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Global Assessment for a New Economics (GANE)

A global partnership involving science, policy and practice for a just future for people and the planet

GANE brings together many diverse experts, decision-makers and citizens across the world to synthesise new economics knowledge from science and practice, to drive policy, business and social action.

The world is faced with a series of multiple interacting global crises, from the climate emergency and biodiversity loss to severe inequality and geopolitical crises. This global ‘polycrisis’ poses major systemic risks to human and planetary wellbeing. It has laid bare the cracks in today’s social and economic systems, from the strong relationships that exist between the destruction of nature and infectious diseases like COVID-19, to the severe inequality in terms of suffering the consequences of different crises. 

GANE seeks to synthesise between many different transformative ‘new’ economic approaches, from feminist to ecological economics, from doughnut economics to degrowth, from post-Keynesian economics to Buen Vivir and Ubuntu. By identifying common principles and solutions, the transformative potential of these approaches can be strengthened, and common ground found for economic transformation.

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Global Assessment for a New Economics

gane@york.ac.uk

Project overview

Dr Jasper Kenter from the Department of Environment and Geography provides an overview of the project in this virtual YorkTalk.

The purpose of this project is to develop credible, rigorous, high-profile responses to the global polycrisis, broadly supported and advanced by transformative new economics communities. 

We will:

  • Rapidly bring together knowledge around new economics alternatives and develop a common vision through large-scale systematic reviews and deliberative assessments
  • Gather public opinion to inform action
  • Allying those seeking to advance new economics, by functioning as a network of networks.

How we'll work

GANE is undertaking scoping and systematic reviews of academic, policy and practice knowledge and positions in terms of new economics first principles, problem analysis, solutions and strategic change pathways in the context of recovering from the pandemic. Contingent on funding, this first stage will be followed by online deliberation across diverse thematic groups led by topic coordinators who will share information across themes. Geographic, cultural and institutional diversity form an important dimension to these deliberations.