1st Annual Meeting of Political Economy The Economy as Substantive Reality

The 1st Annual Political Economy Meeting takes place between January 25th and 27th, in Lisbon, at ISCTE-IUL.

This meeting brings together sociologists, anthropologists, economists, political scientists and other social scientists who will debate and evaluate economic phenomena in a plural way.

The meeting is organized by the Portuguese Political Economy Association (APEP), which aims to study the economy from a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective, looking at the various social, political, legal, cultural, technological and ecological factors that influence its organization and functioning.

During the meeting, papers will be presented on (re)distribution, inequalities, the welfare state, economic growth, financialization, regional development, technological transformations and new currencies.

Among the guest speakers are João Ferreira do Amaral (ISEG and Chairman of the Meeting), Eve Chiapelo (EHESS, Paris), Ben Fine (SOAS, London), Helena Lopes (ISCTE-IUL) and José Luís Garcia (ICS/UL).

APEP was created in January 2017 by social scientists from various academic fields and is a non-profit, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary association that aims to promote teaching, research, dissemination and public debate on Political Economy in Portugal.

For more information go to the event page at: https://apeconomiapolitica.wixsite.com/inicio/encontro .