Heterodox Study Programs

American University, US↑

The Department of Economics offers a PhD degree with advanced courses in both mainstream and heterodox economic theory. Our uniquely pluralistic approach to economics encompasses a range of perspectives, including feminist, institutionalist, post-Keynesian, and post-Marxian economic theories, along with orthodox neoclassical approaches. Our program emphasizes international and economic policy perspectives. Specialized course offerings include gender economics, monetary economics, economic development, labor economics, international trade, international finance, econometrics, and economic history.

The diverse theoretical approaches are combined with solid training in empirical methods which prepare graduates for teaching in colleges and universities, research positions in government departments or consulting firms, and policy making. Our Washington, DC location gives students excellent access to government agencies and think tanks as well as international organizations and research institutes. These agencies give students special opportunities for internships and part-time employment as well as the chance to hear and speak with economists dealing with today’s national and international economic issues. Our PhD graduates go on to diverse careers in academia, government, international agencies, think tanks, and NGOs.

For more information: http://www.american.edu/cas/economics/

Central European University, Hungary↑

Environmental Sciences and Policy is a quintessentially interdisciplinary issue that requires an integrated understanding of complex natural histories; ecological processes; scientific evidence; social and cultural contexts; contemporary political debates; legal and policy frameworks; modeling, technical, and management options; and social justice implications for surrounding inhabitants.

The CEU Environmental Sciences and Policy PhD program is led by faculty from various disciplines with research experience in diverse thematic and geographic contexts, which fosters an environment conducive to interdisciplinary research. The PhD program aims to combine breadth and depth of interdisciplinary learning about the environment with professional development skills. The program begins with an introduction to a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, which allows students to choose the most appropriate combination for their research, and continues with custom-tailored theory and methods classes to facilitate in-depth research skills for their empirical projects. Teaching and research practica facilitate opportunities to develop teaching, presentation, and publication skills.

Graduates from CEU's PhD program in Environmental Sciences and Policy will:

Possess the knowledge to

• Engage the epistemological diversity of natural and social science disciplines in environment-related debates;

• Understand the complex interdisciplinary connections among scientific, ethical, economic, social, cultural, and political aspects of environmental issues at both global and local levels and create new knowledge in their chosen field of in-depth research;

• Learn and apply state-of-the art pedagogical theories to their own teaching and communication.

Apply skills to:

• Think critically and analytically to understand environmental issues; identify and formulate a research problem; and design, implement, and manage sophisticated theoretical, policy and field research and data analysis, both as an independent researcher and a team member;

• Communicate scientific results professionally both in writing and orally, and participate in professional networks;

• Practice student-centered teaching and learning approaches.

Uphold values that:

• Advance a sustainable and open society, self-reflective critical inquiry, research ethics, and environmental and social care.

Further details are available here: http://envsci.ceu.edu/program-overview

Colorado State University, US↑

The graduate program of the Department of Economics integrates rigorous training in quantitative methods with a broad, historically-grounded and critical approach to research and teaching that encompasses a plurality of perspectives and streams of economic thought. M.A. students are required to take core courses in each of the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics and political economy. PhD students take an additional advanced course in each of these fields. Beyond the core, students have a great deal of flexibility in selecting their fields of emphasis and research. The program has two main foci – political economy and regional economics. The heterodox political economy component of the program has traditionally been active in the fields of radical economics and institutional economics. In recent years, this dynamic and evolving program has been complemented by faculty working in the fields of feminist, structuralist, post-Keynesian, and Marxist economics, with an overall focus on international economics and economic development. This foundation prepares students for research and teaching positions in colleges and universities, research positions in government and the private sector, as well as for policy-related work with labor, environmental and international policy organizations.

For more information: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Econ/

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil↑

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro offers three PhD programs with heterodox perspectives in Latin America.

• Master & Ph.D in Economics

• Master & Ph.D in Public Policy: Development Strategies

• Master & Ph.D in International Political Economy.

For further information: https://www.ie.ufrj.br/pos-graduacao-j/pos-graduacao-em-economia.html

Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands↑

The ISS, based in the Hague, is a postgraduate institution, offering a 15 months MA program in developing studies, a 4 year PhD program and short courses. The interdisciplinary MA program has various specializations; many of these have an important economic angle. All of these economic dimensions, except one (The MA program Economics of Development), are heterodox. In particular the programs are Work, Employment and Globalization, Development Research, International Political Economy and Development, Politics of Alternative Development, Population, Poverty and Social Development, and Poverty Studies and Policy Analysis. The PhD program is organized in collaboration with the Dutch research school on development, CERES. The ISS has a great variety of heterodox thesis advisors, in particular in the areas of post-Keynesian economics, radical economics, political economy, feminist economics, and ecological economics. Among the short courses, the ISS offers a three week intensive post-graduate course in Gender and Economic Policy Analysis. This course links the latest insights from feminist economics to the analysis of women s economic position in developing countries, both micro and macro level.

For further information: http://www.iss.nl

Michigan State University, US↑

The Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University offers MA and PhD programs that include institutional and behavioral economics alongside strong neoclassical fields. Courses include institutional and behavioral economics, information economics, political economy of agricultural and trade policy, organization and performance of agricultural markets, and the economics of environmental resources. Major institutional research programs include food security in Africa, the role of grades and standards in market expansion, and the economics of wetlands.

For more information: https://www.canr.msu.edu/afre/graduate/Ph.D.-Degree/

New School For Social Research, US↑

The Department of Economics offers a broad and critical approach to the study of economics covering a wide range of schools of thought, including Keynesian and post-Keynesian economics, the classical political economy of Smith, Ricardo, Marx, and Structuralist and Institutionalist approaches to economics, and neoclassical economics. The courses of study emphasize the historical roots of economic ideas, their application to contemporary economic policy debates, and conflicting explanations and interpretations of economic phenomena, within the context of a rigorous training in the conceptual, mathematical and statistical modeling techniques that are the common methodological basis of contemporary economic research. The department's work centers on the emerging shape of the world economy, its financial markets and institutions; the problems of regulating and guiding economic development in the advanced industrial world and emerging markets; the sources of instability and complexity in economic systems; and the economic aspects of class, gender and ethnic divisions.

The aim of the Economics Department is to put at the heart of the educational and research enterprise what Robert Heilbroner calls the worldly philosophy: informed, critical and passionate investigation of the economic foundations of contemporary society. This engagement with the central unresolved dilemmas of modern society motivates the detailed analysis of concrete problems of economic policy and the explanation of economic phenomena that are the substance of the department's degree programs.

For more information: www.newschool.edu/nssr/economics

Research Institute for Public Policy and Management, Keele University, UK↑

Keele University, Research Institute for Public Policy and Management is open to postgraduate research (PhD) in the general area of heterodox economics. Postgraduate students are drawn both from Economics and Management discipline areas. The areas of staff interest include: the changing character and experience of work (including the impact of new technologies and patterns of accountability) microeconomic analysis and policy (including labour economics, consumption and savings), public economics, game theory, industrial organization (including networks growth and development), business cycles, development economics, issue and research into gender inequality, Institutional economics, economic sociology, Economic methodology, history and philosophy of economics. Research degree programs at Keele include formal research training in parallel to work on specific research projects or topics. This may be through the M.Res. or through a package of specific research training agreed as part of a learning plan . Research in the Institute benefits from close collaboration with public policy and public service organizations, government, business and voluntary enterprises, Trades Unions and professional organizations, and with communities, not just in the UK, but worldwide. There are particularly strong links with health services and health professionals, schools and other education institutions, Trades Unions, and with Government as well as with universities worldwide.

For more information: https://www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgraduateresearch/researchareas/economics/

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK↑

The Department of Economics at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as well as a doctoral program. All combine sound foundations in mainstream economics (theory and techniques) with thorough presentation of alternative perspectives, including classical political economy, Marxist economics, and Keynesian and Post-Keynesian approaches. The aim is to enable students actively to engage with contemporary mainstream economics while also equipping them with the tools and insights provided by alternative theoretical systems of thought in economics. Against this broad background, the particular expertise of SOAS arises from its long-standing preoccupation with the political economy of economic development. Thus, students at all degree levels have access to a unique pool of regional expertise and can take course options that cover diverse aspects of economic and social development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. At the postgraduate level, our commitment to critical engagement with mainstream economics while also studying the political economy of development is reflected in cutting-edge research into alternatives both at the level of theory and of economic policy responses. Innovative MSc courses develop new approaches to themes such as good governance , rent-seeking , financial system design , and the role of social and cultural capital in shaping a new economic world order. A strong body of PhD students is currently developing some of these ideas as well as undertaking research on better-established topics in development economics.

For more information: http://www.soas.ac.uk/economics/

University of Athens, Greece↑

The University of Athens Doctoral Program in Economic (UADPhilEcon) is committed to approaching economics as a social science, combining advanced mainstream theory and applied work with a critical edge made possible by a serious engagement with the philosophical, political and historical implications of economic ideas and techniques. UADPhilEcon is committed to a rigorous but also critical approach to economic theories. The program is founded on the conviction that the best thinker is one who knows not only the theory and its applications but also one who understands the untested assumptions on which it has been built as well as the social and historical origins of these assumptions. UADPhilEcon aims at eliciting deep thinking and a pluralism of mind that equips its graduates with the capacity to transcend the limits of any rigid explanatory system. While the exposition of many models requires a mathematical approach, UADPhilEcon also aspires to embed in students the sense of wonder that any social scientist must feel when faced with the complexity and inherent unpredictability of the human condition. A small number of students are admitted each year. Applications from outside of Greece (by Greek and non-Greek candidates alike) are actively encouraged. It is a policy of UADPhilEcon tocharge no fees either to Greek or to non-Greek students.

For more information visit the University website https://en.econ.uoa.gr or for informational background on the Ph.D. programm Yanis Varoufakis Description https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/12-study-guide-university-of-athens-phd-program.pdf

University of Bremen, Germany↑

The Faculty of Economics and Business Studies offers BA, MA, and PhD Degrees in business studies and economics. An increasing number of courses will be taught in English in the future (and on request). All programs combine heterodox and mainstream elements. While some business studies courses offer evolutionary, institutional and competence-based approaches to the firm, economic courses include heterodox microeconomics, institutional and evolutionary economics and neo-Schumpeterian approaches to innovation and information economics. Applied industrial and spatial economics courses are taught largely from a heterodox perspective.

For more information: http://www.wiwi.uni-bremen.de/start_en

University of California, Riverside, US↑

The University of California, Riverside (UCR) Department of Economics offers a doctoral program in economics, with about ten students (including both domestic and international) in each entering class. This program combines rigorous training in economic theory and econometrics with the opportunity to take coursework in a variety of heterodox areas: development; labor; money and finance; classical, Marxian, and Keynesian economic theory; methodology and epistemology; racial inequality and urban issues; and economic history. Many students in this program also conduct thesis research and write dissertations in these areas.

For more information: https://economics.ucr.edu/graduate-program/

University of Campinas↑

The Graduate Program in Economic Development of Institute of Economics has accumulated extensive experience in teaching and research on issues related to the Economic Development process and its historical, social, economic, political and environmental context. Throughout its history, the Institute of Economics has built a particular interpretation of Brazilian historical development, centered on the problems of underdevelopment and national and international economic transformations. This original matrix allowed a greater dialogue with other areas of knowledge, and consequently, the permanent search for interdisciplinarity. Since 1998, the master's degrees have been created in Economic History, Social Economy and Labor and Economic Development, Space and Environment. In 1999, the Doctorate in Applied Economics was created. In 2007, this group, seeking a greater dialogue between the areas, composed the Graduate Program in Economic Development (PDE), which is the form under which it is currently organized. The program has four areas of concentration: Social and Labor Economics, Economic History, Regional and Urban Economics and Agricultural and Environmental Economics, and is dedicated to the interpretation and explanation of economic development problems in an interdisciplinary way.

FInd further information here: https://www.eco.unicamp.br/graduate-studies

University of Greenwich, UK↑

The School of Accounting, Finance and Economics within Greenwich Business School is a leading institution in applying plurality in theoretical and methodological approaches in both research and teaching. We have a strong supervisory capacity in heterodox economics. The Business School hosts four major research centres: Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC), the Centre of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA), the Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW) and the Tourism and Marketing Research Centre (TMRC). Our PhD programme is part of the PhD programme at the Faculty of Business and includes a PhD Economics.

For further information, please see: https://www.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/bus/busphd

University of Lausanne, Switzerland↑

The PhD in History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Lausanne is offered through the Centre Walras-Pareto. This interdisciplinary program focuses on the historical development of economic and political ideas, their institutional contexts, and their social and normative impacts. Students work closely with supervisors on individual and externally funded research projects. The program emphasizes interpretation, epistemology, and contextuality, providing a stimulating environment for doctoral research in the history of economic thought and philosophy.

For more information, visit PhD in History and Philosophy of Economics.

University of Leeds, UK↑

The Department of Economics at the University of Leeds is renowned not only for being a major hub of heterodox economics in the UK, but also for its excellence in applied microeconomics, financialisation, and regional policy. This pluralist and real-world orientation makes Leeds the perfect place to study global challenges such as climate change, financial instability, inequality, and wellbeing.

The Economics Department at Leeds combines a thorough training in standard theories and methods with a coverage of alternative critical perspectives, such as behavioural, institutionalist, Marxian, post-Keynesian, and stratification approaches. Core modules comprise Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, and Applied Econometrics. Optional modules include Behavioural Economics; Distributional Analysis in Economic Development; Economics of Globalisation and the International Economy; Economics of Wellbeing; Money, Monetary Policy and the Global Financial Crisis; and more.

For further information:

• PhD https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-degrees

• See here for PG scholarships and here for PhD scholarships. https://business.leeds.ac.uk/directory/4/lubs-scholarships

University of Manitoba, Canada↑

The Department of Economics offers M.A. and PhD degree programs. The department is both heterodox and policy-oriented. Faculty are heavily involved in shaping policy locally as well as at the national and international levels, and have strong ties to economic research and forecasting organizations, international aid agencies, and institutes for social policy research. Faculty members currently provide courses and are actively pursuing research that reflects a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, including Marxian economics, Post-Keynesian economics, institutional economics, economic history, and mainstream neoclassical economics. In addition to the standard economic curriculum, graduate students can choose from a variety of approaches and research areas, as well as take advantage of the department s openness to interdisciplinary research. The department considers economic history and the history of economic thought to be an important part of the training of an economist and PhD students are required to have had some exposure to these fields prior to the completion of their degree.

The department s commitment to methodological pluralism is instrumental in creating a stimulating intellectual environment in which students are exposed to a range of perspectives and to the critical issues informing contemporary economic theory and policy. Contributing to this environment is the department s weekly seminar series. The department also holds an annual mini-conference with invited papers from visiting economists. The conference theme varies yearly, but previous conferences have explored such issues as the economics of the Kyoto Protocol, the economic causes of the Great Depression, privatization of public assets, sustainable development, the challenge of feminist economics, and the economics of the new economy. The theme for 2004 is Heterodoxy and Orthodoxy in Economic Analysis. Graduate students are encouraged to attend and participate in these conferences, and their costs are fully covered by the department.

For more information on the MA: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/economics/graduate and on the PhD: https://umanitoba.ca/explore/programs-of-study/economics-phd

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US↑

The Doctoral Program in Economics provides students with a sophisticated and critical grounding in economic analysis, so that they can contribute creatively to research, teaching, and social policy. This commitment has gained the Department an international reputation as a center of research in innovative approaches to economics. The graduate program includes a variety of different approaches and perspectives in economics, including the neoclassical, post-Keynesian, Marxist, and theoretical Institutionalist approaches.

The entering graduate class consists of ten to fifteen students each year. The focus of the Department, as well as its policy of maintaining small classes and promoting close contact between faculty and students, has enabled the program to attract talented students on a par with other highly selective graduate programs in the country. The students are of diverse backgrounds, nationality, gender, and race. They are drawn by the program s strengths in such areas as development, international, macro theory, micro theory, economic history, gender and class, labor, and industrial organization. Our graduates have been recruited by leading liberal arts and research institutions in the United States and abroad.

For more information: http://www.umass.edu/economics/

University of Massachusetts, Boston, US↑

The Ph.D. in Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts provides an interdisciplinary curriculum, an applied research focus. Faculty are drawn from disciplines of community planning, economics, law, management, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology and have spent a considerable amount of time developing and refining curriculum and constructing team taught courses to deliver a program which reflects progressive approaches to policy analysis. Focusing on policy issues of equity and opportunity, the Ph.D. program. Program courses integrate a wide range of political and economic philosophies and theories of public policy from various political perspectives. Courses provide a solid grounding in political theory, familiarity with the methods of public policy analysis, and the development of a broad range of quantitative and qualitative skills necessary for analyzing and evaluating public policies and programs.

For more information: https://www.umb.edu/academics/program-finder/public-policy-phd/

University of Missouri, Kansas City, US↑

The Department of Economics at UMKC offers both MA and PhD programs that emphasize an interdisciplinary, heterodox approach to economics. The former has 75 students and the latter has 60 students. In the core theory courses, students are provided a critical review of neoclassical theory and then introduced to Institutional, Post Keynesian and other heterodox approaches to macroeconomics, microeconomics, and political economy. Students can also take courses that cover heterodox price and output-employment models and advanced heterodox theory. In addition, students take courses in econometrics, but they are also expected to engage with qualitative and other research methods. The Department also offers fields based on heterodox theory in advanced economic theory, financial theory, monetary theory and industrial organization as well as history of economic thought. Finally, the Department offers a specialized social science field that covers philosophy, methods, and theories in the social sciences. The Department s goal is to help students develop knowledge and skills for independent research on fundamental questions in heterodox economic theory and in economic and social issues of the present and the future. The Department has a Center for Economic Information that engages in research projects in the urban public sector. Finally, in the recent years the Department has hosted the International Post Keynesian conference and a conference on Social Provisioning, Embeddedness, and Modeling the Economy.

For more information: https://catalog.umkc.edu/colleges-schools/graduate-studies/economics/

University of Quilmes, Argentinia↑

The Ph.D. in Economic Development is offered by the National University of Quilmes (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The objective of this doctorate is to rethink and recreate theoretical and applied debates and productions regarding capitalism and economic, political, and social development, while reflecting on the problems and challenges faced by peripheral countries. The proposal aims to delve deeper into the knowledge of the various dimensions and determinants of economic development, to recover debates and teachings that can be applied to the dynamic world we live in. The current state of scientific knowledge production in Economic Development demands a profound and systematic interdependence between disciplinary knowledge areas. Our goal is not only to educate excellent doctors who can interpret the challenges our country faces correctly but also to enable them to transform the reality that surrounds us. Program Director: Juan Santarcángelo (New School University)

For more information, you can visit the following link: https://deya.unq.edu.ar/desarrolloeconomico

University of Siena, Italy↑

The Doctorate in Economics at the University of Siena trains students to do research in economics over a four year programme. The first two years are devoted to course work. After a first training in mathematics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics, a full menu of specialized courses is offered. It is our conviction that a full understanding of economic phenomena is favored by a pluralistic view of economics; hence our constant attention is on exposing the students to different theoretical points of view. The courses are held in English. Courses take advantage of the network of international connections cultivated by our Department.

For more information: https://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dottorati-di-ricerca/dottorati-di-ricerca-39-ciclo

University of Sydney, Australia↑

The Department of Political Economy offers Master s and Doctoral studies, emphasising heterodox economics and interdisciplinary social sciences. The Master of Political Economy program is suitable for people who have completed a Bachelors degree, perhaps in another field within the social sciences and now wish to study political economy. The Department also offers a research Ph.D. degree in political economy, based on research and the preparation of a thesis on a topic of your own choosing.

The Department of Political Economy was formed as a breakaway from the Department of Economics and is now located in a new School of Social and Political Sciences. The department provides an environment in which teaching and research is not constrained by the economic orthodoxy. It has the largest grouping of political economists at any Australian university. The research and teaching interests include international political economy; corporate globalisation and international migration; political economic development; environmental and ecological economics; Marxist, institutional, Keynesian and feminist perspectives on political economy; the critique of neoliberalism; industry policies; economic inequality; and urban and regional economic issues. Political economy can be studied directly without having to take mainstream courses in neoclassical economics. Staff in the department publishes the Journal of Australian Political Economy: australianpe.wix.com/japehome.

For more information: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/political_economy/

University of Utah, US↑

Do you feel that there should be more to Economics than second order conditions of constrained optima or intergenerational planning with infinite time horizons? Would you also like to examine economic theory from the perspective of the philosophy of science? Are you fascinated by the problems of the Third World, post-Keynesian macroeconomics, Marxian economics, ecological economics, the economics of gender, or Bayesian econometrics? If so, graduate study in economics at the University of Utah may be for you.

Mainstream and heterodox approaches are integral parts of a broad program which includes a technically sophisticated presentation of economic theory and quantitative methods as well as a variety of fields of specialization, including the history of economic thought, political economy, monetary economics, law and economics, econometrics and economic development. The Department has approximately 50 Ph.D. students in residence, 20 Masters students and a faculty of 20 with Ph.D. s from leading universities across the U.S.

For more information: https://www.econ.utah.edu/phd-program/index.php

American University, US↑

American University’s Economics Department offers an online Master of Arts in Economics, with an Applied Economics Specialization.  The online setting provides a flexible schedule for students while upholding the same quality education experienced in the classroom taught by renowned economists and professors from around the world.  The Applied Economics curriculum includes advanced topics of econometrics such as hypothesis testing, basic bivariate & multivariate OLS models, sample selection & censoring, quasi-experimental data, simultaneous equations, and more. This degree hones the skills needed for individuals to gain valuable insight into economic issues through hands on training, and real world learning.

More information is available here: http://programs.online.american.edu/econ/masters-economics

BOKU University, Austria↑

MA Climate change and societal transformation

The program offers a systems perspective on the global climate crisis. It integrates (1) a physical understanding of the climate system, its processes and drivers, and climate change and associated impacts, (2) a socio-ecological analysis of the drivers, agents and impacts of climate change and of potential solutions, and (3) transformative approaches for a sustainable and just society explicitly taking global North-South dynamics into account.

You can find a short description with an overview of the modules and the curriculum under these links:
https://boku.ac.at/en/study-services/uh066635/curriculum and https://boku.ac.at/en/study-services/uh066635

You can find more information about registration here: https://boku.ac.at/en/studienservices/themen/zulassung

Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany↑

MA in International Economics

The Master’s degree programme International Economics offers an in-depth exploration of international macroeconomic issues and problems, like global and regional imbalances, macroeconomic instability, inequality and ecological constraints of economic activities. This consecutive degree programme imparts a critical understanding of current debates in economics, including a number of heterodox approaches, and is seeking to adopt a pluralist perspective. The programme has a strongly international approach and aims to integrate an understanding of theoretical controversies, historical developments and contemporary policy disputes. It also contains an interdisciplinary component reflecting the importance that social and political institutions play in shaping economic developments, and offers several options for specialisation. The programme is accredited and it will equip students with the skills to pursue internationally oriented careers with government and non-government organisations, research institutes, think tanks, trade unions, international organisations and international businesses, as well as to apply for PhD programmes. Courses are taught entirely in English.

For more information please see the website: https://www.hwr-berlin.de/en/study/degree-programmes/detail/23-international-economics/

MA in Political Economy of European Integration

The Master in Political Economy of European Integration offers an extraordinary, interdisciplinary Master programme, combining critical research in political sciences and sociology, law, and (heterodox) macroeconomics. The programme covers different dimensions of European integration such as environment and energy, labour and social reproduction, as well as money and trade, and offers several options for specialisation. The programme is accredited and enables students to participate professionally in the processes of European integration and to pursue international careers with European institutions and with governments as well as business organisations, trade unions, non-governmental organisations and institutions of policy formulation and research in the member states of the EU. Courses are taught entirely in English.

For more information please see the website: https://www.hwr-berlin.de/en/study/degree-programmes/detail/30-political-economy-of-european-integration/

MA in Labour Policies and Globalisation
The Masters programme Labour Policies & Globalisation (LPG) offered by the Global Labour University is part of a wider project to promote cooperation between trade unions and the research community and to strengthen the analytical and policy development capacity of trade unions. The curriculum was jointly developed by universities and trade unions from around the world with a focus on Global Challenges to Labour, International Labour Rights, Processes of Globalisation and Economic Responses to Globalisation.

For more information please see the website: https://www.hwr-berlin.de/en/hwr-berlin/departments-and-bps/department-1-business-and-economics/studying-at-the-department/degree-programmes/detail/69-labour-policies-and-globalisation/

Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany↑

Starting in 2023, Chemnitz University of Technology is offering a pluralist master's program in economics. Based on the principle of the 3P (practical relevance, problem-orientedness, pluralism), the program combines a broad theoretical and methodological foundation (also including pluralist perspectives) with specializations focused on more cutting-edge topics of pluralist economics: Inequality, climate change, technological and structural change, computational economics, history of economic thought, and monetary economics.

TU Chemnitz is a medium-sized university known for innovativeness, diversity, and an international student body. It is located in Chemnitz – one of the European cultural capitals for the year 2025 – not far from Leipzig.

The program is independently accredited in the system of the German Accreditation Council in 2023. While many lectures are offered either in English or in both German and English, there are some that are only in German, therefore a basic level of German (B2) is required. The application deadlines are January 15 (spring/summer term) and July 15 (fall/winter term). Like all public universities in Germany, TU Chemnitz does not charge tuition fees.

For more information, please visit the program website.

City University London, UK↑

MA Global Political Economy

City's Global Political Economy MA, launched in 2011, provides a contemporary take on the analysis of global economic relations, the workings of the global financial system, state strategies and processes of regulation. You will develop an in-depth understanding of how the economic system works and address critical issues in international development and policy-making. You take two core modules – in Global Political Economy, and Global Governance – plus optional modules in global finance, development, policymaking & diplomacy, migration, civil society and international institutions. You will benefit from City s central London location, and our academic expertise in global political economy, global finance, global governance and development.

For more information: http://www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/global-political-economy

De Montfort University, UK↑

De Montfort University offers a wide range of Master programmes in business economics and finance. These include business economics and business finance; business economics and international relations; business economics and marketing; business economics and international relations; and finance and investment. Options include behavioural finance; managing complexity; economics of emerging markets; post-Cold World War order; globalisation; and business continuity and crisis management. We also support students across a wide range of PhD supervision topics.

For further information, go to: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/postgraduate-courses.aspx

EIPE, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NLD↑

Research Master in Philosophy and Economics

The Research Master programme will give you the skills to engage with a broad range of issues faced by economists and by policy-makers. For example, recent research master thesis topics have included: 

• Methodology and Philosophy of Science: the methodology of Artificial Intelligence causal inference techniques; the role of values in economics; idealized models in physics vs. economics; the methodology of synthetic control methods; the nature of mathematical explanations in the sciences. 

• Decision-Making and Rationality: bias in decision-making; nudges as a cure for misinformation; modeling agents using vague credences; animal models in neuroeconomics. 

• Political Philosophy: cooperation as the basis for socialism; the “non identity” problem and the duty to avert climate change; the relation between non-domination and equality; the nature of moral rights. 

• Applied Ethics: intellectual property rights and game theory; well-being in context; fairness in the housing market; the role of central banks in mitigating climate change; equity in education. 

You can also get a sense of the kind of topics you will study on the programme by looking at our Preparatory reading list down below.

A unique feature of our programme is that all our courses are fully interdisciplinary, focusing not on economics alone, nor on philosophy alone, but instead on philosophy of economics. For each course, you will follow small seminars of roughly fifteen students, taught by leading experts in the field. In the seminars, teachers engage in a direct exchange of ideas with students, following a “master and apprentice” model. We are invested in your success, and you will be appointed an academic coach to help you get the most out of the programme. 

The Curriculum 

The curriculum takes two years to complete and is structured as follows. 

Core courses in philosophy of economics (30 ECTS)  

You will take the following core courses in philosophy of economics. These courses give you a broad overview of the fundamental concepts across all areas of philosophy of economics. This breadth is essential to becoming a well-rounded researcher. Even if you ultimately specialize in applied ethics, for example, it is helpful to be able to evaluate empirical literatures from a methodological perspective. 

• Methodology of Economics introduces you to fundamental questions about causal inference, econometrics, and idealized models. The course critically examines economic methods using the tools of philosophy of science. 

• Rationality and Choice introduces you to key concepts for understanding and evaluating how people make choices, including foundational questions about behavioural economics and the interpretation of preferences and game theory. 

• Ethics and Economics introduces you to key concepts for normatively assessing different economic systems (such as capitalism and socialism) and for assessing policy proposals (such as universal basic income and climate change policies).  

• New Developments in Economics introduces you to recent proposals to enrich economic theory by considering brains, evolution, morality, complexity, culture and welfare & policy. For more information: http://www.eur.nl/fw/english/eipe/

Find a link to the Master here: https://www.eur.nl/en/esphil/research-master/research-master-philosophy-and-economics/programme-overview

EPOG+ (Economic POlicies for the Global transition), Erasmus Mundus↑

The main objective of the EPOG+ Master's course is to cultivate a new generation of international experts, capable of defining and assessing economic policies and navigating various political, social, and regional contexts. To achieve this, the EPOG Master’s Program transcends standard economic theory, incorporating diverse heterodox approaches that address the challenges faced by national policymakers in a globalized world. Scholarships for the very best students from around the globe are awarded for 2 years by the European Commission.

The program is supported by 8 prestigious universities:

• University Paris 13

• University of Turin

• Berlin School of Economics and Law

• University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)

• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

• University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

• University Roma Tre

• WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

For more information, visit EPOG+.

Global Labour University↑

The Global Labour University (GLU) network is offering the Masters Programmes

• Labour Policies and Globalisation (Germany)

• Labour Policy and Globalisation (South Africa)

• Social Economy and Labour (Brazil)

• Development and Labour Studies (India)

• Labour and Global Workers’ Rights (USA)

on sustainable development, social justice, international labour standards and trade unions, economic policies and global institutions.

For more information: https://global-labour-university.org/studying/master-courses/

HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Germany↑

The Master's course in International and Development Economics is an 18 months full-time programme by the Department of Management & Economics I at the FHTW Berlin. The course, which was first offered in 2003, begins on April 1 each year at the start of the summer semester. The programme consists of three semesters of courses with lectures/seminars of around 20 hours per week; the 3rd term is mainly for writing the thesis and the final colloquium. The programme is taught entirely in English. The programme is designed for students from developing countries as well as for students from Germany and other developed countries who have a special interest in the economic challenges facing developing, emerging and transition economies. First, the programme will provide students with a solid foundation in development economics, macroeconomics and modern theories of international trade and finance. Here, students will become familiar with contemporary economic controversies, especially those involving monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policy. Second, the programme will focus on policy and management issues in key economic sectors, in particular agriculture, financial institutions and public enterprises. There is a special emphasis on development finance. Hence, the course will be concerned with micro, meso (sectorial) and macro levels of activity. The main focus is on heterodox approaches to development issues. Throughout, the programme will strive to achieve a balance between theoretical reflection and practical application. It is expected that students have already acquired basic academic knowledge and skills in business management in their undergraduate studies. The programme will prepare students to work in various areas related to developing countries. Graduates will be well equipped to work for European companies which operate in developing countries, or for governmental or nongovernmental institutions involved in development cooperation. In developing countries graduates will be ideally suited for positions in government departments, banks and other financial institutions, consulting organizations, multinational companies, chambers of commerce or educational institutions such as universities. Service fee for the entire programme is 2,000 Euro.

For more information: http://mide.htw-berlin.dep

International Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands↑

MA in Development Studies
A 15.5 months programme starting 3 September 2012. In a globalizing world Development Studies has to deal with the interconnectedness of societies on the one hand and regional and local specificities on the other. Development Studies locates societal change within a historical, comparative and global perspective and translates insights into strategies for development. At ISS students learn to be critical, to analyze development, to translate insights into plans and concrete action, and to participate with confidence in debates on development. The MA in Development Studies at ISS offers 5 Majors within this interdisciplinary field:

• Agrarian and Environmental Studies (AES)

• Economics of Development (ECD)

• Governance, Policy and Political Economy (GPPE)

• Human Rights, Gender and Conflict Studies: Social Justice Perspectives (SJP)

• Social Policy for Development (SPD)

https://www.iss.nl/en

John Jay College, The City University of New York, US↑

The John Jay MA in Economics is one of a handful of economics graduate programs that is focused on heterodox, or non-mainstream, approaches to understanding capitalism. Unlike most economics programs, we are unapologetically committed to a progressive, policy-oriented approach, and to a diversity of schools of thought. While the John Jay program offers the same core economics training as in other graduate programs, it is one of the few places where Marx, Keynes and other great radical thinkers in economics are also a central part of the curriculum. At John Jay, you will take rigorous courses on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Statistics, but you will also be able to study Economic History, Political Economy of Race and Gender, Marxist Political Economy, Feminist Economics, Post Keynesian Macroeconomics, and Community Economic Development.

We are also one of the most diverse economics programs in the country. Economics is one of the least diverse social sciences — nationally, only 1 percent of all Economics M.A. students are Black, only 3 percent are Latinx, and most are men. But two-thirds of the graduates of the John Jay M.A. in Economics program have been Black and Latinx, and over half have been women. Our students come from Africa, Latin America and Asia as well as from the US.

We’re a new program, only four years old, but we already have a strong track record and culture. Our students and faculty see the study of economics not as an end in itself, but as a way of taking on the most pressing issues in our society. In our first class of graduates, the topics of capstone essays included: the causes of the 2018 rice inflation in the Philippines; the economics of private service contracts in public prisons; the case against the West African CFA franc; the resource curse and oil exploration in Guyana; the nineteenth century gold standard as tool of ruling class power; and the economics of redlining in mid-20th century US housing markets.

For further information visit the website: https://johnjayeconomics.org/

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, US↑

Levy Institute Master of Science/Master of Arts in Economic Theory and Policy
Since 2014, the Levy Economics Institute has offered the Master of Science in Economic Theory and Policy, a two-year degree program designed to meet the pre-professional needs of undergraduates in economics and finance. Since 2018, the Levy Institute has also offered a one-year Master of Arts in Economic Theory and Policy tailored to those interested in pursuing a PhD in economics. Headed by Senior Scholar and Program Director Thomas Masterson, this innovative program draws on the expertise of Institute scholars and select Bard College faculty, and emphasizes empirical and policy analysis through specialization in one of five key research areas: Macroeconomic Theory, Policy, and Modeling; Monetary Policy and Financial Structure; Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Well-Being; Gender Equality and Time Poverty; and Employment and Labor Markets.

The Levy Economics Institute’s graduate programs offer students a marketable set of skills and a strong understanding of economic and policy models at both the macro and micro levels, with direct application to a broad range of career paths. Thanks to the close links between our research agenda and the program’s core curriculum, students experience graduate education as a practicum, and all students produce research as part of their degree requirements at the Institute. There is also a 3+2 dual-degree option for undergraduates that leads to both a BA and the MS in five years, as well as a 4+1 option that grants a BA and MA in five years.

For more information: https://www.bard.edu/levygrad/

London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom↑

The MSc Economics and Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science offers an interdisciplinary approach combining rigorous training in economics with philosophical analysis. Students engage with moral, methodological, and foundational questions about economics. Courses cover microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and various philosophy options. The program includes a non-assessed dissertation seminar and prepares students for careers in academia, financial institutions, and policy-making.

For more information, visit MSc Economics and Philosophy at LSE.

National University of San MartIn, Argentina↑

The Master s Program in Economic Development seeks to provide economics students with an alternative curriculum while covering and seeking for students to master standard mainstream literature and themes, including advanced quantitative skills, as middle step in the development of an academic career or public service.

While providing wide-ranging courses on development, macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics and history of economic ideas, the Program will offer students the possibility of picking between two alternative concentrations the first, on Macroeconomics and Finance for Development , to be coordinated by Mat as Vernengo (Ph.D., New School University); the second, on Industrial Organization and Technical Change , to be coordinated by Pablo Lavarello (Ph.D., University of Paris XIII). Martin Abeles (Ph.D., New School University) will be the Program Director, backed by a host of prominent academics.

For more information: http://www.unsam.edu.ar/escuelas/economia/273/economia/desarrollo-economico

Roosevelt University, US↑

Roosevelt is one of the few universities in the United States where students can study economics from heterodox points of view. A commitment to pluralism, intellectual tolerance, and diversity of thought and method are essential to the Roosevelt approach to economics. Courses at Roosevelt include eclectic, institutionalist, feminist, post-Keynesian, and Marxist approaches to economic analysis in addition to standard Neoclassical and Keynesian approaches. Our objective is not to replace one orthodoxy with another but rather to encourage students to view economics as an evolving discipline that can help them make sense of the world around them.

For more information: https://catalog.roosevelt.edu/undergraduate/humanities-education-social-sciences/economics-ba/

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK↑

MSc Research for International Development

The MSc Research for International Development is a newly established interdisciplinary Taught Masters programme at SOAS, offered jointly by the departments of Economics and Development Studies. The degree has been developed to meet the needs of both development practitioners and researchers on international development, including those wishing to pursue an MPhil/PhD in International Development. The programme will suit students with a variety of backgrounds in social sciences, including politics, sociology, economics, and so on. It would also meet the needs of people working, or hoping to work in international agencies, humanitarian organisations, and NGOs. Students with a strong interest in research and research methods will thrive on the MSc distinctive focus on training in research methods.

The programme s unique twenty-week core course Battlefield of Methods: Approaches to International Development equips students with the theoretical background and analytical skills to inquire into the relationship between theory and method in the domain of international development. The course provides students with knowledge about the plurality of methodological approaches in key areas of international development research and the policy choices and strategies associated with these. Further training in a variety of research methods is the focus of the other two core courses: Research Methods in Political Economy I and II. RMI covers the necessary statistical methods for social sciences including survey design and regression analysis. RMII addresses methods for the social sciences in the context of the political economy of development. This Msc gives students advanced interdisciplinary training in research methods and topics in Research for International Development. While the programme structure emphasises research methods, students will also have the opportunity to choose from a large number of substantive optional courses across the departments of Economics and Development Studies.

For more information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/msc-research-international-development

Schumacher College, UK↑

MA Regenerative Economics

MA Regenerative Economics challenges and offers alternative perspectives to mainstream economics programmes by looking through the lens of ecology, as if both people and planet mattered equally.

The programme adopts an interrogative approach, exploring diverse global economic philosophies and models. The low-residency structure of this programme enables professionals to combine work and study.

On this course, you’ll explore alternative economic models, many of which were once considered marginal but could now help us radically rethink our existing economic systems. What changes are needed to make our societies more resilient in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and our reliance on fossil fuels and to address financial instability, food insecurity and poverty?

In recent years we have seen huge political and social upheaval around the globe, bringing our societies to a critical point which now calls for a new way of economic thinking. Schumacher College has developed a reputation for pioneering radical new thinking, attracting leading international teachers, practitioners and activists. Our economics programme has inspired and supported numerous organisations and people in their endeavours to achieve a more sustainable and equitable world.

We continue to maintain our partnership with the Business School at the University of Plymouth.

Hosted by highly respected radical economists and complemented by an international visiting faculty of teachers and practitioners, this programme offers the opportunity to join those at the forefront of new ecological, economic thinking.

Schumacher College and its founder, Satish Kumar, were recently awarded the RSA 2023 Bicentenary Medal for an “outstanding, regenerative and impactful contribution ….. enabling people, places and planet to flourish in harmony.”

SKILLS YOU’LL GAIN ON THIS COURSE

• develop an understanding of how living system design principles can be applied in the socio-economic realm – in short how we can ecologise economy rather than economising ecology

• co-create theoretical principles for a new approach to economics – exploring what a post-growth economy might look like and charting pathways to get there

• work alongside new economy pioneers in the creation and refinement of qualitatively new, mission-based enterprises and other economic structures

• develop the capacity to communicate complex ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences

• explore new economic systems and behaviours not just in abstract theory, but as an engaged participant using head, heart and hands

• enhance your skills as a researcher in the domain of new economics

Link: https://campus.dartington.org/regenerative-economics/

State University of New York, Buffalo State, US↑

The Economics and Finance Department at SUNY Buffalo State offers a Master’s of Arts degree in Applied Economics with an emphasis on pluralistic approaches to economic theory and policy. We have two tracks; one in economic policy analysis and the other in financial economics. We have fourteen members in our faculty. Our faculty includes Post Keynesian, Institutional, Marxist and Neoclassical economists. Our program has four core courses. These are the History of Economic Thought, Applied Microeconomic Theory, Applied Macroeconomic Theory, and Applied Econometrics. Our program encompasses Post Keynesian, Marxist, and Institutionalist approaches as well as the neoclassical approach. This mix improves students critical understanding of economic theory and applications. The program s orientation toward application as opposed to pure theory enhances opportunities for graduates in a broad range of occupations and institutions. These include financial institutions, business, private and public sector policy-oriented and community service occupations, economic and financial consulting, and high school economics and social studies education. Several of our graduates have gone on to enter Ph.D. programs in economics.

For more information: https://ecatalog.buffalostate.edu/graduate/graduate-programs/applied-economics-ma/#text

Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia↑

MA in Technology Governance

The one-year Masters program in Technology Governance is a technology-focused special graduate degree in Innovation Policy, Industrial Policy and Development Economics. Theoretically, it presents a realistic alternative to mainstream ( Standard Textbook ) Economics. It is taught entirely in English partially in modules (intensive week-long classes) and partially by overarching courses and workshops; also, there are many excursions and practical visits. The program culminates in a thesis that is to be completed by the end of the academic year. Because of its specific focus and trans-disciplinary approach, the MA is equally interesting as a first graduate degree right after undergraduate education, as an additional graduate degree after a less trans-disciplinary one, and as an early- or mid-career professional degree for those working in technology government fields, such as ministries, development and promotion authorities, and private companies and NGOs dealing with the subject matter.

Eight good reasons to apply to the Technology Governance program:

1. studying in one of the most successful new EU member countries with one of the most developed ICT infrastructures worldwide home of Skype and eVoting
2. studying in one of the top funky towns of the world, a UNESCO world heritage site with beaches and skiing tracks alike
3. studying at one of the leading technical universities in the region
4. a specialized, recognized MA degree within one academic year
5. very low costs compared to similar degree programs
6. lectures by top international scholars and thinkers and award-winning lecturers in the field Carlota Perez, Erik S. Reinert, and Jan Kregel among them
7. possibility to study a semester at partner universities all over Europe
8. scholarship opportunities for international students: apply for the 7,200 euros worth Ragnar Nurkse scholarship (application deadline: May 31st) as well as for reimbursements of traveling costs.

Do you have a Bachelor s degree and a good command of the English language? Do you also have adequate basic knowledge in economics, history, and technology? Then Technology Governance might be a perfect opportunity for you to immerse yourself in this special field of interest.

For more information: www.technologygovernance.eu

Torrens University, Australia↑

Master of Economics of Sustainability

The Master of Economics of Sustainability advances your career with high-level skills and knowledge in ecological economics, modern monetary theory and financial systems. Develop your critical thinking, problem-solving and reasoning skills. Co-delivered with research institute Modern Money Lab.

Learn to analyse economic and ecological issues, discuss economic reform proposals, evaluate consequences of economic policy changes and apply empirical research methods in varying contexts. This unique course is designed to meet the growing global demand for high-quality graduates in the field of economics of sustainable wellbeing. Graduation from this degree will provide you with expanded work opportunities as well as long-term career advancement in a world that is transitioning towards wellbeing budgets and zero net carbon emissions. The Master of Economics of Sustainability degree also provides a pathway to doctoral studies.

For further information visit the website: https://www.torrens.edu.au/courses/business/master-of-economics-of-sustainability

UWE Bristol, UK.html ↑

UWE Bristol is hosting the MSc Global Political Economy. The course is inter-disciplinary and pluralist. This postgraduate programme offers students an opportunity to engage with the increasingly important area of Global Political Economy. The programme takes the perspective that the Global Economy should be considered in a truly inter-disciplinary way, so it is necessary to draw upon the disciplines of business, finance, economics, law, politics and international relations. A range of global trade, finance and related issues are explored, such as the rise of the global economy, the role of the World Trade Organisation, the role of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in the global economy, and the politics of trade negotiation. Within these modules and others, there will be a strong focus on the developing world and its increasingly important role in the global economy. There will also be some consideration of the illicit aspects of global trade and financial flows; an area which is not always evaluated when global or international trade is studied.

For further information please visit the website: https://info.uwe.ac.uk/programmes/displayentry.asp?code=L15012&rp=listEntry.asp

Universitiy of Geneva, Switzerland↑

THE MASTER IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALISM offers an innovative programme of study in political economy that is unique in Europe and goes well beyond the narrow limits of traditional teaching in mainstream economics. The programme offers students a distinctive and stimulating intellectual breadth in terms of economic theories and methods, the objects of economic inquiry as well as its normative conclusions. It incorporates the socio-political and historical foundations of economic activity as an explicit part of its curriculum. To that end, it is enriched by perspectives from other social sciences, notably from sociology, political science and history, but only to the extent that they are concerned with economic phenomena such as the social relations that incorporate a trade or monetary dimension, that influence the distribution of economic resources or that shape the allocation of power. For that reason, the Master in the Political Economy of Capitalism is designed for students who are seeking a solid foundation in political economy rather than a multidisciplinary programme. The curriculum is organised around a core group of obligatory courses that will give students a solid grounding in the political economy of capitalism. Students then develop basic knowledge and skills in three areas of inquiry by choosing from a selection of courses in comparative political economy, economic history and international economics. Finally, they have the opportunity to tailor their programme to their own interests by choosing from a list of optional courses. As an integral element of their Master's degree, students will write a dissertation based on their own original research in political economy, conducted under the supervision of an instructor in the programme, with the option of continuing their research in political economy by writing a doctoral dissertation being available to excellent students.

For further information: https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/formations/masters-in-english/political-economy-of-capitalism/

University for Social Design↑

The newly founded University for Social Design in Koblenz, Germany, offers a pluralist, critical, and transdisciplinary master’s degree program in economics (“Ökonomie”).

For years, students all over the world have been fighting for the reform of the curriculum in economics. Now, academics have managed to found a small, yet highly innovative university dedicated to realizing such reform: University for Social Design. Here you can study the new accredited master’s program in economics, which has been awarded state recognition in Germany. Its curriculum is characterized by a focus on real-world issues, a pluralism of theories and methods across disciplinary boundaries, a strong focus on the history of economics and economic thought, as well as ways of encouraging reflexive thinking and engaged scholarship.

There are two major fields of specialization. In both cases, the master's program in economics lasts 2 academic years (4 semesters), always starting in the fall semester (September). The language of administration and instruction is mainly German. Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree.

For further information, visit: www.cusanus-hochschule.de

University of Bradford, UK↑

The Division of Economics currently offers two graduate degree programs: MSc in Financial Economics and European MSc in Economics, where both include advanced microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics. In particular, the macroeconomics element seeks to equip students with a critical appreciation of the main features of modern macroeconomic theory and policy through a Post-Keynesian perspective. Additionally, the MSc in Financial Economics examines the difficulties of regulating banks in the presence of limited barriers to capital mobility and in the absence of a global regulatory body in financial markets. It is designed to enhance the knowledge of graduates who have interests and career aspirations in financial institutions or international financial organizations.

University of Denver, US↑

While many economics programs focus strictly on mainstream theories and quantitative skills, our master's program provides a bold alternative. Emphasizing conceptual understanding in addition to practical skills, such as quantitative analysis, policy analysis and mathematical modeling, we challenge you to explore new theories through heterodox economics. Our MA program challenges students to explore economic and social policy issues, organize complex ideas, connect difficult concepts, and apply their knowledge to shape economic decision making for better policy performance. With applied elective courses in many fields, like health economics and environmental economics, you can study the specific economic and social policy issues that interest you.

Your research culminates with a thesis project that requires you to connect what you've learned, provide evidence-based solutions to economic problems and articulate your arguments and conclusions. The quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, ability to think outside the box and expertise in utilizing econometric research gained in our program will enable you to enjoy long-term success as an economist in the public or private sector. Our recent graduates have launched careers in governmental agencies, policy research organizations, the business sector or within Denver's thriving startup and renewable energy sectors.

Find a link here: https://liberalarts.du.edu/economics/academics/programs/ma-economics

MA Global Economic Affairs

Global Economic Affairs is not your grandparents’ economic program. We’ve eliminated the dazzling but ultimately useless economic proofs you find in the textbooks and focus instead on the way economies actually work. Global Economic Affairs focuses on political economy—the fascinating and complex interactions between economics, politics, and policy. GEA prepares our students to make sense of today's most pressing and complex economic challenges. GEA students examine international trade and monetary issues; the interactions between global economic developments and domestic politics; the drivers of economic development, inequality, and sustainability; the place of business in global affairs and the prospects for corporate social responsibility; and a range of other centrally important economic issues. The degree links theory to policy and institutions while placing equal emphasis on qualitative and quantitative skills.

In Global Economic Affairs you’ll collaborate with faculty to explore topics like...

• The most important contemporary trends in the global economy 

• The diverse effect of globalization on state capacity and policy autonomy, and on  national political and economic affairs 

• The key drivers and consequences of economic development 

• The complex relationships between economic, political, ecological, and social outcomes

• The salience of corporate governance in global affairs 

• The spillover effects of national and global economic policies

• The role of institutions of global, regional, and transregional economic governance on economic inclusion, equity, and opportunity

For further information: https://korbel.du.edu/academics-advising/programs-gr/ma-global-economic-affairs

University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany↑

The Master’s program in Socioeconomics at the University of Duisburg-Essen addresses the growing need to examine key societal issues through interdisciplinary and pluralistic academic approaches. The program focuses on socio-economic questions and problems of social and economic policy relevance, such as:

• Economic inequality

• Future of European integration

• Political economy of globalization

• Transformation of the welfare state

• Growth, environment, and employment

• Financial and economic crises

• Political impacts of economic inequality

• Government roles and public debt

Special emphasis is placed on social, institutional, and political contexts of economic relationships and practical methodological training. A core principle is the plurality of perspectives, theories, and models to highlight the contentious nature of economic policy positions.

FInd a link here: https://www.uni-due.de/soziooekonomie/master#aufeinenblick

University of Edinburgh, UK↑

MA Ecological Economics

How does the programme provide content to ensure students achieve an understanding of a reasonably diverse set of perspectives on understanding economies?

The programme establishes a foundation for understanding diverse perspectives within the compulsory conceptual course. Through lectures, readings, and discussion this course establishes 1) what key perspectives are within Ecological Economics, and 2) the theoretical and methodological implications of adopting any one perspective over another. The programme does so without prejudice, intentionally leaving space for students to develop their own positions. This is complemented by the hands-on methodological and research training provided in other courses. The programme emphasizes critical appraisal/synthesis, and consistently challenges students to expand their abilities to defend their own arguments. The programme also encourages students to pursue courses that help them to develop a comprehensive understanding of socio-ecological systems.

How does the programme ensure students understand the interaction between economic and ecological systems?

Ecological Economics as a field emphasizes that economic systems are embedded within social systems, which in turn are embedded within, dependent on, finite environmental systems. This is the heart of the Ecological Economics worldview, and it directly leads to a variety of insights that define the core tenets of the field. As such, the interaction between economic and ecological systems is a consistent point of emphasis within the programme. 

The compulsory conceptual course helps students to understand the implications of economies being embedded within nature. The applied courses use data from case studies (and a wide range of methods) that focus on these points of connection between ecological and economic systems. This increases students’ capacities to understand both the ecological and social aspects of complex systems.

Ecological Economics as a field emphasizes that economic systems are embedded within social systems, which in turn are embedded within, dependent on, finite environmental systems. This is the heart of the Ecological Economics worldview, and it directly leads to a variety of insights that define the core tenets of the field. As such, the interaction between economic and ecological systems is a consistent point of emphasis within the programme. 

The compulsory conceptual course helps students to understand the implications of economies being embedded within nature. The applied courses use data from case studies (and a wide range of methods) that focus on these points of connection between ecological and economic systems. This increases students’ capacities to understand both the ecological and social aspects of complex systems.

How does the programme ensure students understand how to critically explore real-world evidence, both qualitative and quantitative?

The programme provides significant training in a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies that are relevant to Ecological Economics. 

Although the precise focus and pedagogy differs across each course within the programme, the methodological training uses data from real-world projects focused on different aspects of real-world sustainability problems embedded within specific, complex socio-ecological systems. As a part of the training provided, students complete at least 2 research projects under staff mentorship (one team-based and one individual). There is a strong emphasis on student-led project design, which enables students to pursue (within limits) specific skills, topics, and methodologies that interest them. Everyone gains experience with at least one form of in-person fieldwork (pandemic-permitting), and primary dat

The programme provides significant training in a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies that are relevant to Ecological Economics. 

Although the precise focus and pedagogy differs across each course within the programme, the methodological training uses data from real-world projects focused on different aspects of real-world sustainability problems embedded within specific, complex socio-ecological systems. As a part of the training provided, students complete at least 2 research projects under staff mentorship (one team-based and one individual). There is a strong emphasis on student-led project design, which enables students to pursue (within limits) specific skills, topics, and methodologies that interest them. Everyone gains experience with at least one form of in-person fieldwork (pandemic-permitting), and primary dat

What pedagogical approaches does the programme use to ensure that students examine the historical context, assumptions and values in all economic thinking?

The programme emphasizes the importance of understanding context (including, but not limited to historical context), assumptions, and values in both principle and in practice. 

The principle that it is important for Ecological Economists to understand these things is established at the start of the programme and emphasized throughout the lectures, readings, and discussions in our conceptual course. This is reinforced in the assignments associated with this course.

In order to feature the practice of actually examining context, assumptions, and values, the programme draws heavily on flipped-classroom pedagogies in other courses, including team-based learning and problem-based learning. These flipped-classroom pedagogies emphasize experiential learning. In turn, this enables us to make tangible for students the importance of these concepts.

How does the department ensure that the teaching culture and capacity to deliver economic pluralism are continually improving?

There is a core teaching and leadership team for the programme for whom delivering the programme is a formal (and significant) part of their daily responsibilities. Members of this team have been nominated for numerous teaching awards at the University of Edinburgh. 

The programme leadership:

1. maintains a collegial environment

2. emphasizes peer & self-reflection 

3. encourages creativity in support of teaching 

4. engages with programme alumni 

5. supports professional development related to teaching and Ecological Economics 

The programme is embedded in a wider, interdisciplinary research and teaching group, and is one of several interdisciplinary MSc programmes situated within the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. The School of GeoSciences leadership team reinforces the commitment to continual improvement and excellence in teaching. 

Other information:

The programme maintains an active network of alumni, which students gain access to when they join the programme. This network is used to disseminate opportunities (e.g. jobs, PhD studentships), news, and to celebrate alumni accomplishments (e.g. publications, awards). Through participation in this network, students are also placing themselves in a position where they can inform future developments within the programme. 

Students who have specific questions about the programme and the extent to which it aligns with their interests and goals are encouraged to reach out to the programme. The Programme Director (Corinne.Baulcomb@sruc.ac.uk) and Deputy Programme Director (Paula.Novo@sruc.ac.uk) are happy to address questions from applicants or prospective applicants. 

The programme maintains an active network of alumni, which students gain access to when they join the programme. This network is used to disseminate opportunities (e.g. jobs, PhD studentships), news, and to celebrate alumni accomplishments (e.g. publications, awards). Through participation in this network, students are also placing themselves in a position where they can inform future developments within the programme. 

Students who have specific questions about the programme and the extent to which it aligns with their interests and goals are encouraged to reach out to the programme. The Programme Director (Corinne.Baulcomb@sruc.ac.uk) and Deputy Programme Director (Paula.Novo@sruc.ac.uk) are happy to address questions from applicants or prospective applicants.

Find a link to the master here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/postgraduate/taught-masters/msc-ecological-economics

University of Greenwich, UK↑

MSc Economics

“This flexible MSc Economics combines training in theory and method with exposure to economic and financial data. You will gain a sound knowledge of economics, creative problem-solving skills, and the ability to look deeper into economic policy implications. Our academics focus on real-world issues and draw from a wide range of theory, resulting in an interdisciplinary approach with global benefits. You can study towards our standard Master of Economics or follow one of our specialist pathways - in International Economics or Business and Financial Economics. Graduates will be well-placed for business and public sector roles, notably in the finance industry where analytical skills and decision-making skills are vital, or for PhD programmes and academic careers.

For full details please take a look here: https://www.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/bus/econ

University of Groningen, Netherlands↑

The MSc in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at the University of Groningen is an interdisciplinary program aimed at students interested in a comprehensive understanding of the social world. It integrates analytical and quantitative skills with a strong theoretical and historical foundation in PPE. The program encourages open-mindedness and responsible decision-making, combining methods from philosophy, political science, and economics. It is designed to prepare students for careers in public policy and commerce.

For more information, visit MSc PPE at the University of Groningen.

University of Leeds, UK↑

MSc Ecological Economics

On this programme, you’ll learn the main concepts and tools of ecological economics – a transdisciplinary field that seeks to understand and manage the environmental and social dimensions of economic activity.

This programme combines modules that deliver strong foundations in ecological and environmental economics, with a range of options in sustainability and heterodox economics. You’ll study ideas ranging from how to value ecosystem services to how to achieve a post-growth economy. You’ll learn tools such as input-output analysis and system dynamics modelling to understand the relationships between the economy, society, and environment. You’ll also have the chance to tailor your course to suit your interests, choosing four of the optional modules we offer.

You can find the link here: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/courses/g867/ecological-economics-msc

University of Manchester, UK↑

The MA in Political Economy program at Manchester University offers a cross-disciplinary curriculum of study in political economy. The MA is housed in the Centre for the Study of Political Economy, which brings together the world-class research strengths in the field of political economy at Manchester University. The programme is taught from members across the Faculty of Humanities in the School of Social Sciences, the School of Environment and Development, and the Manchester Business School. Each student will pursue their particular interests in political economy through one of four pathways:

• Theoretical Political Economy

• Political Economy of Society, Space and Environment

• Political Economy of Finance, Business and Work

• Political Economy of Development.

Each pathway offers courses drawn from across the different disciplines in the schools, offering the student a unique exposure to the full breadth of the field of political economy. The research route is an ESRC recognized 1 + 3 programme which offers training in both quantitative and qualitative research methods that prepare students for doctoral research.

For more information: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/07048/ma-political-economy-research-route/course-details/#course-profile

University of Massachusetts Amherst, US↑

By studying economics at UMass Amherst, you will explore the workings of the economy as a whole to answer the big questions. What causes inflation, unemployment, and inequality? How do regulation and deregulation of industries affect product prices and quality? Why does the cost of medical care rise faster than other costs?

The economics department has a reputation for being the most important heterodox economics department in the country. You'll study economics from the perspectives of its two broad sub-disciplines:

1. Microeconomics analyzes the individual behavior of households, business firms, and governmental entities.

2. Macroeconomics focuses on aggregate economic performance of nations and their interdependencies in the global economy.

You can choose the courses that suit your interests and career goals, including classes in related fields such as history, international relations, business management, and political science.

While UMass Amherst’s graduate program in economics is primarily designed for doctoral candidates, an MA in Economics can be awarded along the way. 

Here, you’ll take core courses in both macro- and microeconomics, as well as political economy, economic history, econometrics, and mathematical methods. 

You’ll also be able to hone your degree by choosing electives that suit your career goals and interests in areas such as game theory and strategic interactions, international finance, labor economics, and comparing economic development and systems around the world. 

The Economics Department has a variety of seminar groups designed to promote graduate student research, such as the Analytical Political Economy Workshop and the Environmental Working Group.  

As an MA in Economics candidate, you have the option to submit a thesis, but it is not required. 

For further information visit the website.

University of Massachusetts Boston, US↑

The University of Massachusetts Boston offers a Master's of Arts in Applied Economics for people interested in heterodox economic policy. The curriculum provides foundational courses in orthodox and heterodox economic theory, methodology and courses focusing on the analysis of urban issues in a global context. The design of the program strongly emphasizes the set of skills necessary to do applied economic research. Students are required to complete 32 credits with courses offered in late afternoons and evenings. Faculty members are heterodox economists with expertise in feminist, behavioral, institutional, Marxian, and post-Keynesian approaches as well as applied economic research experience. Students are encouraged to tackle timely economic policy issues including income stratification, economic and environmental sustainability, progressive taxation, gender and racial inequality, financial reform, and urban transformation. Most graduates from the program work as economic analysis in progressive non-profits and federal and state government agencies.

For more information: www.umb.edu/academics/cla/economics/grad/ma

University of Siegen, Germany↑

The world is in motion, but economic education has remained static until now. This narrative is set to change with the introduction of the unique "Master's program in Plural Economics," designed to tackle contemporary global challenges from multiple perspectives. This program stands out for its commitment to addressing critical issues such as climate change, high inflation, and the resilience of economies against future crises through a pluralistic approach to economic theory and practice.

The Master's program is characterized by its personal, sustainable, and forward-thinking approach to education. It is conducted in German and aims to equip students with the economic competence necessary to shape societal transformation. Students can expect a curriculum that balances pluralistic content with social-ecological and economic-political relevance, ensuring a well-rounded and impactful education.

Further Information: https://www.wiwi.uni-siegen.de/wiwi/plurale-oekonomik/index.html?lang=de

University of Valencia, Spain↑

The University of Valencia includes in its graduate course offerings for the next academic year a new Master's Degree in Economic Policy and Public Economics. The master’s program offers an advanced education for the training of specialists in economic policy and public economics, who will be qualified to interpret the possibilities and consequences of State intervention in the economy. The program content includes a pluralistic and interdisciplinary perspective that integrates economic, political and social dimensions within the analysis of current economic challenges and their alternatives.

Duration: 1 academic year (October-July)
Instruction languages: Spanish

More information in www.uv.es/masterpoleco or write an email to dearriba@uv.es

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa↑

The Masters in Applied Development Economics (ADE) trains researchers and policy practitioners to understand and address current development challenges. It offers students an opportunity to apply economic and political economy analysis to solving real-world problems. In doing so, it approaches economics from a pluralist point of view. In this context, pluralism comprises three dimensions: theoretical pluralism; methodological pluralism; and dialogue between economics and other social sciences.

This unique offering provides students the opportunity to study important areas of economics that address some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. For example, our elective offerings include courses on gender economics, health economics, and environmental and energy economics, among others. Many of our academic staff are conducting cutting-edge research in these fields and are actively engaged in the policy and advocacy spaces.

For more information: https://www.wits.ac.za/course-finder/postgraduate/clm/mcom-applied-development-economics/

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France↑

The Master in the History of Economic Thought at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is an interdisciplinary program deeply integrated with the PHARE research laboratory. It involves close collaboration with universities Paris Nanterre and Picardie-Jules Verne. The program includes a combination of coursework and seminars led by researchers from PHARE, focusing on historical and philosophical analyses of economic ideas. Students must write a thesis and attend approximately six seminars per semester, preparing them for potential PhD studies.

For more information, visit Master Histoire de la Pensée Economique.

Utrecht University, NL↑

Innovation creates new opportunities that lead to sustainable economic growth and can help tackle serious societal problems relating to sustainability, climate change and health. During our two-year Innovation Sciences Master’s programme, you will learn how to transform new ideas into marketable innovations, and how to manage and promote innovation processes within companies as well as in society at large. 

This two-year multidisciplinary Master’s programme focuses on the dynamics of newly emerging technologies and innovation. After completing this programme, you will be able to link emerging technologies to human and economic needs, as well as to how they contribute to addressing grand societal challenges. Particularly, around energy, sustainable transport, and life sciences. How does innovation contribute to economic growth, welfare, climate change, energy security, health, mobility and sustainability?

FInd a link here: https://www.uu.nl/en/masters/innovation-sciences

Wright State University, US↑

MA of Science in Social and Applied Economics

Wright State University's MA degree in Social and Applied Economics incorporates a number of heterodox components. You will study research methods and how social factors influence and shape our economy and apply those analytical skills to working in business, government, and nonprofit sectors.

This program develops professional economists who can solve contemporary problems with a unique skill set created by a curriculum that bridges the gap between research and the application of research. Our curriculum stresses applied research using traditional and nontraditional methods and takes advantage of our faculty’s diverse teaching and research activities. You are encouraged to develop and evaluate new approaches to economic problem solving while building the skills to work in business, government, and nonprofit sectors or continue your education.

This program is flexible, offering evening classes, and full-time students can complete it in 12 months.

Find a link: https://business.wright.edu/economics/master-of-science-in-social-and-applied-economics

Bucknell University, US↑

The economics department at Bucknell offers a balanced curriculum with courses in mainstream and heterodox economics. Students are exposed to heterodox economics at every level of the curriculum. In principles of economics, students are introduced to the ideas of a variety of economists, including Marx and Veblen, and several theoretical approaches to the discipline. At the intermediate level, students take a course on intermediate political economy alongside intermediate microeconomics and intermediate macroeconomics. And the department offers a host of elective political economy courses, including: Classical Marxism, Unemployment and Poverty, Political Economy of the Caribbean, Political Economy of Africa, Political Economy of Global Resources, Political Economy of the Media and Advertising, Comparative Economic Systems, Economic Geography, and Marxian Economics.Department offerings reflect faculty backgrounds in various heterodox perspectives, including Marxian, Institutionalist, Feminist and Social Economics. The department regularly brings in speakers who reflect our diverse perspectives. Recent speakers at Bucknell include Robert Pollin, Michael Zweig, and Doug Henwood.

For more information: https://www.bucknell.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/academic-departments-programs/economics

California State University, San Bernardino, US↑

The Economics Department at California State University, San Bernardino has a longstanding commitment to a heterodox curriculum. We offer both a minor in Political Economy, and a Political Economy track in the Economics B.A. The PE track requires principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, statistics, intermediate microeconomics and intermediate macroeconomics, as well as Political Economy and History of Economic Thought. In addition, students must select seven upper division econ electives, three of which must come from the following: Social Economics; The Political Economy of Women: Money, Race, Sex, and Power; The Political Economy of Poverty and Discrimination; Economic History of the United States; and Economic Development. We are in the process of adding the following courses: Political Economy of Latin America; Political Economy of Chicanas/os; and Political Economy of LGBTs.

The faculty consists of an eclectic mix of liberal mainstream economists and radical political economists. Four of the eight faculty are active members of one or more of the following associations: the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE), The Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE), The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFEE), The Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT), and the Association for Social Economics (ASE).

For more information: http://economics.csusb.edu

Colorado State University, US↑

Much more than business, math or finance, a degree in economics prepares students for the widest array of interesting career choices and pathways into higher education. Economics is a science of human behavior focused on understanding how people and societies make decisions, provision for themselves and others, and create as well as solve social and ecological problems. Our undergraduate and graduate programs offer courses that cover a wide range of economic approaches, including both neoclassical and heterodox economics. Students will become critical thinkers who understand and can engage in debates about economic policy as well as master the techniques of economic analysis.

Students also have the opportunity to work with the Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI) that aims to understand, analyze, and inform economic development strategies particularly in struggling regions in both rural and urban areas, especially in Colorado.

https://economics.colostate.edu/undergraduate/

Connecticut College, US↑

In the Department of Economics, students form collaborative research teams with professors and benefit from individualized instruction. The department offers a wide range of courses from labor, behavioral and international economics to math and data-based classes on algorithmic trading in financial markets. Students learn to think analytically and to pose and solve economic problems from the global to the local. They actively construct economic models and test their hypotheses in original projects. The breadth of classes exposes students to every aspect of the discipline and enables them to delve deeply into particular areas of interest. 

Professors are active researchers and scholars with expertise in the economics of healthcare, the environment and international markets, among other fields. They publish in top international and national journals, and they have often co-authored with students.

For more information: https://www.conncoll.edu/academics/majors-departments-programs/departments/economics/

De Montfort University, UK↑

De Montfort University offers a wide range of undergraduate programmes in economics, including joint programmes with finance, law, international relations and politics.

Options in economics include financial markets and institutions; economic history; financial markets and the central bank; international trade and development issues; political economy; and labour economics. Options in finance include global financial issues; environmental management; public sector accounting; forensic accounting; and governance and sustainability. Some finance courses qualify for exemptions from professional accounting qualifications.

For further information, go to: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate-courses/undergraduate-courses.aspx

Denison University, US↑

The Department of Economics at Denison University is committed to the liberal arts mission in teaching economics. The department values critical thinking, pluralism, and interdisciplinarity. In addition to the mainstream approach to economics, Denison students can be exposed to a variety of economic approaches such as Austrian, Ecological, Feminist, Institutionalist, Marxian, Queer, Keynesian and Post Keynesian economics. The department offers a wide range of political economy courses such as History of Economic Thought, Economic Justice, Income Inequality, Political Economy of Race and Gender, International Law and Trade Policy, and Women in the U.S. Economy. Economics students are invited to develop a sense of appreciation for the complexity of economic issues, and to acquire broad and nuanced views on the inner workings of the economy. Denison students are also offered the opportunity to major in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program. The PPE major is designed around the historical, methodological, and theoretical connections between philosophy, politics and economics. While at Denison, our students are encouraged to pursue research opportunities with faculty members through senior research projects and the summer scholars program. Denison students are also challenged to fully explore the breadth of the liberal arts education and to immerse themselves in deep intellectual explorations. Our graduates pursue graduate studies in economics, public policy, and law, as well as careers in the private sector, public policy think-tanks, government, and non-profit organizations. The economics faculty is a diverse community of active scholars who are engaged in a variety of fields of research including the pedagogy of teaching economics, service-learning, applied economics, public policy, political economy, and economic history.

For more information: https://denison.edu/academics/economics

Dickinson College, US↑

Economics Department has been a pioneer (since 1985) in integrating heterodox economic perspectives into the required undergraduate economics curriculum. The Economics major allows exploration of a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary views on economic questions and policy. The Economics faculty represents an unusually wide range of specialties as well as a variety of traditional and non-traditional approaches to economics, including Neo-Classical, Radical, Feminist, Post-Keynesian, Austrian, Institutional, and Ecological economics. The economics faculty participates in most all the interdisciplinary programs at Dickinson including American Studies, Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies, International Studies, International Business & Management, Policy Studies, and Women s Studies. As a result of this intellectual depth and breadth, Economics majors learn to think critically about economic issues and problems facing the world.

For more information: https://www.dickinson.edu/homepage/33/economics

Drew University, US↑

The Economics Department at Drew University has a long history of heterodox economics. All majors are required to take courses in heterodox perspectives, including history of economic thought, contemporary political economy, or the political economy of race, class and gender. Ethical, institutional, Marxist, feminist and other critical perspectives are part of most economics courses. There is a strong emphasis not only on political economy and history but also on ecological and development economics. Faculty members in the department represent humanistic, ecological, Marxist, feminist and post-Keynesian economic perspectives.

For more information: https://drew-undergraduate-catalog.coursedog.com/programs/ECON

Evergreen State College, US↑

The Evergreen State College has a thriving set of programs connected to political economy and a group of faculty committed to doing teaching and research in this area. It is usually taught by three faculty and incorporates a historical analysis of the development of U.S. capitalism, with an emphasis on the development of class, gender and race relations. Students are introduced to Marxist and neoclassical economic analysis. In the second quarter, global capitalism is analyzed. A focus on both quarters is how social movements have resisted the dominant power. There are many academic programs that build on this one, such as alternatives to capitalism, political economy of the media, and studies in globalization. Education at Evergreen is interdisciplinary with a strong emphasis on internships and independent study. Many students whose emphasis is political economy find work as organizers, and working for social justice after completing their studies. There are currently about seven faculty whose main emphasis is political economy and non-neoclassical economics.

For more information: https://www.evergreen.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/economics

Franklin & Marshall College, US↑

The Economics Department at Franklin & Marshall College offers students a strong undergraduate education in economics within a contemporary liberal arts tradition, emphasizing a well-rounded curriculum in both orthodox and heterodox economics, historical and institutional context, and multiplicity of perspectives. The faculty is diverse, with specialization in a variety of areas and schools of thought, including Marxian, Institutional, neoclassical, postmodern, postcolonial, and feminist approaches. As a recent graduating senior stated, in one year he learned about real business cycle theory, and post structuralist ways of looking at things. Two courses introduce students to economics: Introduction to Economic Principles discusses neoclassical models of economic behavior, market structures, and aggregate economic performance. Introduction to Economic Perspectives gives an introduction to economic institutions, history, and ideologies. At the intermediate level, in addition to micro and macro theory, students are required to take a course on the analytical foundations of heterodox economic theories. Examples of elective courses offered:

• Marxian Political Economy
• Postcolonial Perspectives on Development
• Feminist Economics
• Globalization: History of the World Economy
• Economics of the European Union
• Game Theory

For more information: http://www.fandm.edu/economics

Goldsmiths University of London, UK↑

This degree offers you rigorous training in economic theory with real-world applications. It will help you develop your own perspective to stand out from the crowd.

• This degree is unique because it presents a pluralist view of the economy. We provide formal and rigorous training in economics and its different schools of thought, giving you a comprehensive perspective.

• We’ll help you develop your own perspective on the economy, which will make you stand out from the crowd.

• You’ll learn to evaluate arguments and evidence from different sources, as well as use different theories and concepts together with quantitative methods, to formulate and address questions about crucial real-world problems.

• Our graduates start careers in a wide range of jobs including in consultancy, finance, data analysis, government, and creative industries.

• Through the Turing Scheme, you can spend half of your third year at a university in Europe. You'll experience a different culture and academic environment, and you'll have the option of learning or improving a foreign language.

• You'll be part of the Institute of Management Studies, which is highly interdisciplinary and has academics researching not only in economics and political economy, but also in consumer theory, management, business psychology, strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship.

For further information please visit the website: https://www.gold.ac.uk/ug/ba-economics/

Hampshire College, US↑

Students at Hampshire College design their own major field of study, with an emphasis on critical thinking and writing. Within the social sciences they often choose political economy as a core component of their concentration, which may address such areas as Public Health in Latin America, Economics and the Environment, or Women and Social Change. Students who plan graduate study in economics will take the expected courses in economic theory and mathematics. We teach economics in historical and social context, challenging the narrowness of mainstream approaches, but drawing on economic reasoning and concepts that bridge both orthodox and heterodox modes of inquiry. As well, students may freely enroll in courses at Smith, Amherst, Mt Holyoke, or the University of Massachusetts, where a range of fine courses in political economy can be added to their program of study. The capstone of a Hampshire career is a year-long senior research project that results in an extended essay of 60 to 100 pages. Typically, students in political economy select well-defined topics within such areas as globalization, labor organizing, community development, campaign finance, prisons, international economic development, and alternative business.

For more information: http://www.hampshire.edu/admissions/economics.htm

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, US↑

Hobart and William Smith are coordinate liberal arts colleges (Hobart for men; William Smith for Women) of 1800 students. They are strongly committed to interdisciplinary studies, gender studies, and global studies including off-campus programs. The economics department s offerings are designed to reflect these commitments as well as provide depth in the orthodox approach to economics. Our goal is to encourage our students to develop a broader perspective on economic issues and acquire a more nuance worldview than that usually provided by majoring in economics. Our heterodox offerings include courses at the introductory and advanced levels in Institutionalist, feminist, Marxist, and related approaches. The economics major includes a required core course in Political Economy, sequenced after intermediate orthodox theory courses, and providing a comparative approach to economic theory and methodology. Research by faculty involved in the heterodox components of the curriculum includes work on gender and development, community economic development from a radical perspective, alternatives to traditional forms of economic development, and institutional theory and methodology.

For more information: http://www.hws.edu/academics/economics/

John Jay College, The City University of New York↑

The Economics Department at John Jay College (one of the City University of New York’s campuses) is one of the newest Heterodox Departments in United States. After a long absence from the college, Economics was re-instituted in 2009 with a BS degree that emphasizes "Economics In Context". Students begin with two first-year level courses unique to John Jay, Introduction to Economics and Global Capitalism and Understanding US Economic Data. In addition to Intermediate Micro and Macro students take Political Economy in their second year ensuring we teach critiques of capitalism along side of the apologists. They then are to take course entitled Economics in Historical Perspectives, which combines the history of economic thought with global economic history, placing the great thinkers in the context of their time. Students choose from a wide array of electives covering such topics as: the political economy (PE) of racism, labor, PE of gender, sustainability and critiques of neoclassical approaches to criminology. All of our full time faculty members come from heterodox Ph.D. programs including UMASS-Amherst, The New School, and UC Riverside. Located in Midtown Manhattan (59th and 10th) amid some of the most expensive rents in the world, John Jay is the perfect place to study critiques of capitalism.

For more information visit our website at: http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/department-economics

Laurentian University, Canada↑

The Economics Department at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario (Canada) is home to about 7 heterodox professors (half the department), including 3 post-Keynesians and a Marxist. At present, we only offer an undergraduate program, although it is offered both in French and in English. We offer an array of heterodox courses, including Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics, Money and Banking, International Finance, International Trade, Development Economics, History of Economic Thought, and Marxist Economic Theory. The department is very active in both publishing and hosting a number of conferences related to post-Keynesian and development issues. It is the home of the International Economic Policy Institute, which you can find at the following internet address: http://www.IEPI.laurentian.ca

For more information: http://economics.laurentian.ca

Lewis and Clark College, US↑

The economics department at Lewis and Clark College offers a broad and politically diverse curriculum, which provides a supportive environment for those interested in alternatives to mainstream economics. For example, we teach classes on political economy including radical political economics and the political economy of race, class and gender and support a political economy minor. Areas of faculty interest and strength include economic history, third world development, international economics, and environmental economics. We pride ourselves on offering small, intellectually rigorous classes with considerable student involvement and participation. The capstone to our program is a year long senior seminar class, in which students research and write, with faculty support, a thesis based on their interests; the results are also presented orally to all economic faculty, seniors, and interested members of the community. The college also offers a wide ranging program of international study; many members of the department have participated in this program by leading trips.

For more information: http://college.lclark.edu/departments/economics/

Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany↑

It deals with current issues from the fields of business and politics, as well as the history of the economy and ethical problems relating to it. The extensive practical and international experience of the professors enables students to become acquainted with know-how from a variety of sectors and countries. Alongside the economic perspectives concerning, for example, supply and demand, economic growth, globalisation, inflation and unemployment, students will also learn about how these aspects are viewed from an in-company perspective. At the same time students learn to work with various empirical methods. This means that later on, as graduates, they will have a firm command of the "tools of the trade" needed for sound analysis.

English language skills are developed up to the level required to study in an English-speaking country and can be expanded during the obligatory study semester abroad. The practical semester provides an insight into economists' world of work and can also be completed either in Germany or abroad. This provides students with a top level of training and optimal preparation for embarking on a career at a bank, ministry, large-scale enterprise or international organisation.

More information is available here: http://www.wiso.hs-osnabrueck.de/volkswirtschaft-studium.html

Ramapo College of New Jersey, US↑

Ramapo College offers discerning students the atmosphere of a private college with the affordability of a public institution. Nestled in scenic northern New Jersey, Ramapo s safe, suburban campus is convenient to all the cultural, educational, and entertainment attractions of New York City. The economics major at RCNJ is split between the School of Social Sciences, which focuses on Marx, Veblen, Rousseau, Polanyi, and Keynes, and the School of Administration and Business, which offers a Hayekian/Coasean perspective. Ramapo offers a BA and a minor in economics.

For more information: http://www.ramapo.edu/catalog_12_13/ASB/economics.html

Rollins College, US↑

Rollins College, a comprehensive liberal arts college, has 1750 full-time undergraduate students. The economics department, currently with 8 full time faculty serving 80-100 junior/senior majors, has offered heterodox courses and introduced alternative economic perspectives in traditional courses for two decades. Recently, a new three-course sequenced introduction to the major was created: a historical approach presenting key tools and concepts(mostly orthodox but some heterodox),a micro/macro survey using some of the earlier heterodox material and an alternative economic perspectives course which examines important economic policy issues from several ideological views. Some upper level courses require all three as prerequisites. Consensus on concepts and tools in the three-course sequence was achieved with weekly discussions for a year, and these continue. Each course leaves space for individual faculty to introduce their own content. The goal is to expose the student to a broader understanding of economics so that upper level courses, including intermediate macro and micro, can address ideas and issues from a variety of positions, and provide students the opportunity to gain greater facility with critical thinking. The evolution of the major is ongoing, responding both to the teaching experience of the faculty and the feedback received from students.

For more information: http://www.rollins.edu/economics/

Roma Tre University, Italy↑

Since its constitution (1992) the Faculty of Economics at the Roma Tre University has one of its distinctive marks in the pluralistic attitude towards the teaching of economics. In particular, courses are offered in which, alongside neoclassical economics, classical economic theory is also taught. The teachers involved include: P. Garegnani, R. Ciccone, A. Stirati, A. Palumbo, A. Trezzini, and S. Levrero. These people also collaborate with the Centro Ricerche e Documentazione Piero Sraffa (www.sraffa.uniroma3.it), a Foundation set up within the Faculty, which collects bibliographical material and supports research and didactic activity in the fields of the reappraisal and development of the classical approach and the critique of neoclassical theory.

According to the organization of University degrees recently introduced in Italy, a first level degree (3 years), with more basic contents, is followed by a second level degree (2 years), in which courses are offered of deeper and more specialist character.

First level courses

Macroeconomics: the broad frameworks of both Keynesian and orthodox macroeconomic theories, with hints.to the criticism which can be addressed to the latter with regard to investment as a function of the rate of interest.

• Microeconomics: basic elements of the Classical theory of distribution and relative prices, including Sraffa s system of price equations; basic elements of the neoclassical theory of distribution and relative prices, including a simplified representation of the general equilibrium system; standard partial equilibrium analysis; hints to the critique of the neoclassical treatment of capital .

• Political Economy, intermediate course: study of neoclassical general equilibrium; criticism of the neoclassical treatment of capital, including reswitching and reverse capital deepening; implications of the criticism for orthodox macroeconomic theory, as well as the reappraisal of the Keynesian principle of effective demand and its extension to the analysis of accumulation.

• History of Economic Thought: evolution of Classical political economy (Quesnay, Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Sraffa); the economic and political debate during the 20 years after the death of Ricardo (the Ricardian Socialists and the reactions to them), and the start of the abandonment of the classical approach; the transition period; the birth and affirmation of neoclassical theory; the breaks in the dominance of neoclassical theory (Keynes, Sraffa).

Second level courses

In the second level courses the subjects of the first level courses are deepened and extended on the theoretical as well applied grounds. The critical analysis of general equilibrium theory, in particular, includes here the modern versions of the theory, namely inter-temporal as well as temporary general equilibria.

For more information: https://www.uniroma3.it/en/about-us/departments-and-schools/departments/economics-009445/

Roosevelt University, US↑

Studying economics at Roosevelt University goes beyond the conventional economics taught at most universities in the United States. From the first year of study to the last, students at Roosevelt engage in heterodox and pluralistic conversations about economics. Whether the topic is theory, philosophy, history, policy, or practice, studying economics at Roosevelt University is an education in the practice of freedom. Students can study economics from Institutionalist, Post Keynesian, Feminist, Libertarian, Marxist, quantitative, literary, and rhetorical points of view. At the same time, Neoclassical theory and other mainstream points of view are required, mastered, and compared. Often the small yet distinctive faculty teaches courses in their fields of research expertise. Students have ample opportunity to work with faculty on research projects and in a number of unique research centers, such as the Mansfield Center for Social Justice, the Center for New Deal Studies, the St. Clair Drake Center for African American Studies, and the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs. Roosevelt University is a diverse, private, and non-sectarian institution located in the heart of downtown Chicago. Internships and meaningful work can be found within walking distance or with a brief commute by bus or train.

For more information: https://catalog.roosevelt.edu/undergraduate/humanities-education-social-sciences/economics-ba/

SUNY College at Cortland, US↑

Alternative perspectives are encouraged here. The faculty includes doctorates from respected heterodox graduate departments such as Notre Dame, Riverside, Utah, Wisconsin, and the New School. An introductory course in political economy is required of all majors (in addition to the usual micro and macro principles), and a concentration in international political economy is available. Also, students from other majors can take a minor in political economy. Heterodox courses include comparative political economy, comparative systems, Marxian economics, economic development, ecological approaches to environmental economics, political economy of women, and the political economy of race and class. Moreover, we have beautiful green mountains and nice long snowy winters for reading Joan Robinson or Volume III of Capital.

More information: https://www2.cortland.edu/departments/economics/

Sarah Lawrence College, US↑

The core of the Sarah Lawrence pedagogy is John Dewey's philosophy that innovative ideas can only spring from a multidisciplinary course of study, as it is difficult to separate real-world problems into isolated disciplinary components. With small class sizes (up to a maximum of 16 students), students meet one-on-one with faculty to work on guided research papers in addition to regular class work. These self-designed independent projects (which are not term papers as in traditional curricula) give them invaluable independent research and writing skills.

At Sarah Lawrence College, economics is not taught as a set of techniques for working in a static field but as an evolving discipline. In the liberal arts tradition, Sarah Lawrence students approach the study of economics by addressing issues in historical, political, social, and cultural contexts. They analyze and evaluate multiple schools of thought within both heterodox and neoclassical economics as they relate to actual situations. In recent years we have taught courses in the history of economic thought, globalization and development, growth and social policy, econometrics, monetary macroeconomics, behavioral economics, industrial organization, labor relations, inequality, and the environment.

Students who have focused on economics, to give some examples, have gone on to become union organizers, joined the Peace Corps, interned with United Nations agencies and NGOs, gone to law school, and entered graduate programs in public policy, economics, and international development, among other fields.

For more information: http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate/history-social-sciences/economics

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK↑

The Department of Economics at SOAS offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as well as a doctoral programme. All combine sound foundations in mainstream economics (theory and techniques) with thorough presentation of alternative perspectives, including classical political economy, Marxist economics, and Keynesian and Post-Keynesian approaches. The aim is to enable students actively to engage with contemporary mainstream economics while also equipping them with the tools and insights provided by alternative theoretical systems of thought in economics. Against this broad background, the particular expertise of SOAS arises from its long-standing preoccupation with the political economy of economic development. Thus, students at all degree levels have access to a unique pool of regional expertise and can take course options that cover diverse aspects of economic and social development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. At the undergraduate level, students can choose between a BSc in Economics, a BSc in Development Economics and joint degrees that combine Economics with, for example, the study of a foreign language or other social sciences, such as anthropology.

For more information: http://www.soas.ac.uk/economics/

Siena College, US↑

ECONOMIC THEORY AND PRACTICE

This concentration course provides introduction to economic analysis and theory and how they apply to current events. You'll use theoretical models, quantitative and qualitative tools, and critical thinking to develop a deep understanding of economic issues and policy solutions. This concentration is a great option for students  interested in pursuing careers in public administration, law, business and entrepreneurship, as well as graduate study in economics, law, management, marketing, finance, public policy, and public health. 

Courses offered include:

• Microeconomic analysis

• Macroeconomic analysis

• Political economy

• Money and Banking

• International Trade Theory

For further information visit the website: https://www.siena.edu/programs/economics-theory-and-practice/

Southern Oregon University, US↑

Southern Oregon University, located in beautiful Ashland, is part of the Oregon University System. The Economics Department is located in the School of Social Sciences and offers four options in the major (International Economics, Applied Economics and Public Policy, Economics and Finance, and General Economics). The faculty is a heterodox group, receiving PhDs from UC Berkeley, University of Utah, Stanford University, University of Oregon, and Carnegie-Mellon University, and participating in Post Keynesian, Feminist, and Latin American research and professional organizations. Majors in economics have a capstone course that gives them the opportunity to engage the history of economic thought at an advanced level, culminating in a better understanding of both neoclassical and heterodox approaches.

For more information: http://www.sou.edu/economics/

St. Thomas University, Canada↑

St. Thomas University, a small undergraduate liberal arts university in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, offers an honours program in political economy. In addition to intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative methods, students take required courses in political economy theory and Marxian economics, area courses given from a political economy perspective as well as courses in cognate disciplines. In the fourth year, students write an honours thesis. Details of the program are available in the online STU calendar under the Department of Economics.

For more information: https://www.stu.ca/economics/program-structure/

State University of Campinas Unicamp, Brazil↑

Our undergraduate course of Economics integrates an historical approach and solid training in empirical methods from a critical perspective in the study of economic theory. We emphasize the historical roots of economic ideas and their application to international contemporary economic policy debates, linking economic, political and social perspectives. The program strengths are in the areas of economic history, economic development, and international economics because it is deeply committed to analyze the specific nature of capitalist expansion in underdeveloped countries, particularly in Brazil, so as to discuss policy implications. In the core theory courses, students are provided a critical review of neoclassical theory and then introduced to heterodox approaches to macroeconomics, microeconomics and political economy. Our courses cover a wide range of school of thought: Keynesian and Post Keynesianism, the classical political economy of Smith, Ricardo, Marx, besides the contributions of neoclassical and Institutional economists. The program combines the possibility of taking courses in specialized fields, such as: Finance, Public Policy, Agricultural Economics, Urban and Regional Economics, Labor Economics, Business and Industrial Organization, Economics of Environmental Resources. Our goal is to help students to develop knowledge and skills in heterodox economic theory and in economic and social issues.

For more information: http://www.eco.unicamp.br

Stetson University, US↑

The study of economics provides a strong foundation for careers or graduate study in business, government, law, teaching, and research. Working closely with faculty in small classes, economics students at Stetson University explore the timely issues of today's global economy. Core courses build a strong foundation in both economic theory and analytical skills. Elective courses in areas such as international trade, environmental economics and development economics offer additional insights into cross cutting issues such as global warming, the opportunities and risks of globalization and the developing economies of the future.

The department also maintains a unique focus on social justice, poverty and inequality and cross-cultural examination of social systems, which allows us to make policy recommendations to help people locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. The expertise of the faculty has led to create significant service-learning and social-justice programs such as the Center for Holistic Microcredit and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance to Needy Families to empower local communities. Economics offers many tools that can be applied locally, regionally and globally to the challenges of the modern world.

For more information: http://www.stetson.edu/artsci/economics/

Texas Christian University, US↑

The faculty of the Economics Department at TCU takes very seriously the teacher-scholar model and the ideals of a liberal arts education. We view teaching as our most important job and encourage our students to explore alternative points of view and to develop the tools necessary for independent analysis of economic arguments. While our course descriptions sound very standard, we have built a faculty wherein neoclassicists are in the minority. Hence, one might take an economic history course with a New Institutionalist, intermediate micro with an Austrian, development theory with a Post Keynesian, intermediate macro with a Marxist, and international monetary economics with an Old Institutionalist (it is very likely that we will soon develop a course with a feminist bent, as well). We offer three degrees: a BA, a BS, and a BS in International Economics (the last is new and has become very popular). Students pursuing either BS have a capstone course. Economics also has a dedicated computer lab. We are a very collegial group and are known for being very student friendly.

For more information: http://www.econ.tcu.edu

Universidas Autonoma Metropolitana, Campus Xochimilco, Mexico↑

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Campus Xochimilco, in Mexico City has three campuses and in all of them the programs in economics can be considered heterodox because they include some courses on classical economics and Marxism. But the program at the Xochimilco campus is a lot more open. To begin with, the program is built around problems not theoretical fields like macro. For example, the first course on macroeconomics deals with Keynes s views about crisis and the need of public intervention. The theory of prices comprises two subjects, one from a neoclassical view and another from a classical-Marxian view. Macroeconomics is studied in two subjects, one is strictly orthodox, the second Post Keynesian. International economics is taught with a strong emphasis on the problems of globalisation and underdevelopment. Our students are requested to produce a short research paper every term, in which they work on a particular issue which is relevant to the subject they are studying. Generally this makes them a lot more sensitive to complex social realities.

For more information: http://dcsh.xoc.uam.mx/licenciaturas/economia/mision-y-objetivos/

University of Athens, Greece↑

The Department of Economics at the University of Athens has a long tradition of teaching economics as a social science. Indeed, first year students still take two semester courses in Political Economy, in addition to the traditional Economic Analysis Ec101-type courses. Another interesting departure from mainstream formats is that students are obliged to take courses in Economic and Social History (taught by historians) and Mathematics (taught by mathematicians, rather than by economists). Please note that most courses are taught in Greek but that there are a number of courses in English which are aimed at Erasmus students.

For more information: http://www.econ.uoa.gr

University of Bradford, UK↑

This undergraduate degree covers single honors courses in economics, financial economics and business economics, but also joint programs with international relations, development studies and history. Although its staff constitute something of a board church, it has consistently sought to encompass critical heterodox viewpoints within its provision in the areas of institutionalism, Post-Keynesian macroeconomics, history of economic thought and radical economics. Additionally, the invited speaker seminars are frequently of a critical and/or inter-disciplinary nature.

For more information: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/ug/economics-bsc/?att=ft

University of Bremen, Germany↑

The Economics program at Faculty 7 of the University of Bremen offers students a comprehensive micro- and macroeconomic perspective on innovation-driven economic change and its socio-economic implications. Its focus includes, for example, modern growth models with resource limitations, ongoing structural change and the functioning of (regional and national) innovation systems, the diffusion of ("green") technologies, human behavior in (adaptive) organizations, the effects of digitization on the labor market and the overall economy (e.g., through the introduction of AI systems), sustainability issues such as learning "green" preferences, the use of collective resources, taxing specific consumption behaviors, and (financial) political actions at various levels in a complex, evolving world.

While covering the contents of the established economic curriculum, we extend this canon by incorporating psychological, behavioral, or social science content where appropriate to open new interdisciplinary perspectives on economic phenomena. Students are also familiarized with modern econometric and experimental methods as well as modeling techniques that are applied to the aforementioned questions.

First Half:

• Basic courses in business and economics

Second Half:

• Specialization and method training

• General Studies courses for career orientation and qualification

• Concludes with a Bachelor thesis

Profiling from Fourth Semester:

• Focus on "Evolution of Economics, Human Behavior, and Economic Policy"

• Broad perspective on innovation-driven economic change, human behavior, and policy in a complex, evolving world

• Includes cutting-edge insights and methods from heterodox economic areas and other disciplines

Specialization Tracks:

• Courses in the fourth semester provide a broad view of various economic issues

• Specialization in the fifth and sixth semesters in two areas (Tracks), with the option to combine them

• Each track includes a project module

• Free choice area allows for additional subjects from BWL or WiWi or General Studies courses to deepen soft skills

For further information visit the website: https://www.uni bremen.de/wiwi/studium/bachelor/wirtschaftswissenschaft/studienstruktur

University of Campinas↑

The Economics undergraduate course at Unicamp proposes a broad qualification, by providing both a solid theoretical framework to understand the economic reality and the practical instruments for the professional’s activity in the Economics area. The Economics course maintains a constant dialogue with other social sciences and, at the same time, highlights the historical aspects of the capitalist development in Brazil. The qualification provided by IE-Unicamp is not only broad but also promotes critical thinking, preparing a professional who is aware of the economic and social challenges in the 21st Century.

Throughout the undergraduate course, the students attend a number of disciplines and activities to qualify them to be economists with broad qualifications, with a comprehensive range of professional activities possibilities, in both the private and public sector. There are plenty of examples of prominent public figures in our society who graduated from Unicamp’s Institute of Economics.

FInd further informations here: https://www.eco.unicamp.br/undergraduate-studies

University of Denver, US↑

Our undergraduate economics program covers heterodox as well orthodox economics. Our curriculum encourages students not to take in received knowledge as the truth but to examine and question it. We emphasize presenting alternative approaches to economic analysis and the historical and present day relevance of the material. The program begins with an alternative introduction to economics course that emphasizes history of economic arrangements and ideas throughout the history by reading the primary sources. In addition, we emphasize essay writing in this course. These goals are pursued at the upper level courses that cover both the claims and deficiencies of received theory. Some of the courses our program offers are neoclassical economics, origins of modern economics, economic history, history of economic thought, public finance, international and development economics, environmental economics, urban and regional economics, money and financial economics, industrial organization, and health economics. The program provides skills and credentials necessary to work as an economist and preps students who want to go to a graduate program, and is especially suitable for those wanting to find out more about economics and to explore alternative approaches to economics.

For more information: http://www.du.edu/econ/

University of Greenwich, UK↑

Economics at Greenwich aims to provide you with the intellectual abilities and analytical tools to understand, analyse and act upon the most challenging issues of our time. We believe economics must help to build and more equitably share prosperity, create meaningful employment, and ensure the transition to a carbon-neutral future. We have responded to calls from students and industry alike to change the way we do economics: we are a national leader in applied real-world economics that learns from history and embraces diversity.

Our BSc Economics degree gives you the option to specialize in finance after your first year, or you can continue in the standard degree program. In your time with us you will gain the knowledge and skills essential for either graduate employment or post-graduate study. Our graduates have pursued successful careers in industry, finance, the civil service, NGOs, research and education.

For full details please take a look here: https://www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduate-courses/business-school/economics-bsc-hons

University of Leeds, UK↑

This interdisciplinary degree explores the institutions, principles and theories of economics, along with the institutions and practices of modern political systems. It’ll give you expertise in data analysis, research and critical thinking, as well as the economic factors that influence income, wealth and wellbeing.

You’ll gain a foundation in political theory, international relations and systems of government while also learning the fundamentals of micro and macroeconomics. You’ll explore how economics and politics are connected and the ways they shape our society. Optional modules let you take your degree in the direction that most interests you.

Within this course, Politics subjects are taught by our world-ranked School of Politics and International Studies. Economics subjects are taught by the triple-accredited Leeds University Business School.

For further information visit the website: https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/1000/economics-and-politics-ba#:~:text=This

University of Manitoba, Canada↑

The Department of Economics offers a 3-year B.A. degree, a 4-year B.A. (Advanced) degree, and a 4-year B.A. (Honours) degree in Economics. The broad, pluralistic composition of the Economics faculty at Manitoba enables the department to offer a range of undergraduate courses through which students are exposed to both mainstream and alternative approaches to economics. These include institutionalist, Post-Keynesian, and Marxist approaches, as well as the neoclassical mainstream. Selected courses in economic history are available at the second and third year level, but attention is given to the institutional and historical framework in the intermediate theory courses as well as in many other, more specialized courses. All honours students are required to have at least one course in alternative macroeconomic theory, and they are also required to complete a full course in the history of economic thought.

The stimulating intellectual environment at Manitoba is further enhanced through the activities of the University of Manitoba Undergraduate Economics Society. This student organization provides a range of activities for its members and the larger university community, including a speaker series, a reading room, tutoring services and its own highly acclaimed magazine, The Invisible Hand. Students can also benefit from the department s close association with the Labour and Workplace Studies Program and with the Global Political Economy Program, both of which are established interdisciplinary programs at the University of Manitoba. For Honours students, there is a monthly Honours Salon, in which students hold informal discussions on selected topics in a relaxed environment. The department also sponsors an annual two-day retreat on Lake Manitoba at which Honours students present and discuss their own papers and research.

For more information: https://umanitoba.ca/explore/programs-of-study/economics-ba

University of Massachusetts Amherst, US↑

The department regularly offers courses in Marxist and non-Marxist political economy, taught by leading scholars in each of their respective areas. Faculty include those of Marxist (orthodox and post-modernist), feminist, Post-Keynesian, and Institutionalist persuasions, all of whom are actively engaged in research and teaching. Department holds seminar in political economy weekly, which attracts leading international and domestic heterodox scholars. Both undergraduates and graduate students receive a broad range of viewpoints on questions of political economy, and learn rigorously neoclassical mainstream economics to complete their study of political economy as a collection of endlessly contesting theories struggling for hegemony.

For more information: https://www.umass.edu/economics/academics/undergraduate

University of Massachusetts Boston, US↑

The Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston offers students a heterodox approach to economic issues. In our core introductory and theory courses, we provide students with a grounding in neoclassical and Keynesian analysis, as well as providing a critical perspective on these approaches. We require our majors to take at least two courses that develop an alternative approacch to economics; we offer many courses that meet this requirement, including an Introduction to Marxist Economic Analysis. We have attempted to build a department with a focus on urban social problems, and many of our courses and the research of many of our faculty focus on issues of income distribution and poverty, racial discrimination, the economic position of women, problems of social welfare, and inequality in the world economy.

For more information: https://www.umb.edu/academics/program-finder/economics-ba/

University of Michigan, US↑

From the early 1970s until the early 1990s the Economics Department at the University of Michigan was one of the few nationally prominent departments offering the opportunity to pursue radical economics: it had a graduate program field called Political Economy and a regularly-offered undergraduate course in Marxist Economics, as well as versions of several more standard courses incorporating left-heterodox perspectives. Although the graduate field no longer exists and the Marxist Economics course has not been taught for some time, it remains true that undergraduates can include within an economics major courses in development economics, economic history, the history of economic thought, economic policy, and philosophy & economics that present distinctly critical heterodox viewpoints. Outside of the Economics Department undergraduates can find a considerable range of courses more or less complementary to radical economics most especially in the Residential College, but also in the Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology, and History Departments and in the Women s Studies, American Culture and Afroamerican & African Studies Programs. Michigan retains as well a vibrant undergraduate left-political milieu, with a particularly strong focus on labor issues.

For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/econ/undergraduates.html

University of Minnesota Morris, US↑

The Economics discipline at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) is a rigorous program with a deliberate heterodox emphasis and a liberal arts orientation. The theory courses are taught critically and in historical context, and there is an ample opportunity for students to engage in an inter-disciplinary conversation in our field courses.In addition to regular courses, The Economics curriculum also offers Political Economy since the 2000-2001 academic year. Finally, UMM offers an undergraduate Management Program that is critically influenced by the Economics curriculum and its heterodox orientation.

For more information: https://morris.umn.edu/academics/economics

University of Missouri Kansas City, US↑

The economics department at UMKC is one of the pre-eminent heterodox departments in the United States. In our economics major students get introduced to heterodox economic ideas in the introductory and intermediate theory courses and are required to take a course in the history of economic thought and a course in Institutionalist theory. Students emerge from these courses knowing as much heterodox economics as they do mainstream economics, if not more. Other courses with heterodox content are offered on gender, race, the environment, radical economics, monetary theory, and American economic history. Our ethos is to provide students with the capability to engage and understand both neoclassical and the range of heterodox theories and then let them make their own choices. The department brings in outside speakers, frequently has international visitors from Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and elsewhere, and sponsors various heterodox conferences.

For more information: https://catalog.umkc.edu/colleges-schools/humanities-social-sciences/academic-departments-programs/economics/bachelor-of-arts-economics/

University of Quilmes, Argentinia↑

The Bachelor's degree in Economic Development is offered by the National University of Quilmes (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The bachelor’s degree in development economics offers an undergraduate education in the field of heterodox economics, focusing on theoretical aspects while integrating them with methodological issues, management training, and empirical analysis of the national, regional, and international reality. To this end, the program encompasses a broad and rigorous treatment of the foundations and tools of microeconomics, macroeconomics, local and international economics, as well as a discussion of different development approaches and contributions from various schools of thought, along with a review of prominent international experiences. It features a novel and essential core for a comprehensive approach to structural problems, such as the economic analysis of production chains, infrastructure, energy, and public services. For more information, you can visit the following link:

https://deya.unq.edu.ar/economiadeldesarrollo/

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, US↑

The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) is the state s public liberal arts college, and enjoys a century-old tradition of interdisciplinary teaching. The economics program introduces students to heterodox ideas within both introductory and upper-level courses (including such diverse offerings as Labor, Regional, US Economic History, and the Economics of Race, Class and Gender). Majors are also required to complete coursework from other Social Sciences such as History, Political Science, Indian Studies, Mathematics, Psychology and Sociology, thus further exposing students to a wide range of perspectives about human behavior, social organization and public policy issues. USAO s general education program provides economics majors with a truly unique opportunity to study perspectives outside the traditional economics discipline. The 51-hour Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) Core consists of a common curriculum that explores human nature and behavior, analyzes the natural world and national communities, and culminates with an examination of world cultures and philosophies. A majority of IDS courses are team-taught by faculty from across academic disciplines and traditions, and serve to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge and the need to approach social problems in a holistic manner. As part of the interdisciplinary program at USAO, faculty members also teach several classes in the IDS Core, including courses on human behavior, American Civilization, and political and economic theories.

For more information: https://usao.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/economics.html

University of Southern Maine, US↑

The Department of Economics at University of Southern Maine is a heterodox friendly program offering both a BA and a BS in economics. The Department (with five and one-half faculty members) is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences where we offer a variety of options for students working to complete general education courses. At the one-hundred level, for example, we have a variety of innovative course offerings that includes several with the provocative title Critical Thinking About, the Economics of Race and Gender, the Economics of Health Care, Economic Democracy or Economics and Business. Also at the one hundred level we teach A Novel Approach to Economics. A three hundred level course in Political Economy is required for both the BA and the BS. Faculty are encouraged to develop upper level courses that challenge students to bring neoclassical and heterodox economic approaches into conversation thus we presume that students will learn and understand both the received doctrines of the discipline, the major critiques of the orthodoxy, and the positive contributions of alternative approaches.

For more information: https://usm.maine.edu/economics/about-us/

University of Sydney, Australia↑

The University of Sydney is the principal centre for the study of alternatives to orthodox economics in Australia. Sydney itself is a great city, and the University of Sydney is located close to the city centre, convenient for cultural, entertainment and sporting facilities.It is at this University that struggles against the dominance of conventional economics were led by progressive staff and students from the 1970s onwards, leading to the establishment of a full program of Political Economy courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Students can study Marxist, institutional, feminist, environmental and post-Keynesian economics and see how a blend of these approaches helps to understand how the modern capitalist economy works. The Department of Political Economy is in the School of social and Political Sciences, which encourages students to combine political economy with other subjects like government and international relations; sociology; anthropology; psychology; history; geography; languages or other areas, according to personal interests. Students can take a Bachelor s degree in Arts; Economics and Social Sciences; or International and Global Studies. These degrees are normally taken over 3 years, with the option of a further year to complete the honours program. The first year of study in political economy includes an introduction to Classical, Marxian, Neoclassical and Keynesian political economic ideas. The introductory undergraduate textbook, written by one of the academic staff, sums up this approach in its title: Political Economy: the Contest of Economic Ideas. Building on this foundation, subsequent electives can be taken on topics such as economy and society; international economy and finance; economic policy in global context; political economy of development; political economy of human rights; political economy of the environment; and economic and the social foundations of modern capitalism. The teaching of political economy encourages all students to develop a critical engagement with economic issues, recognizing the diversity of analytical approaches and how these relate to different social values. Graduates from the program go on to a wide range of careers – in journalism, public service, teaching,working in NGOs and with international agencies, for example. The Journal of Australian Political Economy contains articles useful to students: www.jape.org

For more information: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/political_economy/

University of Tulsa, US↑

The Economics Department at the University of Tulsa has a small, but diverse, faculty committed to fostering a learning environment supportive of both heterodox and orthodox economic thought. Our undergraduate economics program offers a variety of courses which integrate heterodox economic perspectives into the curriculum including Comparative Heterodox Theories, History of Economic Theory, Comparative Theories of Growth and Distribution, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Resources and Environment, and Game Theory and Experimental Economics. The topics covered in these courses include Post-Keynesian, Austrian, Marxian, Sraffian, Institutional, Feminist, and Ecological Economics.

For more information: https://utulsa.edu/departments/economics/

University of Utah, US↑

The Economics Department at University of Utah is one of the few research universities that has a heterodox PhD program in economics in the US. The heterodox research interests of its faculty are also reflected in its undergraduate program, which provides a broad and pluralistic education. In addition to teaching rigorously standard economics and quantitative tools of analysis, the standard courses are covered critically and diverse points of view are presented. Students can also take classes in Post Keynesian, Feminist, environmental and Marxist economics. In addition, students also have the option to take a number of classes that include community work with various local non-profit organizations that focus on issues such as poverty and income distribution.

For more information: https://www.econ.utah.edu/undergraduate/index.php

University of Vermont, US↑

The Economics Department at the University of Vermont is a heterodox department. Our faculty of 12 has the distinction of being half female. We regularly teach courses that include Post-Keynesian, Feminist, and Institutionalist perspectives, and a majority of faculty is broadly knowledgeable across a variety of heterodox approaches. Our goal is to teach economics from a critical perspective, providing students with the capability to engage and understand both neoclassical and the range of heterodox approaches. Many of our courses have a policy focus, and our faculty has worked with national governments and international policy organizations, including the governments of South Africa and Nicaragua, the AFL-CIO, United Nations, World Bank. Faculty members have been active in such policy issues as living wage campaigns, labor standards, and welfare. The Department has an economic history seminar series that brings in outside speakers several times a year. Further, a number of our faculty are active in Women s Studies and ALANA (African, Latin and Native American) Studies, and through collaboration with these programs, we are able to bring in nationally and internationally renowned heterodox economists each year.

For more information: https://legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/cas/economics

University of Washington Tacoma, US↑

The University of Washington, Tacoma has a Liberal Arts School that is an interdisciplinary department consisting of about 40 faculty members. Within the department there is a small concentration in Political Economy offered by three faculty members. Courses are offered on utopian thought, Veblen, the esoteric economics of Rudolf Steiner, the economics of the Mafia, crime and drugs, 20th Century US-UK imperialism in Eurasia, Asian development, and US policy.

For more information: https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/sias/pppa/economics-and-policy-analysis

University of Wisconsin La Crosse, US↑

The Economics Department is fairly diverse in terms of faculty. We offer a regular course on Political Economy by a faculty member who has written a text on the subject, as well as a course on comparative economic systems, history of thought, and women in the US economy. The faculty members are quite active as a group and although the majority come from neoclassical backgrounds, they are open to discussion. In this spirit, we recently revamped the two principles courses completely, moving away from the standardized approaches.

For more information: https://catalog.uwlax.edu/undergraduate/economics/#courseinventorycontainer

Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France↑

Sorbonne Paris Nord University offers a Double Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Law, providing multidisciplinary education resulting in two diplomas: a Bachelor’s in Economics and Management, and a Bachelor’s in Law.

Structure and Content:

• Years 1-3: Core courses in both economics and law.

• Economics Focus: Includes mathematics for social sciences, microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, labor economics, and the history of economic thought.

• Additional Components: English courses, project-based learning, and legal methodology.

Skills and Career Prospects:

• Develops analytical, quantitative, and interdisciplinary skills.

• Career paths include economic analysis, legal consulting, public policy, banking, and insurance.

For more information: https://odf.univ-spn.fr/fr/offre-de-formation/licence-lmd-XA/licence-mention-economie-et-gestion-EL6ENT_116.html

Université du Québec en Outaouais, CAN↑

The Social Sciences Department at the Université du Québec en Outaouais offers four undergraduate programs in economics: a Bachelor of Arts degree, a major, a minor, and a certificate, which is a stand-alone one year program. While all programs have a very strong component in economic theory, the Bachelor of Arts further requires a mastery of advanced mathematical and statistical tools. Along with a microeconomics and macroeconomics sequences, courses include behavioural economics, political economy, ecological economics, gender analysis, and a combined course in economic history and history of economic thought. Throughout their studies, along with a critical appraisal of neoclassical theory, students get exposed to a variety of paradigms, such as Post-Keynesian, institutionalist, and Marxian political economy.

The Université du Québec en Outaouais is a French-language institution and the social sciences department is comprised of about twenty professors coming from a variety of disciplines. All of its programs, including the programs in economics, are thus multidisciplinary in nature, allowing for a broad study of social phenomena and a constant mingling of students pursuing different courses of study.

For more information: https://uqo.ca/mod/sciences-sociales/economie and here: https://etudier.uqo.ca/programmes/7623

Wheaton College, US↑

We teach courses in Political Economy, Sweatshops and Globalization, Women in the Economy,and the Economics of Race and Racism, a seminar on political economy and development, as well as a course in the History of Economic Thought.We off a minor in political economy as part of the economics major.

For more information: http://wheatoncollege.edu/acad/economics/

Wright State University, US↑

Wright State University’s undergraduate curriculum in economics incorporates a number of heterodox economics classes. Students are required to take Institutional Economics. Heterodox elective courses include: Economic Systems of the Global South; Socialist and Radical Economics; Political Economy of Women; Gender and Economic Policy in International Comparison; and Comparative Capitalist Institutions.

For further information please visit the website: https://business.wright.edu/economics/bachelor-of-science-in-business-economics-major-and-bachelor-of-arts-in-economics

School of Political Economy, (SPE)↑

The purpose of the school is to provide accessible quality teaching in political economy and economics. The courses are intellectually pluralist, covering all the major schools of thought in political economy and economics. The School of Political Economy (SPE) was established in 2019 to provide high-quality tertiary-level courses in economics education, and closely related disciplines at an affordable cost. The rationale for doing this was to increase the competitive pressure on universities to lift their game, to demonstrate to universities the strong demand that exists for a reformed economics curriculum, to build the capacity and confidence of university students to push for curricular reform, to assist academics to formulate and teach a reformed economics curriculum, to better inform working economists of what they may have missed out on during their own education, and to better identify the types knowledge, skills and attributes that are most relevant to consider when employing economists.     

The university economics curriculum has been regularly criticised for its lack of plurality and interdisciplinarity by students, business and society at large. Indeed, in no other academic discipline do students so regularly, and so widely, express deep dissatisfaction with the content of what they are taught (see the ISIPE open letter for example). There is ongoing work being done across the world in trying to remedy this situation (see the New Economics Education Network to get a sense of the range of this work). SPE plays a particular role inside this larger network.  

For further information please visit the website: https://schoolofpoliticaleconomy.net/about/