Miriam Kennet
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Miriam Kennet is an economist
and founder of the Green Economics Institute
.. She is editor of the International Journal of Green Economics, the first peer-reviewed international journal which proposes and fosters discussion on all aspects of green economics
. In October 2011, Kennet was nominated as one of One World Action
's 100 Most Powerful Women.
. She is a member of Mansfield College
and the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University. She has researched into environmental economics at South Bank University, Oxford University
, and Keele University
. During her career, Kennet has worked to turn green economics from an idea into a robust academic discipline. She works to inspire governments and organisations to use green economics as a medium to find innovative new solutions to current world problems. Kennet regards green economics as "Progressive Economics, reclaiming economics for all people everywhere - women, nature, other species, the planet and its systems".
She has attended a multitude of important events and conferences as a guest speaker. Kennet gave a speech at the UK Parliament on Green IT and "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair". She teaches Sustainable Development to UK Government Departments as part of the National Government School. Kennet also attended the Copenhagen COP15 Conference on Climate Change
as part of an international delegation involved in developing a green economic analysis of climate change policies.
Kennet has been published in the Harvard School Economics Review, the "International Journal of Green Economics"
She is editor of Ashgate academic publishers series on green economics and sustainable growth and a series with Gower Management Publishers
. She Kennet is also a regular guest speaker on BBC Radio
, and has been featured of programmes including "Wake Up to Money
" programme. In 2011, BBC Oxford
broadcasted a radio programme on Kennet's life and work.
and environmental science
, and editing the "International Journal of Green Economics." As the co-founder, director and CEO of the Green Economics Institute
, she publishes several books, articles and magazines every year centered around green economics research. According to Kennet, a definition of green economics is:
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and founder of the Green Economics Institute
Green Economics Institute
The Green Economics Institute was founded in the United Kingdom in 2004 and has grown into one of the largest green research centers in the world. It is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation which operates in 47 different countries, leading a global movement for change through...
.. She is editor of the International Journal of Green Economics, the first peer-reviewed international journal which proposes and fosters discussion on all aspects of green economics
Green economy
A green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities - United Nations Environment Programme...
. In October 2011, Kennet was nominated as one of One World Action
One World Action
One World Action is a charity based in London whose aims are a world free from poverty and oppression, where strong democracies safeguard people's rights....
's 100 Most Powerful Women.
Overview
Kennet received an MAIB in Economics and International Business from South Bank University, and an MSC in Environmental Science and Economics from the University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. She is a member of Mansfield College
Mansfield College, Oxford
Mansfield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Of the colleges that accept both undergraduate and graduate students Mansfield College is one of the smallest, comprising approximately 210 undergraduates, 130 graduates, 35 visiting students and 50...
and the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University. She has researched into environmental economics at South Bank University, Oxford University
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and Keele University
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
. During her career, Kennet has worked to turn green economics from an idea into a robust academic discipline. She works to inspire governments and organisations to use green economics as a medium to find innovative new solutions to current world problems. Kennet regards green economics as "Progressive Economics, reclaiming economics for all people everywhere - women, nature, other species, the planet and its systems".
Activity
Kennet has taught at many universities around the world, spoken at several international conferences and published a multitude of academic papers. She has made speeches and workshops on Green Economics in several European countries, including Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, France, United Kingdom and Spain, and has taught, trained and lectured most recently at Oxford University, Bath University, Cambridge University, Birkbeck College, London University, Slubice University Poland, Frankfurt am Oder and European University Germany, among others.She has attended a multitude of important events and conferences as a guest speaker. Kennet gave a speech at the UK Parliament on Green IT and "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair". She teaches Sustainable Development to UK Government Departments as part of the National Government School. Kennet also attended the Copenhagen COP15 Conference on Climate Change
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 December and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
as part of an international delegation involved in developing a green economic analysis of climate change policies.
Kennet has been published in the Harvard School Economics Review, the "International Journal of Green Economics"
She is editor of Ashgate academic publishers series on green economics and sustainable growth and a series with Gower Management Publishers
Ashgate Publishing
Ashgate Publishing is an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom. It was established in 1967 and specializes in the social sciences, arts, humanities, and professional practice...
. She Kennet is also a regular guest speaker on BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
, and has been featured of programmes including "Wake Up to Money
Wake Up to Money
Wake Up to Money is an early morning weekday financial radio programme on BBC Radio Five Live. It is broadcast from 5.35am - 6am in the early morning.-History:...
" programme. In 2011, BBC Oxford
BBC Oxford
BBC Oxford is the name given to the sub-opt out region serving Oxford and the surrounding areas. Its services include:*BBC Oxford News, the local news service called BBC Oxford on screen...
broadcasted a radio programme on Kennet's life and work.
Green Economics
Miriam Kennet is an expert on green economics, after having obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in areas including economicsEconomics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and environmental science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
, and editing the "International Journal of Green Economics." As the co-founder, director and CEO of the Green Economics Institute
Green Economics Institute
The Green Economics Institute was founded in the United Kingdom in 2004 and has grown into one of the largest green research centers in the world. It is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation which operates in 47 different countries, leading a global movement for change through...
, she publishes several books, articles and magazines every year centered around green economics research. According to Kennet, a definition of green economics is:
- "Green Economics is the green movement's challenge to main stream orthodoxy in economics and it is gaining ground globally and in the corridors of power as the best alternative to solving climate change, the credit crunch, poverty and biodiversity losses. It is about providing reclaiming the practices and policies of economics, for all people everywhere, nature, other species, the planet and its systems. It is about provisioning for the needs, impacts, effects and responsibilities, for everyone and everything on the planet."
Publications
- Kennet M. (2011) The Greening of China, Proceedings of the symposium on the greening of China. Oxford. February 2011
- Kennet M., (2011) The Green Built Environment. Proceedings of the conference on the Green Built Environment. Oxford University
- Club January 2011.
- Kennet M., (2011) 4th Women's unequal pay and opportunity conference Proceedings. Reading. May 2011.
- Kennet M., (2010) The Green Economics Reader. (2010) The Green Economics Institute.
- Kennet M., (2010) The Green Economy, in Trecanni Il Libero Dell'Anno Rome: Italy
- Kennet M., (2011) The Green Economy in Textbook of sustainable development economics, for Latvia and the Baltics. Latvia.Dzineta et al. In Lativan.
- Kennet M., (2011) The Green Economics Dialogue in Climate Change and the Built Environment, Proverbs et al. (2011) Wileys Publisher.
- Kennet M., et al (2009) Women's unequal pay and poverty in International Journal of Green Economics. Inderscience vol 3 issue 2.
- Kennet M., et al (2009) Climate change economics at a crossroads for Copenhagen Kyoto Conference, in International Journal of Green Economics, Vol 3 issue 3/ 4 Inderscience Publishers.
- Kennet M and Black K., (2011) Debating Green Economics:A Reader (c) The Green Economics Institute
- Kennet M., and Mekonen (2011) Green Economics A beacon of hope for Africa. The Green Economics Institute
- Kennet and Mekonen and Gale (2011) Women and Green Economics: Gower Publishing
- M and Mekonen and Gale D;OLiveira Green Economics and Women...The Green Economics Institute
- Kennet M., (2009) Pluralism and Green Economics teaching and Pedagogy, edited Jack Reardon, Publisher Routledge. in Pluralist teaching in Economics.
- Kennet M., (2009) Greening the Academy in Nocella A., Publisher, Syracuse University USA.
- Kennet M., (2009) Europe's World Journal Website. Publisher, Friends of Europe. January 2009.
- Scot Cato M., and Kennet M. (1999) Green Economics, Beyond Supply and Demand to Meeting People's NeedsPublisher: Green Audit
- Scott Cato M., and Kennet M., (1999) Introduction: in Green Economics, Beyond Supply and Demand to Meeting People's Needs Green Audit. Publisher- Green Audit
- Kennet M.,(1999) Backlash strategies:Strategies Employed by Big Business to Meet the Environmental Challenge, In Scott Cato M., and Kennet M., Green Economics : Beyond Supply and Demand to meeting peoples needs. Green Audit. Aberystwyth.
- Kennet .M., (2004) Kennet M., (2004) How do current purchasing methods in large international companies affect stakeholders? Research to investigate the effect of purchasing trends and practices on people and planet. In Proceedings of "The 2004 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Conference."Edited Richard Welford. ERP Environment. Shipley.West Yorkshire.p.129 48th and 29th June 2004
- Kennet.M., (2003) "Stakeholder effects in procurement practise" in Leeds University ERP Environment Proceedings 2003.Edited Richard Welford.
- Kennet.M., (2005) "Parecon Review" in Sustainable Development edited by Delyse Springett. Publisher, Wileys Interscience
- Kennet.M. (2004) "Stakeholder Effects and supply issues" in Oxford Brookes University Annual Research Conference 2004
- Kennet.M., (2005) Effects and supply issues Oxford Brookes University Annual Research Confernence 2005
- Kennet M., Heinemann V.,(2006) Green Economics: setting the scene. Aims, context, and philosophical underpinning of the distinctive new solutions offered by Green Economics In International Journal of Green Economics, Volume 1 issue 1 /2 Inderscience Publishers. Pages 68–102 www.inderscience.com/ijge
- Kennet M., (2007) Editorial :Progress in Green Economics: ontology,concepts, and philosophy. Civilisation and the lost factor of reality in social and environmental justice. in International Journal of Green Economics Vol 1. issue 3 / 4.Publisher Inderscience Geneva
- Kennet M., and Heinemann V. (2006) Foreword to International Journal of Green Economics Volume 1 issue 1/2 with Volker Heinemann 2006.Inderscience
- Kennet M., (2006) Earth time and intergenerational equity and the importance of long termism in economics. Proceedings at Oxford University Mansfield College Conference on Long termism. Earth time and Intergenerational Equity 2006. Publisher Green Economics Institute
- Kennet M.,(2006) How do current purchasing and supply chain methods of large international companies affect stakeholders? In Proceedings of the Green Economics and Intergenerational Equity Holism and Long-Termism Conference. 8 April . Mansfield College Oxford University. Green Economics Institute Publishing.
- Kennet.M., (2006) Review of Stakeholder Theory Samantha Miles and Andrew Friedman 2006 Inderscience
- Kennet.M., (2006) Review of After the Ice by Steven Mithen 2006 Inderscience
- Kennet M., (2007) Social aspects of Green Economics. Association of Heterodox Economists. September 2007.
- Kennet M., (2007) Review of 50 Development economists, in Volume 1 issue 3/4 International Journal of Green Economics. Inderscience
- Kennet M. (2007) Budget comment for 2007, on The Ecologist website
- Kennet M., (2008) Socio - ecological transformation: Green Economics new perspectives for solutions to the most pressing problems of today in Social-ecological Transformation / Reconstruction as a Central Challenge for Alternative Economic Conceptions and Strategies of economic policies." Delheim J., (Eds). Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Publisher Dietz Verlag. Bonn, Germany (Forthcoming).
- Kennet. M., (2007) Green Economics. Harvard College Economics Review.Volume II, Issue 1.December 2007.
- Kennet.M., (2007) The Basic Income Scheme. Basic Income for all. Greenworld. (2007) Kennet.M.( 2008) Lower Growth increasing happiness. in Greenworld 59 p. 14. Winter Issue(2008)
- Kennet.M.,(2008)Viennese whirls. Miriam Kennet speaks in the Austrian Parliament about our economic vision. The popularity of Green Economics.Greenworld No. 59 p. 7(2008)
- Kennet M.,(2008) Increasing Parish Council Representation. Greenworld No.59 Winter Issue 2008
- Kennet.M.,(2008) Lower Growth Economics. Resurgence Magazine. Spring 2008
- Kennet M. (2008) Review of Transnational Corporations, by Grazia Ietto Gillies, IJGE Vol 2. issue 1 January 2008
- Kennet. M. and Seeberg M. L. (2008) Review of a History of anthropology. IJGE Vol 2 Issue 1 January 2008
- Kennet. M. (2007) Editorial. About The Green Economist. The Green Economist Vol 2 issue no.2 November 2007
- Kennet M., Report from the European Greens Council in Vienna.The Green Economist.. Vol 2 issue no 2. Novbember 2007
- Kennet. M. (2007) Editorial. Green International. Issue 110 Autumn 2007
- Kennet M., (2007) Editorial. Green International Issue 109 Spring 2007
- Kennet M., (2006) Editorial Green International Issue 108 Autumn 2006.Published GPEW
- Kennet M., (2008) Social aspects of Green Economics.Evidence of the need for an holistic approach. Proceedings of Social aspects of Green Economics Conference.The Green Economics Institute. February 9, 2008 Oxford University, Published by The Green Economics Institute
- Kennet M. and Bridger R. (2009) Forthcoming. Gower Management Handbook of Procurement and Supply Chains. Gower Publishing.
- Kennet M. and Bridger R. (2009) Forthcoming.Gower Management Handbook of Sustainable Growth and Green Globalisation. Gower Publishing.
- The Green Economist, Vol 1-6 2006- 2011 The Green Economics Institute
- The International Journal of Green Economics, Vol 1-5 2006- 2011: Inderscience
- Kennet M., (2008) 'Transnational Corporations' Review of Grazia Ietto Gilies, , International Journal of Green Economics, Vol 2 issue 1 2008
- Kennet M., and Seeberg M.L. ( 2008) 'A History of Anthropology', International Journal of Green Economics, Vol 2, Issue 2 2008
- Kennet M., (2008) 'Socio-ecological transformation- the learning from Green Economics', Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung, Dietz Germany ( 2008)
- Kennet M., (2009) Green Economics Pedagogy, in Heterodox Pedagogy,Edited by Reardon J., ( 2009) Routledge. UK.
- Kennet M., ( 2007) Proceedings of the Heterodox Economics Conference The formal and informal economy
External links
- www.greeneconomics.org.uk
- Profile of Miriam Kennet at IDEAS, the RePEcŘepečŘepeč is a village and municipality in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 267 ....
bibliographic database - International Journal of Green Economics