UNCTAD Summer School 2020

From the Transformation of Economics to Economic Transformation: Pathways to a Better Future

The Young Scholars Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) are hosting a virtual Summer School from 15-23 August, 2020.

Over the course of a weeklong program, the school covers the following themes:

• International trade and competitiveness
• Monetary policy, inflation targeting and central bank independence
• Flobal economic restructuring
• Fiscal policy and structural reforms
• Future of work
• Economic discrimination and intersectionality
• Green new deal
• Rethinking the neoliberal order

How to Join

Sessions are held every day at 2-5pm CEST, from 15-23 August, 2020. To listen to any session, follow the corresponding link the program and choose to join anonymously.

• The full program can be found here.
• The full list of speakers can be found here.

Missed a session?

Recordings of past sessions are available via the same links in the program.

Speakers include:

• Richard Kozul-Wright (Moderator)
• Jayati Gosh (Keynote)
• Ha-Joon Chang
• Fiona Tregenna
• Nurlan Jahangirli (Moderator)
• Mary O'Sullivan
• Matias Vernengo
• Juliet Schor
• Juan Carlos Moreno Brid
• Diana Barrowclough (Moderator)
• Jan Kregel
• Orsola Costantini (Moderator)
• Nelson Barbosa
• Juefen Li (Moderator)
• Kevin Gallagher
• Justin Yifu Lin
• Arkebe Oqubay
• Naila Kabeer
• Surbhi Kesar (Moderator)
• Rhonda Sharpe
• Elissa Braunstein
• Ipek Ikkaracan
• Guy Standing
• Piergiuseppe Fortunato (Moderator)
• Deborah James
• Quinn Slobodian
• Grace Blakeley (Moderator)
• Gerry Epstein
• Rob Davies

Best,
The Organizing Team