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 a Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney and completed his PhD at Western Sydney University in 2016. His research offers a historical materialist critique of mineral-rent theory grounded in the historical development of the minerals industry and landed property in Australia.

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