Sustainability Research Institute
Complexity Economics for Sustainability
Final report
- Towards a New Complexity Economics for Sustainability: Insights from a series of research seminars (pdf)
Seminar 1: Exploring Complexity Economics for Sustainability
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
27-28 November 2008
Introduction
Summary of seminar presentations and discussions
Presentations
- Eric Beinhocker (McKinsey Global Institute), 'Escaping the Last Malthusian Trap: Complex systems, climate change and economic growth' (pdf)
- Dr Terry Barker (University of Cambridge), 'The global deal: treating anthropogenic climate change as an economic internality' (pdf)
- Dr Tim Foxon (University of Leeds), 'Co-evolution of technologies, institutions and business strategies for a low carbon future' (pdf)
- Dr Koen Frenken (University of Utrecht), 'Complexity, evolutionary economics and environmental policy' (pdf)
- Prof Andy Stirling (SPRU, University of Sussex), 'Durability, stability, resilience and robustness: Dynamic strategies for sustainability' (pdf)
Linked seminar: Innovation Systems, Complex Systems and Sustainable Development
School of Economics and Management, Free University of Bolzano
30-31 March 2009
Presentations available at
http://www.unibz.it/en/economics/events/InnovationSystems_researchseminar.html
Seminar 2: Application of complexity economics to environmental and resource issues
Weetwood Hall, University of Leeds,
23-24 June 2009
Summary of seminar presentation and discussions
Presentations
- Joe Ravetz (University of Manchester), 'Pathways towards a One Planet Economy' (pdf)
- Dr Klaus Hubacek (University of Leeds), 'Accounting for CO2 emissions: UK, China and International Trade' (pdf)
- Dr John Barrett (Stockholm Environment Institute, York), 'Sustainable consumption and production: Modelling and applications' (pdf)
- Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh (University of Cardiff), 'Social and psychological drivers of energy consumption behaviour and energy transitions' (pdf)
- Prof. Arild Vatn (Norwegian University of Life Sciences), 'Institutions and co-operative behaviour' (pdf)
- Dr Jonathan Köhler (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research), 'What is a niche?' (pdf)
- Dr Evan Fraser (University of Leeds), 'Anticipating global food security problems…Adding some socio-economics' (pdf)
Contact: Dr Tim Foxon
Seminar 3: Are economic growth and sustainability compatible?
Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge,
3 - 4 December 2009
Summary of seminar presentation and discussions
Presentations
- Prof Tim Jackson (University of Surrey), 'Prosperity without growth?' (pdf)
- Prof. Paul Ekins (UCL), 'Economic growth and environmental sustainability: conditions for compatibility' (pdf)
- Dr Alex Bowen (LSE), 'A Green New Deal: Climate change mitigation as an economic stimulus' (pdf)
- Prof. Jeroen van den Bergh (Univ. Autonomous Barcelona), 'Relax about GDP - implications for climate and crisis policies' (pdf)
- Prof. Peter Pearson (Imperial College), 'Energy transitions, general purpose technologies and the challenge of low-carbon innovation' (pdf)
- David Fell (Brook Lyndhurst), 'The economics of enough' (pdf)
- Daniel O'Neill (University of Leeds), 'How do we achieve a steady state economy?' (pdf)
Seminar 4: Towards a New Economics for Sustainability: Complexity, Ecology and Growth
Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 6th September 2010
Presentations:
- Dr Tim Foxon (University of Leeds), 'Towards a new economics for sustainability' (pdf)
- Adrian Gault (Committee on Climate Change), 'Response' (pdf)
- Eric Beinhocker (McKinsey Global Institute), 'Creating a revolution in Carbon productivity'
- Dr Tim Jenkins (Sustainable Development Commission), 'Sustainable investment: the challenge for macroeconomics and for government' (pdf)
Contact:
Dr Tim Foxon t.j.foxon(at)leeds.ac.uk
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