Expert-designed courses on new economic thinking
To transform our economies, we need to transform economics
Expert-designed courses on new economic thinking
Expert-designed courses on new economic thinking
Expert-designed courses on new economic thinking
Climate change, pandemics, microplastics, species extinctions, extreme inequality, mental health crises and AI risks are just some of the multiple overlapping crises we face. At the heart is an economic system built on a need for short-term returns and endless accumulation of wealth. This is in turn grounded in economic theories which ignore the living world on which we all depend, and allow the true costs of our economic activities to fall on the most vulnerable in society - and future generations.
Recent years have seen an explosion in new economic thinking and regenerative business practices. Concepts such as Wellbeing Economies, Doughnut Economics and Beyond Growth are now gaining traction, supported by scholarship from fields like Ecological Economics, Feminist Economics, Systems Thinking and Modern Monetary Theory. These offer pathways towards a world in which our economies work in service of life - not the other way around.
At the Regenerative Economy Lab, we believe the required speed of change is too rapid to be left to economists alone. We aim to educate and empower more people to take part in the transformation to a regenerative economy. Our tailored programs bring together like-minded people across diverse groups - public sector, the arts, media, business, science - to help them identify ways they can take action in their organisations, communities, networks and within society at large
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Katy is a Scottish economist, educator and storyteller based in Vienna, Austria. Her 22 years of experience span the private sector, local government, media and non-profits. She spent some 15 years consulting and writing for major corporations and media brands such as The Economist, Financial Times and Newsweek before an alarming lecture by a climate scientist provoked her to change path. After trying to convince her corporate clients of solutions such as net zero and circular economy, she realised it was our economic system that needs to change. She began researching, communicating and teaching about systems and new economic thinking, facilitating 100s of workshops for audiences ranging from teachers to local mayors to CEOs. In 2023 Katy co-created the acclaimed Tipping Point podcast series, the result of a four-year investigation into why the world ignored the 1972 MIT study The Limits to Growth, recently featured in the Peabody-nominated Scene on Radio series, Capitalism. She is also a board-level advisor, co-organiser of the Beyond Growth Austria Conference and founder of a local Doughnut Economics chapter.
Benoit is a sustainability facilitator and educator who has helped more than 1,000 individuals and business leaders learn about topics such as the climate crisis, climate adaptation, biodiversity loss, circular economy and planetary boundaries. Through interactive workshops and "serious" games, Benoit helps participants gain a systemic understanding and inspire them to take action.
Colleen Schneider is an ecological economist whose research focuses on the intersection of post-growth and Modern Monetary Theory. Colleen currently teaches on the Masters in Social and Ecological Economics and Policy of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) as well as the University of Torrens' Economics of Sustainability Masters.
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