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Radical Economics Pedagogy

 

At the heart of PPE’s section on Radical Economics Pedagogy, are two questions: 1) what to teach in economics programs, and 2) how to teach it. Since 2008, there have been increased calls internationally for economics to be more pluralist, heterodox and radical. The International Student Initiative for Pluralism in Economics, which has led the way on this question, is now a collaboration of 82 associations of economics students from 31 countries.

At the University of Sydney, the demands for heterodox and alternative content began in the 1960s, and a full political economy program was established in the 1980s. A consideration of what is taught in economics programs also raises the issue of what has been excluded from the curriculum, and this is not simply the dominance of mainstream economics—questions of Eurocentrism and gender in the curriculum, amongst others, remain central.

Alongside this, academics discuss other issues of pedagogy—the ‘how’ of teaching that content. Is learning best achieved through traditional lectures, experiential learning, group collaboration, flipped learning, or the integration of new technologies? Indeed, the establishment of the PPE blog was a pedagogical initiative in itself.

We welcome contributions on any of these, or related topics!

      
 

Study Universal Basic Income at the University of Sydney

Gareth Bryant | November 26, 2024

Introducing SSPS6008 – Universal Basic Income In 2025, the the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at the University of Sydney will offer the first unit of study focused on Universal Basic Income (UBI) to be taught at a university in Australasia. This interdisciplinary unit [...]

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UPSWELL Journal

Ruby Halliday | October 3, 2023

The Political Economy Society at the University of Sydney are putting out a call for interest on their upcoming student led ‘UPSWELL’ journal. If you have experience or want to be involved, join us on Wednesday 4th Oct 6PM to hear our ideas, contribute yours, and create a vision [...]

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What do we learn from engaging in politicised pedagogical and teaching practices?

Ian Bruff | Mel Jordan | March 6, 2023

This post introduces readers to the second Special Issue we have co-edited on the umbrella theme of ‘Politicizing Artistic Pedagogies’. The first Special Issue, entitled ‘Politicizing Artistic Pedagogies: Publics, Spaces, Teachings’, was published in late 2021 in the journal Art & the Public [...]

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Machiavelli. Morgenthau. Weber. Marx. Foucault by Zubeda Mir

Andreas Bieler and Adam David Morton | December 27, 2022

Back in 2011, with a view to engaging students through different teaching methods, we launched a poetry competition on the core MA module "Theories and Concepts in International Relations" at the University of Nottingham. After all, Roland Bleiker has himself emphasised the role of the poetic [...]

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Moving the Study of Political Economy off the University Grid

Tim Thornton | July 7, 2022

I have recently co-written a chapter in the new ‘Handbook of Alternative Theories of Political Economy’ that considers ways that political economy teaching can be expanded. Five broad strategies are discussed: seeking reform to get more PE units of study taught within economics [...]

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Teaching Material: Symposium on The Pedagogy of Political Economy in Australian Law Schools

Ntina Tzouvala | April 28, 2022

Australia’s political and economic system is built on exploitation. From the violent foundational occupation of Indigenous lands, to the ongoing denial of Indigenous sovereignty over those lands; from the destructive extraction of natural resources, to the profound devaluation of the care work [...]

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A detoxed heterodox praxis to lead authentic diversification and decolonisation of economics

Lynne Chester | October 14, 2021

The mission of D-Econ (Diversifying and Decolonising Economics) is to promote inclusivity within the content and institutions of the economics discipline due to the dominance of Eurocentric thinking. This situation has occurred because of the longstanding exclusion of alternate views—based on [...]

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Studying Political Economy at the University of Sydney

Joe Collins | August 27, 2021

What is political economy? How is political economy different from conventional economics? Why choose to study political economy? What’s it like to be a political economy student? Where can political economy take you in your life and career?

For Open Day 2021, current and former [...]

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