Alexandra Arntsen
Doctoral researcher
Alexandra is an experienced academic in the field of economics with many teaching credits to her name including Lecturer and Associate聽Lecturer roles at 探花直播 and Nottingham Trent University. Her research revolves around evaluating聽working time reduction as an environmental strategy, investigating the link between聽work-time preferences and environmental attitudes.
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental economics
- Ecological economics
- Feminist economics
- Work-Time reduction
Qualifications
- PhD, 探花直播 September 2015 鈥� exp. Feb. 2019 "Environmental and Societal Attitudes to Working Hours in Feminist Perspective"
- MSc Economics (Distinction), Nottingham Trent University, September 2014 鈥� August 2015
- BA聽Political Science and Economics, Lund University, Sweden January 2009 鈥� August 2014
Research
Evaluation Working Time Reduction as an Environmental Strategy
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Stern review (2006), and several independent researchers, such as Rockstr枚m et al. (2009), and Biggs et al. (2009), have demonstrated that human activities are having a deteriorating affect on the environment, causing significant climate change. Recent economic literatures have argued that an efficient tool in reducing the ecological footprint is reduction in working time (Pullinger, 2014; LaJeunesse, 2009; Coote et al., 2010). Conflict over the extensive utilisation of labour also has ramifications for work-life balance and the distribution of income (Philp and Wheatley, 2013; Philp et al., 2015). The aim of this project is to explore this intersection between work-time preferences and environmental attitudes, raising normative questions over distribution and the possibility of contradictory incentives between employers, employees and society in general. The conceptual basis will be pluralistic, drawing from heterodox approaches to economics, including feminist and ecological economics.
Postgraduate Supervision
Publications
Journal papers
鈥楨nvironmental and Societal Attitudes to Working Hours in Gendered Perspective鈥�. 2018. With Bruce Philp and Chiara Donegani.
鈥楨conomic Reductionism and Conceptions of Class鈥�. With Eleni Papagiannaki and Bruce Philp. Review of Political Economy Special Issue Book Chapters
鈥楥ombating Climate Change Through the Estate and Curriculum 鈥� A Whole-Institution Commitment at Nottingham Trent University鈥� with Lina Erlandsson, Petra Molthan-Hill and Amanda Smith
In Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Walter Leal Filho and Jo茫o Paulo Davim (eds). Higher Education Institutions in a Global Warming World
The Transition of Higher Education Institutions to a Low Carbon Economy. River Publishers (2017).
鈥榃ork Time and Environmental Impact in Global Perspective鈥� with Bruce Philp. In Paladini S. (eds.) Emerging Markets and Sustainable Economies.
2018 Selected Conference Contributions
Presented at Association for Heterodox Economics 20th Annual Conference 鈥淪ustainable Economy and Economics鈥� (2018).
The International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics Conference 鈥� 鈥業t's the end of the world and we know it: an intersectional analysis of worktime and environmental preferences鈥�, Philadelphia, USA (2018).
鈥楻ising to the Challenge of Collaborative Research鈥� Research Seminar; 探花直播 City Councils annual research event showcasing examples of local research and best practice (2017).
Book reviews
鈥淐apitalism and the Political Economy of Work Time鈥�. By Christoph Hermann. With Bruce Philp. International Review of Social History, 2018