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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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