Institutions in Heterodox Economics

Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE)↑

The Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) is an international organization of economists and other social scientists devoted to analysis of economics as evolving, socially constructed and politically governed systems.  AFEE publishes the Journal of Economic Issues (JEI).

The intellectual heritage of AFEE is that of the Original Institutional Economics (OIE) created and developed by early twentieth-century economists such as Thorstein Veblen, John R. Commons, and Wesley Mitchell. Over recent decades, this legacy has evolved to address such contemporary issues as:

• The role of diverse cultures in economic performance.

• Domestic and international inequalities of income.

• The roles of social, economic and political power in shaping economic outcomes.

• Globalization and the increasing weight of multinational corporations in the international economy.

• The need for expanding use of modern technologies to relieve want.

• The urgent need to for awareness of the impact of new technology on the biosphere.

• The ways in which economic thought is affected by and affects always changing economics.

Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE)↑

The Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) is a learned society which aims to promote open and tolerant debate in economics through a pluralist approach to theory, method, and ideology. The Association, and its membership, seek to promote heterodox economics and perspectives in the academic, governmental and private spheres of the discipline of economics.

The Association is primarily committed to pluralistic analyses of contemporary society and its alternatives. Researchers in the heterodox tradition work on many themes, including: sustainability; globalisation and geographical inequality; exploitation by social class, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexuality; the ethical basis for competing economic systems; the theory and history of economic crisis; the analysis of pricing, competitive processes and monopoly power; fundamental uncertainty; and finance, value and debt. The AHE also promotes the study of economic history and the history of economic thought, insofar as they have shaped the present economic system and our thinking about it. In exploring these themes members of the AHE accept and embrace the legitimacy of competing theoretical perspectives and recognise that a plurality of methods is required to provide a robust analysis of, and policy prescriptions for, the socio-economic system.

There are many traditions which make up contemporary economics – including neoclassical, Austrian, feminist, green, institutionalist, Marxian, post-Keynesian, radical and Sraffian economics. However, among these competing perspectives, one “mainstream” approach – neoclassical economics – has come to occupy a position of hegemonic domination. It is this domination which the AHE seeks to challenge, through dialogue between alternative perspectives. Heterodox economists in the non-neoclassical traditions are welcome to join the Association, as are neoclassical economists if their work reflects upon the plurality of perspectives which make up the contemporary economics discipline.

In more than ten years the AHE has established a reputation as a major national and international forum for the discussion of alternative economic perspectives and for the interdisciplinary and pluralist nature of its discussions. It also plays an on-going role in strengthening the community of heterodox economists and in the development of heterodox economic theories on various themes through the dissemination of ideas and arguments. For example, since the onset of the recent global financial crisis, heterodox economists have held neoclassical economics to account for its failure to predict and explain what has happened. The AHE has also been particularly vociferous in challenging the power structures of the profession in theUK, such as the Research Excellence Framework, the Royal Economic Society and the Association of Business Schools (ABS) ranking of economics journals. Finally, nationally and internationally, it has lobbied on issues such as pluralism in teaching, research and research evaluation, openness to innovation and creativity, and the policy stances of economists and decision-makers.

The annual AHE Conferences have been a particular feature of our Society. They have taken place at various British universities, as well as at Dublin City University (Ireland) and the University of Bordeaux (France). In addition the Association runs a Postgraduate Training Workshop – delivered by internationally renowned heterodox economists – which introduces graduate students to the pluralist methods which can be utilised to further our understanding of contemporary socio-economies.

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Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT)↑

The Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) is an organization devoted to encouraging and fostering the development of institutional thought in extension and modification of the contributions of Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Clarence Ayres, John Commons, Wesley Mitchell and others.  They offer their ideas and the ideas of other Institutionalists as a basis for inquiry into the interrelationships of society.  AFIT was officially organized on April 27, 1979 at the 21st annual conference of the Western Social Science Association.

Association for Social Economics (ASE)↑

The ASE welcomes academics and practitioners who regard economic behavior to be the result of complex social interactions with ethical consequences.

The Association for Social Economics was founded in 1941. Its aims and objectives are:

1. To foster research and publication centered on the reciprocal relationship between economics and broader questions of human dignity, ethical values, and social philosophy. The Association strives to encourage the efforts of all scholars who are dedicated to exploring the ethical presuppositions and implications of economic analysis.

2. To consider the personal and social dimensions of economic problems and to assist in formulating economic policies consistent with a concern for ethical values in a pluralistic community and the demands of personal dignity.

3. To meet annually and regionally at such times as are appropriate, to discuss and publicize current socioeconomic issues and scholarly achievements having to do with the objectives of the Association.

The Association for Social Economics was begun in 1941 by a group of economists who sought to bring “the principles of economic ethics into contact with economic reality.”

During the 1940s the first issue of the Review of Social Economy was published, membership was expanded beyond the United States, and both annual meetings and meetings in various regions were begun.

Since the 1950s, the ASE has had an arrangement with the major United States conference of economists (the Allied Social Science Association) for the hosting of several sessions.

In 1970 the organization gained its current name, moving away from a prior explicit connection with specifically Christian ethics. In 1971, the Forum for Social Economics began publication.

Since then, the Association has continued to grow and flourish.

For more about the Association’s early history and leaders, see these essays by Louis F. Buckley and Edward J. O’Boyle. Historical overviews of social economics can also be found in the Association’s journals, such as in these 1991 and 1993 special issues, as well as in many individual articles.

For further information visit the website: https://socialeconomics.org/about/history/

European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE)↑

EAEPE originates from a meeting at a conference in Grim's Dyke, London, on 29 June 1988. The main purpose in forming the association was to promote evolutionary, dynamic and realistic approaches to economic theory and policy. Instead of the over-formalistic and often empty theorising of orthodox economics, the aim was to bring together the ideas of a number of theorists and theoretical traditions, and to help to develop a more realistic and adequate approach to theory and policy (see our Theoretical Perspectives).

The formal founding meeting of the association was at its first Annual Conference in Keswick, Cumbria, UK on 19-22 September 1989. The EAEPE Constitution was adopted, leading to the election of a Steering Committee, which later changed into the EAEPE Council. The association published the first issue of its twice-yearly Newsletter in January 1989.

In November 1990 the association formed a charity, the Foundation for European Economic Development (FEED). This is formally registered under the Charities Act (England and Wales) and provides financial assistance for the EAEPE conference and other EAEPE projects.

In 1991 EAEPE adopted a Scientific Development Plan for the Association, in order to designate a number of priority Research Areas and appoints Research Area Coordinators who play a central role in EAEPE.

In collaboration with Edward Elgar Publishing, EAEPE has produced a series of conference volumes and of volumes on specific topics, some of which have received very positive reviews in leading academic journals.

EAEPE sponsors the Journal of Institutional Economics (JOIE). The first issue was published in 2005. JOIE is devoted to the study of the nature, role and evolution of institutions in the economy, including firms, states, markets, money, households and other vital institutions and organizations. EAEPE members get this journal for free.

The association runs three prizes: the EAEPE-Kapp Prize (formerly known as the K. William Kapp Prize and the EAEPE Prize), the EAEPE-Myrdal Prize(formerly known as the Gunnar Myrdal Prize) and the EAEPE-Simon Young Scholar Prize (formerly known as the Herbert Simon Yound Scholar Prize).  

With a membership of over 500, EAEPE is now the foremost European association for heterodox economists broadly defined, and is the second-largest association for economists in Europe.

International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)↑

The International Association for Feminist Economics is an open, diverse community of academics, activists,
policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. Our common cause is to further gender-aware and
inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis with the goal of enhancing the well-being of children, women,
and men in local, national, and transnational communities.

By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges,
IAFFE’s many activities and award-winning journal provide needed space for a variety of theoretical perspectives
and advance gender-based research on contemporary economics issues.

IAFFE Purposes

• To foster dialogue and resource sharing among economists and others from all over the world who take feminist viewpoints
• To advance feminist inquiry into economic issues
• To educate economists, policy makers, and the general public on feminist points of view on economic issues
• To foster evaluations of the underlying constructs of the economics discipline from feminist perspectives
• To aid in expanding opportunities for women, and especially women from under represented groups, within economics
• To promote interaction among researchers, activists, and policy makers in order to improve scholarship and policy
• To encourage the inclusion of feminist perspectives in the economic classroom

IAFFE Activities

• Organization of an annual conference to present current research, plan future research, and interact with economists and advocates with similar interests
• Organization of sessions at national, regional, and international meetings of economists
• Publication of a newsletter which reports on activities, opportunities, and resources of interest
• Maintenance of an electronic mail network to provide quick and low-cost communication among subscribers interested in feminist economics
• Compilation of bibliographies, course syllabi, and a list of working papers on feminist economics
• Publication of a scholarly journal, Feminist Economics, to increase awareness of feminist research in economics

International Confederation of Associations For Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE)↑

Founded in 1993, ICAPE is a consortium of over 30 groups in economics working cooperatively to maintain diversity and innovation in methods, approaches, policy analyses, and higher education in the profession. This network of groups seeks to foster intellectual pluralism and a sense of collective purpose and strength among these heterodox organizations.

ICAPE is dedicated to the idea that pluralism and intellectual progress are complements. This is not to say “anything goes,” but that each tradition of thought (Austrian, feminist, old and new institutionalist, Marxian, neoclassical, Post Keynesian, Sraffian, etc.) adds something unique and valuable to economic scholarship.

Achieving productive discussion and debate across schools of economic thought is not a simple matter. There are many institutional and practical obstacles to pluralism. It is precisely by helping to remove those obstacles that ICAPE hopes to render a service to the community of economists throughout the world. In 1993, our founders outlined four goals for ICAPE:

• to publicize and help develop a multiplicity of approaches to the scientific analysis of economic activity;

• to promote a new spirit of pluralism in economics, involving critical conversation and tolerant communication among different approaches, within and across the barriers between the disciplines;

• to campaign for greater pluralism in the range of contributions to economics journals and in the training and hiring of economists; and,

• to coordinate the activities of economists and economic associations who share one or more of the above aims.

Though the particular means used may vary over time, ICAPE’s activities are always inspired by these aims.

Further information can be obtained here.

International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)↑

IDEAs has been established with the purpose of building a pluralist network of heterodox economists engaged in the teaching, research and application of critical analyses of economic development. While the organization will be South-based, the network will be open to all committed to developing more appropriate and progressive analysis of development challenges. 

Concern with the development process has been central to the study of economics from its inception. However, the study of development economics, which emphasized structural change and systemic processes, has been increasingly marginalized in the teaching and study of economics.

Simultaneously, the policy approaches that emphasized market regulation and collective action (including government intervention) to promote sustainable growth with justice, human rights and democratic participation, have also lost ground in both developed and developing countries.

These processes have been associated with the rise to dominance of the neo-liberal paradigm propagated by political establishments in some developed countries through powerful multilateral economic institutions. Such hegemony has been accompanied by efforts to dismiss, discredit and displace at the policy level other theoretical and applied work in economics. And this is occurring in a context in which developing economies across the world are facing acute difficulties, partly induced (and often aggravated) by policies of adjustment, stabilization and liberalization simplistically derived from standard neo-liberal premises.

Since the current mainstream economic paradigm, as formulated by neo-liberal orthodoxy, has failed to achieve sustainable, equitable and participatory growth, it is believed necessary to build an international network of progressive economists engaged in the teaching, research and utilization of development economics.

The network's website can be accessed here: http://www.networkideas.org/.

International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE)↑

IIPPE was founded in 2006 with the aim of promoting political economy in and of itself but also through critical and constructive engagement with mainstream economics, heterodox alternatives, interdisciplinarity, and activism understood broadly as ranging across formulating progressive policy through to support for progressive movements. Thus, in terms of intellectual content and direction, we see ourselves as commanding and criticising mainstream economics, offering alternatives from within political economy, addressing the nature of contemporary capitalism and corresponding policy and applied issues, and drawing upon and contributing to the presence of political economy, and critique of “economics imperialism”, within other disciplines. Although we do expect Marxist political economy to have a strong presence and to be engaged with seriously as such by participants, IIPPE is a pluralistic forum where all progressive brands of political economy are welcome. We are keen, however, to avoid continuing sterile and academic controversy at the expense of more constructive engagement across theoretical, empirical and practical issues. Current intellectual retreats from the extremes, and agenda-setting postures, of postmodernism and neo-liberalism mean that prospects across the social sciences are more open than for a long time, and some lasting and significant influence can be exerted by concertedly promoting political economy both within academia across the social sciences and more widely.

Activities

The intention of IIPPE is to promote political economy, especially but not exclusively Marxist political economy, at a particularly opportune and appropriate moment. Within the discipline of economics itself, all heterodoxy has been marginalised, and engagement with alternatives is more or less proscribed. Across the other social sciences, though, interest in political economy is stronger than for a long time, especially in the wake of retreat from, and rejection of, the agendas set by neo-liberalism and postmodernism. This is evidenced by the strong interest in, and intellectual direction given to, “globalisation”, for example, as a way of characterising the realities of contemporary capitalism. Contribution to debate over contemporary capitalism will be a major element in IIPPE’s contribution. Especially in the wake of the global financial crisis, it will range over the nature and causes of the present structure, pace and dynamic of the accumulation of capital at global, national and sectoral levels as well as the implications for developing and transitional economies.

But it will also remain important to continue to hold a critical perspective on developments within mainstream economics, and especially its most recent aggressive attempts to colonise other social sciences. But the ranks of those trained within economics as a discipline and also critical of it are now sorely depleted with little prospect of them being replenished so intolerant is the discipline of alternatives. An important task is to draw upon critical reflection from within economics as much as is possible with dwindling resources. By the same token, there is an increasingly compelling need for political economy to be promoted within other disciplines and across fields and topics that have become perceived as non-economic in light of the strength of interdisciplinary boundaries and an understandable hostility to economics itself as a discipline. For this reason, apart from sustaining a critique of mainstream economics, we wish both to assess and advance political economy as it is now but also to address and engage with its presence across the other social sciences. We believe it needs a stronger and more developed presence, without which the economics content of social science will become subject to capture by orthodoxy and/or arbitrary and fragmented heterodoxy. We are also keen to address the relationship between political economy and activism, broadly interpreted, especially in view of the drift in academia towards policy advice, consultancy and self-promoting publicity as the core forms taken by its external activity.

Our main goal is to establish and sustain a network of support for IIPPE, with our main activity being the setting up of a number of working groups around particular topics. These will run themselves subject to conforming to broader IIPPE aims and activities. We have also held an annual international research student workshop in political economy (the first in Crete in 2007 involved forty students from over a dozen countries, the second in Naples in 2008, involving over fifty students from even more countries, and a third projected to be held in Turkey in 2009). IIPPE formally launched at the Historical Materialism Conference at SOAS in November, also holding a numbers of panels of its own and a major support to other panels. It is projected to organise a major conference in 2010, and to launch both a book series and, ultimately, a journal. We already have a number of offers for special issues in leading journals. Our first Call for Papers is for a special issue of the journal “Forum for Social Economics” .

International Schumpeter Society↑

The International Joseph Alois Schumpeter Society has at its aim the scientific study of the problems of development, primarly in advanced economies. Following the ideas of Schumpeter it conceives of development as the combination of growth and structural change broadly defined. It intends, therefore, to concentrate on the dynamics of structural change, its origins and effects in all its aspects: the role of the dynamic entrepreneur, income distribution, technical change, employment etc. It also considers political and social problems of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial history. The ISS sees as its primary aim the fostering of knowledge. While it has no objection to being useful for economic policy research, it wishes to avoid an a priori commitment to any particular political point of view and is, therefore, open to research by scholars of all scholarly traditions provided it is scientifically sound and non-ideological as defined by Schumpeter: that it respects facts as they are and behave and not as one wishes them to be or behave.

The ISS carries out its aims in the following manner: It organizes and helps finance international symposia on topics within the general purview of its aims. It is interested in the completion of the publication of Schumpeter's writings and of furthering Schumpeterian studies. It helps to finance the publication of the results of the research in conference proceedings. It publishes the results of the research in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics. It awards prizes in recognition of recent scholarly contributions related to Schumpeter.

The Society's website can be accessed here.

International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)↑

The ISEE was founded in 1989. The ISEE is a transdisciplinary partnership of scholars, professionals, and activists from a broad range of backgrounds. Through education, research, policy, and social action, we foster transformation towards an equitable and ecologically sustainable society with respect for the rights of people and nature, biological and cultural diversity. At the heart of this, we recognise that our economy is part of a finite biosphere and needs to respect its ecological limits. ISEE is not-for-profit and member-governed. 

Ecological economics exists because a hundred years of disciplinary specialization in scientific inquiry has left us unable to understand or manage the interactions between the human and environmental components of our world. While none would dispute the insights that disciplinary specialization has brought, many now recognize that it has also turned out to be our Achilles heel. In an interconnected evolving world, reductionist science has pushed out the envelope of knowledge in many different directions, but it has left us bereft of ideas as to how to formulate and solve problems that stem from the interactions between humans and the natural world. How is human behavior connected to changes in hydrological, nutrient, or carbon cycles? What are the feedbacks between the social and natural systems, and how do these influence the services we get from ecosystems? Ecological economics as a field attempts to answer questions such as these.

The Society assists its members and ecological economists, regional societies of ecological economics, related societies, and other organizations in such matters of common concern as can be dealt with more effectively by united action. To this end, the Society publishes a research journal, books, and other materials; holds and sponsors scientific meetings; develops educational materials; and facilitates a voice for ecological economists in public forums.

Further information can be obtained here.

Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES)↑

The Post-Keynesian Economics Society supports and promotes research and encourages collaboration in the field of post-Keynesian economics. Our activities include an Annual Workshop, panels at conferences of friendly learned societies and thematic conferences and lectures as well as Introductory Workshops and a PhD conference. We maintain an active members’ mailing listand Working Paper series.

Membership entitles individuals to submit working papers, post on the mailing list and to online access to the European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy (EJEEP) and the Review of Keynesian Economics (ROKE).

While most of our physical activities (e.g. workshops) take place in the UK and most committee members are UK-based, our membership is international and open to scholars in all countries. Our online activities, such as working papers and the mailing list, reach an international audience and play an important role in disseminating information in the international PK network. A key aim of PKES is to strengthen international PK networks.

PKES was founded in 1988 by Philip Arestis and Victoria Chick with the support of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The purpose of the Study Group is to encourage collaboration among scholars and students of post-Keynesian economics, defined broadly as a theoretical approach that draws upon the work of Keynes, Kalecki, Joan Robinson, Kaldor, Kahn and Sraffa. This approach is distinguished by the central role of the principle of effective demand (that demand matters in the long run) and an insistence that history, social structure and institutional practice be embodied in its theory and reflected in its policy recommendations. These aims broadly correspond to those of Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Review of Keynesian Economics, Review of Political Economy and European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention.

FInd further information here: https://postkeynesian.net/about/

Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE)↑

The Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), founded in 1982, is a community of scholars committed to developing behavioral economic analysis.

SABE is intended to be a forum for particularly creative work, a society through which scholars from different disciplines can meet and develop productive collaborations.

SABE welcomes the use of psychology, sociology, history, political science, biology, and other disciplines to assist in furthering our understanding of economic choice. SABE accepts and encourages economic analysis based on behavioral assumptions that challenge the basic premises of the neoclassical paradigm, or, alternatively accept those premises. SABE members consider the optimizing assumptions of neoclassical theory to represent an extreme but at times a useful subset of possible assumptions about economic behavior.

Further information can be obtained here.

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)↑

Founded in 1989, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) is an international, inter-disciplinary organization with members in over 50 countries on five continents. The academic disciplines represented in SASE include economics, sociology, political science, management, psychology, law, history, and philosophy.

Further information can be obtained here.

Society for the Development of Austrian Economics (SDAE)↑

Formed in 1996, the SDAE has over 100 members in a number of countries world-wide. Our goal is to advance the ideas of Menger, Mises, and Hayek and other economists of the Austrian school through both internal development and interaction with the ideas of other related approaches to economics. We sponsor numerous panels and hold an annual meeting and dinner as part of the Southern Economic Association meetings, in addition to providing members with a discount on The Review of Austrian Economics.

Further information can be found here.

Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)↑

The Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) is a membership organization of academics and activists who share an interest in a radical analysis of political and economic topics. Since its founding in 1968, URPE's members have used this analysis to advance various progressive social agendas. URPE publishes the Review of Radical Political Economics, runs a set of presentations at the academic professional meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Associations and the Eastern Economic Associatoin, and sponsors a resource/speakers bureau called Economy Connections. Its members are active in a wide variety of professional and activist projects.

URPE critiques the capitalist system and all forms of exploitation and oppression, aiming to create progressive social policies and alternatives to capitalism.

URPE uniquely blends theoretical and practical approaches, supporting a diverse membership from various theoretical traditions. The organization emphasizes action, providing radical analyses of political and economic events to fight for social justice and construct social, political, and economic alternatives. URPE believes that combining activism with solid facts and sound theoretical tools can significantly impact the struggle for an equitable world.

World Association for Political Economy (WAPE)↑

WAPE is an international civilian academic organization founded on open, non-profit and voluntary basis by Marxian Economists and related groups all around the world. The academic basis and tenet of WAPE include, insisting the core of the Marxian economics paradigms such as the labor theory of value, the superiority of public ownership and the theory of socialism and communism. The mission of WAPE is passing down, developing and carrying forward Marxian economics; utilizing modern Marxian economics to analyze and study the world economy, reveal the law of development and its mechanism, offer proper policies to promote the economic and social improvement on the national and global level, so as to improve the welfare of all the people in the world.

Further information can be obtained here.

World Economics Association (WEA)↑

The World Economics Association (WEA) was launched on May 16, 2011. It fills a gap in the international community of economists — the absence of a truly international, inclusive, pluralist, professional association. The American Economic Association and UK’s Royal Economic Society provide broad associations mainly for their country’s economists. The WEA will do the same for the world’s community of economists, while promoting a pluralism of approaches to economic analysis.

The WEA welcomes, as members, non-economists interested in economics and its relationship with their own field of interest.

To this end, the WEA will initially publish online three quarterly journals and host online conferences. Online subscriptions are free to members (a fee will be charged for print copies). The anticipated size of the WEA’s membership means that its journals will have one of the largest readerships of any in the world.

World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR)↑

Institutions are the stuff of social and economic life. Institutions, broadly defined as systems of established social rules, are key factors in explaining human well-being, economic performance and social evolution. Officially launched in October 2013 WINIR brings together researchers in all disciplines who are devoted to the study of the nature, function, evolution, and impact of the institutions and organisations of economic and social life.

WINIR organises conferences, workshops, and hosted conference sessions around the world. All WINIR events are explicitly about institutions (or organisations), and/or address institutional thought, from any academic discipline.

Further information can be found here.

European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET)↑

The European Society for the History of Economic Thought promotes:

• the teaching and research in the history of economic thought in Europe, taking into account different traditions and languages,
• the co-operation with European national economic societies and organisations in the history of economic thought,
• the communications and exchange of ideas amongst European teachers and researchers in the history of economic thought, including the organisation of conferences, seminars and summer schools,
• the establishment of links with national economic societies and organisations for the history of economic thought outside Europe,
• the introduction of innovative methods in the teaching of the history of economic thought,
• the collaboration in researches in the history of economic thought on a European basis.

Further information can be obtained here.

History of Economics Society of Australia (HETSA)↑

The History of Economic Thought Society was founded in 1981. It publishes the History of Economics Review, a refereed and ECONLIT listed biannual journal.

Further information can be obtained here.

History of Economics Society↑

Since its formal establishment in 1974, the History of Economics Society has committed itself to encouraging interest, fostering scholarship, and promoting discussion among scholars and professionals in the field of the history of economics. The society is an international organization that publishes the Journal of the History of Economic Thought in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, sponsors an online collection of working papers under the name of the SSRN History of Economics eJournal, supports with other societies the SHOE email list hosted by York University, provides grants as part of the Samuels Young Scholars Program, and is a contributing partner to new initiatives.

Further information is available here.

Japanese Society for History of Economic Thought (JSHET)↑

The JSHET, an academic society, was founded in April 1950 and celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2020, consisting of more than five hundred researchers on the history of economic or/and social thought.

The JSHET is one of the original members of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan, founded in January 1950; the JSHET also formally cooperates Science Council of Japan (SCJ), founded in January 1949.

The main activities are as follows:
1) to organize an annual conference (once a year), and seminars and workshops by the five local branches and other voluntary groups.
2) to publish a refereed journal (twice a year), History of Economic Thought, established in November1963. HET is the only journal on the history of economics or economic/social thought in Japan.
3) to promote academic exchanges domestically and internationally.
4) to hounor distinguished studies and to award them prizes such as the Jshet Award and Young Scholars Awards.

The JSHET is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (22HP3001) from 2022 to 2026. Based on this grant and other resources, the JSHET attempts to promote both sending young scholars abroad and raising the ratio of English papers in HET.

Further information can be obtained here.

The History of Economic Thought Society↑

The History of Economic Thought Society (THETS) is one of the longest established groups of scholars with an interest in the history of economic thought.

The Society organises an annual conference in September, and regularly publishes book reviews on this website. Other Society activites include curation of an online archive, and representation of the professional interests of historians of economic thought on national and international level, in close collaboration with other learned societies and allied organisations.

Further information can be found here.

Association Recherche & Regulation↑

The Association Recherche & Régulation (R&R) promotes research on economic and social regulation theories, focusing on how organized social groups adapt to external shocks and internal conflicts. Founded on May 27, 1994, it aims to develop macroeconomic theories addressing global economic, social, and ecological issues.

Goals:

• Develop macroeconomic theories to address severe global problems.

• Analyze economic regulation and the role of collective actions.

• Promote interdisciplinary research.

Further information can be found here.

Association d’Economie Politique (aEp)↑

The Association d’Économie Politique (aEp) is an influential organization dedicated to promoting the study and practice of political economy through critical and interdisciplinary approaches. Here's an overview of its mission, activities, and membership:

• Mission: The aEp aims to foster innovative research and dialogue in political economy, challenging conventional economic paradigms and exploring the complex interactions between economic systems, social structures, and political institutions.

• Activities: The association organizes conferences, workshops, and seminars to provide a platform for scholars and practitioners to share their work and collaborate on transformative economic ideas. They also engage in publishing scholarly journals, working papers, and books that contribute to the field of heterodox economics.

• Membership: Membership is open to academics, researchers, and students interested in exploring and promoting alternative economic theories. The community is diverse, including various schools of thought such as Post-Keynesian, Marxist, Institutional, and Ecological Economics.

For more detailed information, you can visit the aEp's homepage on the EDIRC website​ (RePEc)​.

Association for Economics and Social Analysis (AESA)↑

AESA’s purpose is to stimulate interest in and debate over the explanatory power and social consequences of non-essentialist Marxian economic, cultural, political, and social analyses in order both to interpret and to change world. 

AESA recognizes that Marxism is a formation shaped by historical and contemporary processes that include political, social, economic, cultural, natural and intellectual dimensions. AESA seeks to articulate Marxism as a condensation of these processes into a concept of class and presents this articulation in an open-ended way. AESA emphasizes both the concept of class and the conditions of its possibility. This emphasis emerges from a non-essentialist, overdeterminist Marxism influenced especially by the work of Althusser. AESA’s particular articulation of Marxian class analysis began in the Economics department of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and from that basis it has proliferated. This work now encompasses varied research traditions, such as those that examine the relation of class to subjectivity, gender and its intersections with other axes of power and difference, community economies, psychoanalysis, private lives, ecology, and more.

AESA encourages contributions from people in many disciplines and from a wide range of intellectual, political/activist, and artistic perspectives, including both academic and non-academic projects.  Notably, AESA remains committed to producing the journal Rethinking Marxism: a journal of economics, culture, and society and undertaking additional public activities such as conferences, both national and international, that expand the work of the organization.

Ongoing Activities

Rethinking Marxism: a journal of economics, culture and society
Since 1988, AESA has sponsored the publication of Rethinking Marxism (RM). RM is a quarterly journal, and each issue contains full-length scholarly articles, art (including photoessays and fiction), Remarx essays (short, current pieces that intervene in political and theoretical debates), reviews (of books, films, conferences, exhibits, demonstrations, and more), and correspondence. Plus special issues, minisymposia, interviews, and a new series entitled "Globalization Under Interrogation."

International Conferences
Approximately every 4 years, AESA sponsor an international conference at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Plenary speakers have included David Harvey, Mike Davis, Gayatri C. Spivak, Angela Davis, Sheila Rowbotham, Ernest Mandel, Judith Butler, Cornel West, and Etienne Balibar. The latest conference was "Surplus, Solidarity, Sufficiency," in September 2013. Pevious conferences are available here.

Occasional mini-conferences.
Since 1982, AESA has sponsored smaller-sized conferences. Speakers have included Fredric Jameson, Martha Rosler, Arturo Escobar, Michael Eric Dyson, Cindy Patton, and Anwar Shaikh. A list of previous conferences is available here.

Further information can be obtained here.

Association of Critical Economics (AEC)↑

The AEC was created in 2003 with the aim of supporting the celebration of the Critical Economics Conference (JEC), which, on a biennial basis, have been organized in the Spanish State since 1987, as well as to publish the Journal of Critical Economics (REC) on a biannual basis. Today, more than three decades after its foundation and faithful to the social and political commitment that marked its birth, the AEC seeks to contribute to the development and dissemination of economic knowledge from diverse theoretical approaches, such as the post-Keynesian economy, the ecological economy, the feminist economy, the Marxist economy or the institutional economy, both in the university field of teaching and research and in its broader projection towards the rest of society. 

It aspires, as an ultimate objective, the integration of those elements that the different approaches to the economy have been contributing to economic analysis because only in this way can the reality be better known and explained and, therefore, to draw the inclusive response that the current socio-ecological crisis demands. The AEC also seeks to build bridges between all those people who, from the critical analysis, want to contribute to reversing the crisis of civilization that we are experiencing, because only from cohesion and joint work will our voice be given more strength.

For further information please visit the website: http://www.asociacioneconomiacritica.org

Brazilian Keynesian Association (AKB)↑

Associa o Keynesiana Brasileira (AKB) uma sociedade civil, sem fins lucrativos, aberta a filia es individuais e institucionais, que tem como objetivo desenvolver o conhecimento da teoria e da economia Keynesiana, entendida como cincia social, mediante: (i) a cria o de um f rum cient fico em nvel nacional para o debate das quest o  es de economia Keynesiana; (ii) a promo o, amplia o e fortalecimento do interc mbio entre os estudiosos da teoria e da economia keynesiana e das disciplinas correlatas, tais como Filosofia, Poltica, Hist ria e Sociologia; (iii) a promo o de encontros, congressos, confer ncias, cursos e atividades de atualiza o; e (iv) a divulga o de livros e peri dicos relacionados tem tica Keynesiana.

Here is a link to the AKB's facebook page.

Cambridge Political Economy Society (CPES)↑

The Cambridge Political Economy Society, founded in the 1970s, aims to advance the education of the public in political economy and related matters, and to promote research in matters pertaining to political economy and to publish the useful results of such research. To this end the Society publishes the Cambridge Journal of Economics, the Cambridge Journal of Regions,Economy and Society and Contributions to Political Economy.

Further information can be found here.

Cambridge Social Ontology Group (CSOG)↑

The Cambridge Social Ontology Group has been formed with the aim of pursuing social ontology, the systematic study of the nature and basic structure of social reality. A motivating belief is that there is much to be gained not only from the determination of new social categories, where appropriate, but also from the systematic study and elaboration of such familiar categories as process, change, difference, gender, race, space, time, law, internal-relationality, open and closed systems, value, money, markets, firms, regions, power, authority, trust, testimony, institutions, norms, rules, custom, convention, profit, output, income, wealth, identity, individual, social evolution, development, human flourishing, probability, society and economy.

Further information can be obtained here.

Critical Political Economy Research Network↑

The network brings together critical scholarship on political economy. Our interests are rooted in but not limited to European political economies. It is a platform to promote and facilitate such research endeavours, to reassert the critical political economy perspective in European Sociology and European social science in general, and to promote critical and emancipatory scholarship in Europe. The network was established in 2005 and is a member of the European Sociological Association (ESA).

Further information can be obtained here.

Foundations for European Economics Development (FEED)↑

Mainstream economics has changed significantly since the 1980s and all positive developments should be welcomed. FEED aims to build on genuine achievements and further promote institutional and evolutionary approaches. But despite many positive advances, mainstream economics is often concerned more about mathematical technique than explanatory substance. Insufficient use is made of insights from other disciplines. Since the Second World War, the scope of mainstream economics has vastly narrowed and “economic theory” has become a largely mathematical exercise. Even in leading universities, students of economics are no longer encouraged to read the works of major economists such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Joseph Schumpeter or John Maynard Keynes. The study of economic history is typically a lower-status option, the history of economic thought is not taught, and philosophical reflection on economic theories and methods is often regarded as of negligible value. This means that many students and graduates have not got the breadth and variety of knowledge to deal with real-world problems. Mainstream economics has had manifest limitations in dealing with major challenges, such as the capitalist transformations in the post-Soviet countries and the global financial crises of 1997 and 2008. Radical uncertainty and bounded rationality were overlooked, the institutional preconditions of economic activity were neglected, unregulated markets were assumed to be efficient, and problems with unregulated financial markets were ignored. Mainstream economics has other weaknesses in dealing with structural and dynamic phenomena such a technical and institutional change. It is in all these areas that institutional and evolutionary approaches are of proven value.

Heterodox Research Centers↑