Economics for the Anthropocene
, or E4A, is a diverse partnership of 25 academic, government, and NGO partners designed to improve how the social sciences
and humanities connect to scientific realities about the human-Earth relationship. E4A‘s overarching goal is to articulate, teach and
apply a new understanding of human-Earth relationships grounded in and informed by the insights of contemporary science.
The E4A partnership aims to create a vibrant international research network, partner with Master and PhD students to train future
leaders for the Anthropocene, reconcile disciplines to apply ecological economics, and engage on-the-ground actors to help solve
transnational problems such as challenges of water quality and use, energy development, and climate justice.
The E4A partnership will draw on the strengths of McGill University, the University of Vermont and York University in ecological
economics, creating a concentration of research and teaching expertise until now unavailable in North America. The partnership will
train up to 60 graduate students in three cohorts over six years. Each student’s training will establish enduring links with
on-the-ground partners through joint research, internships, and knowledge mobilization projects.
Cohorts will take core courses together through innovative web-enabled classrooms that already link our academic partners. Joint field
courses will involve non-academic partners in providing hands-on experience in transdisciplinary problems and their interdependent
ecological, social, and economic dimensions.
