Podcasts about D-Econ

D-Econ members have been asked to talk about D-Econ in different forums this year. Here are two interviews with D-Econ members in the form of podcasts. We hope you enjoy them!

Economia Decolonial (in Portuguese)

On the 10th June 2020, Por uma questão de classe podcast invited D-econ member Carolina Alves to talk about “Economia Decolonial” and introduce the D-econ initiative to the Brazilian audience. In a sequence of stimulating and pertinent questions by economists Joelson Carvalho and Jadir Eduardo Corrêa Junior, the conversation also included issues related to ‘the Cambridge School’ of economics, heterodox economics, Marxism and Brazil’s current government. 

Women in Science (in English)

On February 27th 2020, the “Women in Science” project invited D-Econ member Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven to talk about diversifying and decolonising economics. This was a part of the Great Speaker Series campaign in Portugal in partnership with the British-born co-working space Second Home Lisbon. Ingrid outlines how D-Econ came to be, how she came to be interested in heterodox economics, and why and how the missions of diversifying and decolonising economics are so essential.

NEW PODCAST: Decolonisation, gender and diversity in Economics

https://soundcloud.com/iippe/challenges-and-opportunities-of-economics-curriculum-around-decolonisation-gender-and-diversity?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

On May 17th 2019, Reteaching Economics, in collaboration with Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE), hosted a full day workshop on issues related to political economy, heterodox economics, research and teaching (Full programme here). One of the panel discussions was on Challenges and opportunities of Economics curriculum around decolonisation, gender and diversity. D-Econ Advisory Board member Meera Sabaratnam, D-Econ Executive Board member Ingrid Kvangraven gave presentations, along with Ali Al-Jamri (Rethinking Economics – Diversity Campaign Manager), Lorena Lombardozzi (Open University), and Lucia Pradella (King’s College London).