Welcome to the International Society for Ecological Economics
The ISEE is a transdisciplinary partnership of scholars, professionals, and activists from a broad range of backgrounds. Through education, research, policy, and social action, we foster transformation towards an equitable and ecologically sustainable society with respect for the rights of people and nature, biological and cultural diversity. At the heart of this, we recognise that our economy is part of a finite biosphere and needs to respect its ecological limits. ISEE is not-for-profit and member-governed.
Ecological economics exists because a hundred years of disciplinary specialization in scientific inquiry has left us unable to understand or manage the interactions between the human and environmental components of our world. While none would dispute the insights that disciplinary specialization has brought, many now recognize that it has also turned out to be our Achilles heel. In an interconnected evolving world, reductionist science has pushed out the envelope of knowledge in many different directions, but it has left us bereft of ideas as to how to formulate and solve problems that stem from the interactions between humans and the natural world. How is human behavior connected to changes in hydrological, nutrient, or carbon cycles? What are the feedbacks between the social and natural systems, and how do these influence the services we get from ecosystems? Ecological economics as a field attempts to answer questions such as these.
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17th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics
Events
Pre-Congress Seminar of the Mesoamerican Society and Caribbean Ecological Economy (SMCEE)
The next session of the Pre-Congress Seminar of the Mesoamerican Society and Caribbean Ecological Economy …
Environmental Conflicts, Social Structures and Invasive Species Control
Environmental Conflicts, Social Structures, and Invasive Species Control Tuesday, June 13–Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Online …
News
Oxford Summer School in Ecological Economics 2023
ISEE in UN General Assembly during Day of the Earth
Workshop + Summer School Ecological Economics in Tuscany
Clive Spash: Personal Reflections on Herman Daly
Holberg Price Announced – Joan Martinez-Alier
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Journal
The ISEE Journal
Ecological Economics
The journal is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between “nature’s household” (ecosystems) and “humanity’s household” (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership.