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Markets
We analyse markets as social, political and economic phenomena
In order to understand markets, it's necessary to unpack their social and political foundations. We collaborate across the social science disciplines to analyse markets in each and all of their social and political spaces, interrogating the varying interactions between economic forces and human societies.
Our research goes beyond disciplinary boundaries to generate new knowledge and understandings of markets and market institutions. Engaging with social, political, economic, ecological, cultural, historical, technological, spatial, temporal and other dimensions of markets, our research scope extends from the household to industry sectors, nation-states, developing economies and the global economy.
Our research focuses on:
- The interrelatedness of markets (e.g. energy-finance-housing-labour)
- The transformation of public services (e.g. education, health), social practices (e.g. cleanliness, identities, ethics), and environmental conditions (e.g. biodiversity, carbon) into tradeable commodities
- The conceptualisation and governance of local, national and global markets
- The inequalities, injustices and unsustainability of market provisioning of essential goods and services
- Alternatives to the dualism of state-market provisioning.
Our people
- Dr Michael Beggs
- Associate Professor Craig Browne
- Dr Gareth Bryant
- Professor Lynne Chester
- Dr John Clegg
- Dr Ainsley Elbra
- Professor John Keane
- Dr Henry Maher
- Associate Professor John Mikler
- Professor Adam Morton
- Dr Claire Parfitt
- Professor Susan Park
- Dr Robbie Peters
- Dr Susan Schroeder
- Dr Suneha Seetahul
- Dr Aim Sinpeng