11.01.2012 in London

As the economic crisis deepens, this is the moment to consider moving towards much shorter, more flexible paid working hours – sharing out jobs and unpaid time more fairly across the population.

nef would like to invite you to an event that takes forward the ideas from its highly acclaimed report 21 Hours to examine how this could help to address a range of urgent social, economic and environmental problems we face.

On 11 January, nef brings together a panel of leading experts in partnership with the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics:

• Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston College, and author of Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, and The Overworked American.

• Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick and biographer of J. M. Keynes, and Dr Edward Skidelsky, University of Exeter, and co-authors the forthcoming book, How Much is Enough? Economics and the Good Life.

• Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development at Surrey University, and author of Prosperity without Growth.

When: Wednesday, 11 January 2012, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Where: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 2AE

The evening will comprise of a public lecture followed by a drinks reception with the speakers. We would love for you to join us.

This is an open conference, with places available to all on a first-come-first-served basis. Please arrive early to guarantee your place in the main theatre. Join us afterwards for a drinks reception at 7.30 pm.

05.11.2011 in New York

This Saturday’s Thirty-First Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures in New York City is one of many events celebrating the centennial of the birth of the author of “Small Is Beautiful.”  Juliet Schor and Gar Alperovitz, Charles Young, Rina Kuusipalo, and Kyle Gracey of Youth for a New Economy, and two representatives from Occupy Wall Street will address the emergence of a  new economy, a next economy, a green economy, a responsible economy, — the necessity of which Schumacher described in his influential book.

SCHEDULE:
9:30   Registration, Community Church 40 East 35th Street, New York City
10:00 Welcome by Neva Goodwin
10:15 Talk by Juliet Schor
11:15 Audience response and questions
11:45 Lunch – Pre-order brown bag lunch or bring your own
1:00  Panel with representatives of Youth for a New Economy and Occupy Wall Street moderated by Dan Levinson
2:00   Audience response and questions
2:30  Break
2:45  Talk by Gar Alperovitz
3:45  Audience response and questions
4:30  Closing remarks by speakers

SPEAKERS:
Juliet Schor
Co-founder of the Center for a New American Dream

Author of:
“Plentitude: The New Economics of True Wealth”
“Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture”
“The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure”
“The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer”

Gar Alperovitz
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland
Founding Principal of The Democracy Collaborative
Former: Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
Special Assistant in the Department of State
President of the Center for Community Economic Development

Author of:
“America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy”
“Unjust Deserts”

Panel “Voices of Today’s Youth: Occupy Wall Street and the Call for a New Economy”
In this forum we will hear directly from participants of the New York City Wall Street protest, as well as other student activists who, in growing numbers, are rejecting our “broken economy system” and seeking to shape equitable, sustainable alternatives.

TICKETS
$50 each, pre-registration recommended
$17 optional vegetarian brown bag lunch

Tickets may be purchased online or by calling the offices of the New Economics Institute (413) 528 1737.

Further Information.

01.06.2011 in Vienna

We are glad that Clive Spash,  holding the chair of Public Policy and  Governance, enriches the team of the Department Socioeconomics till 2 October 2010.
The lecture is a possibility to get (better) acquainted with him and his scientific work.

13:00 at the Department Socioeconomics

If you want to immediately have more information, please see his homepage.