Foundation of Ecological Economics

ICTA, UAB Module Leaders: Esteve Corbera

Lecturers: Jeroen van den Bergh, Esteve Corbera, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Joan Martinez-Alier, and Jesús Ramos-Martin

This course introduces students to the theories and methods of the interdisciplinary field of ecological economics. It includes separate modules on environmental economics and the economics of innovation and the commons; energetics and the study of societal metabolism; theories of the commons and institutional economics; valuation and payments for ecosystem services.