Students of economics are taught a variety of economic models that explain issues of growth, competition or the behavior of economic agents. Within these models there is a mathematical logic that is as compelling as it is in some ways beautiful. However, we need simplifying assumptions to derive insights from a complex reality. In doing so, we often ignore framework conditions that are of central importance for questions of environmental economics.
In the context of the lecture series, we would like to ask what models and their assumptions look like that are more closely aligned with real-world constraints, in which environmental economic constraints increasingly become more restrictive. We want to put these constraints in the focus of economic models and ask what perspectives economics has to offer in its manifold approaches. To this end, we first want to explicitly offer our professors from Tübingen the opportunity to specifically address environmental economic issues. In doing so, we want to build on related content that has already been taught and make it accessible to a larger audience. In particular, we want to address students at the beginning of their studies and other interested parties. Subsequently, we want to present further scientific approaches, take interdisciplinary perspectives and provide practical insights.
The lecture series is thus intended to be a platform for the exchange of ideas and discussion on how to deal with ecological boundaries, which meets the demands of scientific work. In conclusion, the lecture series is intended to contribute to an impulse to make environmental economics topics an even stronger focus of teaching.
The lecture series will comprise a total of 10 lectures on various aspects of the economic challenges related to ecological limits and the transformation towards a sustainable economy.
Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung
26.06.2023: Prof. Dr. Manfred Stadler - Universität Tübingen
Können wir das 1,5-Grad-Ziel noch erreichen? Eine interdisziplinäre Perspektive
10.05.2023: Dr. Oliver Richters - Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
Das Ende des Kapitalismus
17.05.2023: Ulrike Herrmann - taz (Online)
Greenwashing im Finanzsektor
24.05.2023: Dr. Bernd Villhauer - Weltethos Institut Tübingen
Klimawandel und die öffentlichen Finanzen: Wie wird aus ihnen ein Instrument für die sozial-ökologische Marktwirtschaft?
14.06.2023: Holger Bär - Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft (Online)
Die deutsche Konjunktur im Frühsommer 2023
21.06.2023: Dr. Jupp Zenzen, Chefvolkswirt, DIHK (Online)
Auswirkung der Energiekrise auf Haushalte und Abschätzung der Wirkung der Gaspreisbremse
05.07.2023: Maurice Höfgen - Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Bundestag (Online)
The sessions will take place on Wednesdays at 6 pm s.t., Kupferbau, HS22 or online (zoom). Only sessions marked 'online' will be broadcast via zoom. zoom link You can also find the program at Ilias.
