The Department of Economics part of new Oxford-inspired program
In the fall, the University of Gothenburg will launch a new bachelor's program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, inspired by the renowned PPE program at the University of Oxford.
"This is a classic combination of subjects that naturally go together", says Olof Johansson-Stenman, Professor of Economics at the School of Business, Economics, and Law in Gothenburg, who himself has a broad academic foundation.
The new bachelor's program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics offers students the opportunity to analyze society’s most central ideas and concepts from different perspectives and understand how they can be applied in practice. The Oxford model of PPE has educated many prominent decision-makers in politics and business.
– We want to bring together ambitious students with a strong commitment to society and give them access to the university’s leading research environments, says program coordinator Frans Svensson.
Olof Johansson-Stenman, Professor of Economics, has himself a broad academic background and believes it provides better conditions for analyzing complex societal issues from multiple perspectives.
– The subjects complement each other. Philosophy, particularly moral philosophy, systematically examines what is good and right—questions that form the basis for normative considerations about societal development and necessary reforms. Political science provides an understanding of societal institutions, how they influence societal development, and why different societies function in different ways, both geographically and historically. Economics, in turn, offers theories and analytical tools to understand economic relationships, analyze large datasets, and weigh different consequences against each other.
The program is available for application only through the Swedish national admission round.
The text is an edited AI translation of the original Swedish text.