Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of political and ecological crisis is the overarching theme of the conference. Economic systems have always co-evolved with social, environmental and technological systems. The worsening ecological and climate crisis means we must urgently abandon...

In 2017 the main theme of the conference will be ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS IN ACTION: BUILDING A REFLECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. The conference aims to bring together diverse sets of actors who are engaged in co-producing ecological economics insights and advice for responsible and creative...

This year’s workshop targets econometric methods related to the analysis of innovation, with a particular focus on environmental innovation. The objective of the workshop is to bring together promising international young researchers for a week of intense training by renowned international...

This workshop aims to bring together world-leading academics working in the field of international environmental treaty negotiations and covers different conceptual approaches such as game theory, with a theoretical and empirical focus, behavioural economics including experimental economics, and...

The focus of the conference will be on the assessment of green growth strategies. The goal is to clarify the challenges of smart and sustainable growth as well as to provide solutions. There will be an introduction to the green growth debate, given by Ottmar Edenhofer (PIK & MCC), a summary of...

The pre-conference workshop, parallel to this year’s conference theme, aims to provide an overview of the achievements of ecological economics and discuss its future. The pre-conference workshop will focus on three themes in particular: - An overview of ecological economics - Political economy...

This conference offers the opportunity to engage into a critical evaluation of the present and future research agenda of Ecological Economics. The conference aims to contribute to a better understanding of societal and natural processes and their interaction by integrating various scientific...