: Weekly in-person seminars will be 60-90 minutes long on Fridays. Seminars will be scheduled according to group size and availability
Fees: £1,200
Closing date: 1st November 2024