Joel M. and Humboldt (must tell Shannon...) Joel and Transition Towns people Joel and Dr. Apichai
Robin and Ros: via complexity in economics
---there was someone I had in mind to put in touch with Manuel Branco but I just can’t remember who it is right now. His work is on economics and human rights (it may have been Heloisa Primavera I was thinking of with her work integrating society and economy holistically…?...)
Now for the exciting trip to Cambridge before the conference: I have learned a new phrase: “voila voi” -no, I’m not sure what it means, but the young Welsh lady sitting next to me assured me that it was good. She also did me the wonderful favour of telling me that Ace was campanion to Sylvester McCoy as the Dr., before pointing out my ADDness by laughingly observing my distractibility with the comment: “forget economics, there’s a pony other there!” It was a very good journey despite the 3 train changes and delays due to signalling problems.
She has restored my faith in the possibility of being both a dedicated teacher and a serious academic, as well as a genuinely nice person. I’ve also got to remember to pass on her greetings to Susan Johnson, who has also been most helpful with feedback on my work. It’s really nice to meet people who know people you work with.
Friday the conference started in earnest, and between panels and babysitting my poster (actually more like waylaying passers by to discuss my work), I was exhausted at the end of the evening. Not too tired though to sing some nice songs with the Mexican gentleman I was privileged to eat dinner with, however. I was very surprised that the researchers from Mexico D. F. didn’t know each other. Fortunately, Alicia and Gustavo both met me, and I made sure that they both met each other.
I must remember to thank Laurel shoebox_bird (or was it vvalkyri) for her creed: ‘make your friends friends’
Panels covered Green and Ecological Economics, ethics, policy, markets, sustainable development, how to measure vital things (energy, currency and pollution not being directly quantitatively comparable), consumption, banking, and most interestingly, forecasts up to 2050. If you want notes, please ask.
My favourite quote from a discussion is probably this one: “Do not sacrifice theoretical integrity just to be listened to.”
That was in a panel on education in economics and the history of economic thought.
Saturday night we all had a fantastic dinner! First Linda encouraged me to eat (or share!) my pudding, which was quite helpful. :-) A wonderful older gentleman giving a great speech, and on Saturday, our friend Hebe dubbing me the “Academic Matchmaker” because I keep connecting people who seem to be working on similar things. There are certainly worse nick names to have
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