OPEN CALL: Human-Earth Relationships through the lenses of Behavioural Economics, Collective and Individual Decision Making

UPDATE! 

DEADLINE POSTPONED TO MARCH 31, 2020

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OPEN CALL

The 7th International Degrowth / 16th International Society for Ecological Economics Joint Conference

Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of ecological and political crisis

Manchester, 1 – 5 September 2020

You are invited to submit abstracts to a session titled:

Human-Earth Relationships through the lenses of 

Behavioural Economics, Collective and Individual Decision Making

 

Topic of the session:

The current ecological, political and social crisis is a direct consequence of the decisions we have made for decades—or even centuries—concerning the environment, both at the individual and at the collective level. Similarly, our success or failure in dealing with this crisis will be determined by how rational, well-informed, ethical and ecologically conscious our present and future decisions will be.

As Behavioural Economics researchers have pointed out, human beings often fail to make rational decisions, and reality regularly does not respect the assumptions made in mainstream Economics, i.e. that the human being is a perfectly informed, rational, selfish and indifferent homo economicus.

This session welcomes presentations addressing one or more of these three main questions:

• What concepts explain why our individual and/or collective decisions are too often not ecologically conscious?
• What mechanisms identified in Behavioural Economics should we leverage on to promote the shift towards more ecologically conscious decisions?
• Does Behavioural Economics itself, as a discipline, need to change in order to better take into account Ecological Economics and the need to shift to alternative, more sustainable livelihoods?

Studies about degrowth challenge the mainstream Economics idea that economic growth is needed, desirable, inescapable.

Ecological Economics challenges the mainstream Economics idea that the economy is separated from the environment.

Behavioural Economics challenges the mainstream Economics idea that we are rational utility maximizers.

This session aims at having these three disciplines team up and challenge together mainstream Economics, while mutually enhancing each other.

You are invited to submit one or more 200-250 word abstracts by Sunday 15th March, 23.00 GMT, following the instructions at this link: http://www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk/events/degrowth2020/open-call/

In your submission(s), please mention in the Submission note field that you would like your abstract(s) to be considered for this session, and select a Theme and a Subcategory of your choice.

Any questions concerning the conference can be directed to: degrowth2020@manchester.ac.uk

Any questions concerning this session can be directed to: alice.damiano@mail.mcgill.ca

Please circulate this invitation to your networks.

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Banner photo: Altered screenshot of the conference webpage http://www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk/events/degrowth2020/

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