When: Tuesday 10 November, 2:00-3:30pm
Where: Room 441, Social Sciences Building (A02), University of Sydney
Speaker: Professor Mathieu Dufour
Abstract:
The current context poses a variety of environmental and social challenges. Can these be addressed satisfactorily under capitalism? In this presentation, I will argue that they cannot and that the situation therefore calls for both an ecological and systemic transition. Using the Québec economy as a case study, I will outline a research programme aimed at defining some possible contours for such a transition. This will be done through three related levels of analysis: a study of the current political economic structure in Québec intended to identify some of the transformative possibilities and constraints it offers; a description of an alternative systemic arrangement that could be put in place based on the existing economy and institutions; and finally prospective modular research in postcapitalist political economy.
Biographical statement:
Mathieu Dufour is a Professor in the Département des sciences sociales at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, where he has been working since 2015. Before that, he was a professor at John Jay College (City University of New York) and Dalhousie University, and also taught in China. He obtained his PhD in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a dissertation on the dynamics of international financial crises. Mathieu has written several peer-reviewed articles on that topic, as well as other subjects pertaining to public policy, with a particular focus on income distribution, ecological transition, and economic planning. He sits on the board of the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques and the editorial board of the journal Studies in Political Economy.
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