Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics

Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão

Licenciatura Bolonha em Management

Licenciatura Bolonha em Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão

This curricular unit is designed to provide students with conceptual tools, critical perspectives, and analytical skills necessary to engage with ecological economics and the degrowth debate. By the end of this curricular unit, students will be able to: 1. Understand the foundations of ecological economics ▫ Explain the emergence of ecological economics as a response to ecological limits, social inequality, and the shortcomings of mainstream economics. ▫ Compare and contrast the ontological and epistemological assumptions of ecological economics with those of neoclassical economics. 2. Critically assess economic growth and its limits ▫ Evaluate the social, environmental, and economic implications of growth-oriented policies. ▫ Explore concepts such as planetary boundaries, carrying capacity, and thermodynamic limits, and their relevance to economic thought. 3. Examine alternative conceptions of wellbeing and value ▫ Investigate non-market and non-monetary dimensions of wellbeing, including community, care, sufficiency, and autonomy. ▫ Assess how different conceptions of value challenge mainstream cost-benefit approaches and expand the scope of economic analysis. ▫ Analyze degrowth as both a critique of growth dependency and a constructive vision for reorganizing economies and societies. 4. Critically reflect on policy and practice ▫ Analyze how ecological economics and degrowth perspectives can inform public policy in areas such as climate mitigation, social equity, work-time reduction, and redistribution. ▫ Engage with contemporary debates in ecological economics and degrowth through academic literature, public policy discussions, and activist perspectives. This curricular unit contributes directly or indirectly to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ▫ SDG 1 – No Poverty ▫ SDG 2 – Zero Hunger and Sustainable Agriculture ▫ SDG 3 – Good Health and Well‑being ▫ SDG 4 – Quality Education ▫ SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities ▫ SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities ▫ SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production ▫ SDG 13 – Climate Action ▫ SDG 14 – Life Below Water ▫ SDG 15 – Life on Land ▫ SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth is addressed critically.