Lecture 11
Tid: Tisdag 29 september 2015 kl 13:00 - 15:00
Plats: E2
Aktivitet: Föreläsning
Lärare: Elina Eriksson () , Daniel Pargman ()
Studentgrupper: CMETE_4, TMETM_1, TMETM_2, TMMTM_1, TMMTM_2
Evolutionary and institutional economics - using economics as a tool for sustainability
Guest Lecturer: Thomas Hahn, Agr. dr., Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Content: Economics offers powerful tools to guide policy. Efficiency and cost-effectiveness sound very attractive, it's wasy to agree on these intuitive claims. But these and related concepts are based on a narrow ethical basis and applied economics compromises even more, making the norm Sustainable Development difficult to reach with the norms efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The lecture will explain the reaons for this and suggest remedies.
About: Thomas Hahn has a MSc in Agricultural Economics and did a PhD based in ecological and institutional economics, addressing property rights of the Sami and conflict resolution. He has been teachning economists and non-economists for the last 20 years and his research focuses on governance and transformation of social-ecological systems. He is board member of Sveaskog AB and the Swedish Nuclear Waste Fund.
Hahn, T., 2014, Green economy, economic growth and sustainable development. in Access to Resources - An Urban Agenda. AADR