Studying Political Economy at the University of Sydney

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 students, together with Chair of Department, Associate Professor Lynne Chester, answer your questions about the Political Economy program at the University of Sydney.

More information about the Department of Political Economy

More information about Open Day – 28 August 2021

Author: Joe Collins

Joe Collins is an economic historian based in Rockhampton. He works as a Senior Lecturer in history and politics at Central Queensland University. His teaching is informed by research interests that circle and intersect the history of economic thought, debates on value, rent and price, the historical evolution of landed property, extractivism, regenerative agriculture, and the political economy of capitalism in Australia and the world. Joe's current research explores the potential for interlocking just transitions across the systems of provision for housing, education, transport, work and healthcare in regional communities.

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