Pandemic, climate collapse, racial injustice and inequality have brought the world to a crossroad. Governments have turned to economists for answers to these threats, but has our economics education done enough to prepare them for this vital role?
Rethinking Economics is an international network of students, academics and professionals building a better economics for the classroom. Through a mixture of campaigning, events and engaging projects, Rethinking Economics connects people globally to enact the change needed for the future.
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Projects
Bringing together students, researchers, academics and citizens from across the international community. Check out the projects and Action Circles below if you would like to join the working group and help.
Economists for Future
Economists for Future is an initiative started by members of the Rethinking Economics network in Germany and now spreading across the globe. It has been set up in solidarity with...
Curriculum Research
The Curriculum Research action circle is working to build the RE methodology for reviewing curricula for pluralism, diversity, real world application, critical thinking and...
Communicating with Academics
The Communicating with Academics action circle helps to train student organisers to build a positive working relationship with academics in their department. Offering training on...
Diversifying & Decolonising
The Diversifying & Decolonising action circle runs a number of projects aimed at diversifying and decolonising the curriculum. Including bringing together different actors...
Webinars
‘Economics out of Equilibrium’ is our Webinar series run by students across the international network. Engaging speakers from across the globe on diverse topics from across...
Economy Studies
The Economy Studies team work on building alternative curricula from the ground up. Based 3 organising principles and 10 building blocks Economy Studies offers a framework to...
Global South Forum
Rethinking Economics for the Global South is an alliance of local youth-led movements focusing on the unique challenges facing the Global South. The project aims to amplify the...
Article Reviews
Rethinking Economics regularly receives requests from academics and writers to review articles, books an op-ed pieces that they have written. These opportunities go straight to...
Blog
Join the Rethinking Economics Festival 2021!
The Covid-19 pandemic revealed its true impact on human lives this past year. Much as economists and statisticians would like to present a valuation in terms of immediate material...
Is a woman’s freedom to enter a certain profession determined by the career of her mother?
Written by Nabil Taleb The inequality between men and women is one of society's most deep rooted problems, and the solution to this ill cannot merely be simplified to a series...
What Good is Behavioural Science?
Written by Cahal Moran, Rethinking Economics As an economist who has moved into behavioural science, I find myself straddling two disciplines which have attracted public ire in...
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Local groups are fundamental to our network. We support their organising work with skills sharing, resources, communications, and access to networking events to help them grow.
By coordinating our efforts at regional and international levels we can achieve strategic successes all around the world.
Local groups working together is a key component to our mission of achieving a critical, open, and pluralist curriculum for everyone.
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from 27th – 29th July
RE Festival 2021 brings together a diverse range of experts and students from around the world to debate our possible economic futures