Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics 2018: Organization Team

Students worldwide campaign for more pluralism in economics. The changes in economics education so far aren’t fundamental enough and are most often far too slow. This is why we organise our education by ourselves now. For example with this summer academy.

We are members of the Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik (Network for Pluralist Economics) and the International Student Initiative for Pluralism in Economics. The Netzwerk has local groups from many universities in Germany and ISIPE is active worldwide for diversity in theories and methods as well as interdisciplinary exchange and cooperation. Our summer academy proves that this is possible.

For the Summer Academy, we joined forces with the Protestant Academy of Thuringia. They have a picturesque and historic conference centre with a spacious park. As a vivid actor in civic education, the Evangelische Akademie Thüringen offers rooms for civil discourse about the conditions of a democratic, liberal and just society.

Let us know if you have any questions or want to get in touch with us. We are looking forward to your message.

Team

Leoni Fiekas

Leoni studies law at Göttingen University, Germany, and works at the General State Theory and Political Sciences Institute. She has been a participant of the 2017 Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics.

Jürg Inniger

As a Switzerland-based freelancer, Jürg is committed to pushing for strategies of economic justice by connecting innovative research, activists, and entrepreneurs – based on digital technologies. He has participated in the 2017 summer academy.

Katharina Keil

Katharina holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht, The Netherlands, und University College Freiburg, Germany. She is interested in the intersections between economics, international politics and law. She has been a participant of the 2017 Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics.

Hannah Kirchner

Hannah studies economics and philosophy at Halle University, Germany. She is a core member of the local Pluralist Economics chapter and participated in the 2017 summer academy.

Holger Lemme

Holger Lemme holds a degree in communication sciences. For the past five years, he has been in charge of the academic program of Protestant Academy of Thuringia in the field of labour and economics. He was part of the 2017 organizing committee.

Anton Möller

Anton Möller studies Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, UK. As an organizer of the first General Assembly of the International Student Initiative for Pluralism in Economics, he is engaged in different campaigns for Pluralist Economics, such as the “Reclaim Economics”-campaign initiated by the Club of Rome. He was part of the 2017 organizing committee.

Aurora Li

Aurora Li studies economics at Halle University, Germany, and was a founder of the local Pluralist Economics chapter. She is a participant of the 2017 summer academy.

Louisa Lönnies

Louisa studies economics and business management at Cologne University, Germany. She has participated in the 2017 Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics.

Lukas Theile

Lukas is enrolled in an Economics program at Cusanus University in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. He has participated in the 2017 Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics.

Simon Walch

Simon Walch, a graduate of Economics and South Asian Studies, is currently enrolled in an M.A. program in Global Political Economy at Kassel University. In 2012, he was involved in the preparation of the first Rethinking Economics Confe­rence and has ever since been pushing for new ideas and approaches in econo­mics. He was part of the 2017 organization committee.