4th annual conference
The fourth conference took place from February 19 to 21, 2020, at the University of Teacher Education in Vienna. Under the title “Economy and Society. Challenges for socioeconomics as well as socioeconomic and political education” participants addressed the interdependencies of economic and social systems. The conference was organized by the Association for socioeconomic education and research (AS*EER) in cooperation with the University College of Teacher Education Vienna.
Invitation Text
“Economy and Society” is the title of Max Weber’s work that has been published almost 100 years ago. Yet, many questions about the stress ratio between economy and democracy remain unanswered:
What meaning do the categories “Economy” and “Society” have in the age of economization? To what extent does the social order influence the economic order – and vice versa? How should the mutual dependencies between democratic and economic systems be evaluated? Are we on the way towards a market-compliant democracy or will the economic democracy take hold? With this regard, how should the role of economic sciences and especially of socioeconomics be evaluated? Which effects does economic thinking and acting have on political and social circumstances? To what extent does socioeconomic education become relevant in the context of political education – and the other way around? Where do the similarities and differences lie in the challenges for a socioeconomic education and political education?
Which interdependences mark economic and social systems should be discussed and analyzed from a scientific and didactical perspective. This will be done in the context of the conference from the 19. until 21. February 2020 at the University College of Teacher Education Vienna. The conference acts on the assumption that the field of economy can be embedded in its social contexts, especially by inputs from the related disciplines of economics and business administration, economic pedagogy, political science, philosophy, sociology, geography and ethics.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
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Friday, February 21, 2020
Host:
Speaker:
Bryony Hoskins
Colin Crouch
Wayne Ross