DENNIS VENTER

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Citizenship: Australian

Education:

2024 - Master by research, thesis topic: Appropriate Modelling of Complexity in Economics, University of Sydney.

2023 Introduction to Political Economy and Economics, School of Political Economy, Melbourne.

2012 - 2014 Bachelor of Economics, University of Pretoria.

Professional experience:

2022 - Curriculum Reform Project Lead at Rethinking Economics Australia.

https://rethinkeconomics.org.au/research

2022 Editor at Exploring Economics.

https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/accounts/profile/f3c638ce-eff9-40ce-a8f1-17ea83456ea5/

Memberships:

2023 - Member of the Behaviour and Society Working Group at the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI)

Conferences & presentations:

2023. “Economic Theories and Frameworks.” Presented in the Rethinking Economics Australia panel during the New Economy Network Australia Conference, Canberra, Australia.

https://bit.ly/491h67i [Conference paper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5NDJ1242Sw&t=611s [Presentation recording]

2023. "Expanding the Dynamic Approach to Economics with Dennis Venter." Presented in a webinar hosted by the KN Raj Economics Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE8WsjFPxUw&t=780s [Webinar recording]

2018. “The Need for a Dynamic Approach to Economics.” Presented at the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE), Pula, Croatia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi7HPr4pRDU&t=212s [Presentation Rcording]

Research Reports:

2023, Venter, Dennis, "Economics Curriculum Survey Report",

https://rethinkeconomics.org.au/research/economics-curriculum-survey-report

Academic Artiles:

Venter, Dennis, 2024, "An Interconnected Economic Reality. Part 1: Rethinking the economics curriculum, Economic Reform Australia Review, vol. 16, no. 4.

https://era.org.au/an-interconnected-economic-reality-part-1

Venter, Dennis, 2024, "An Interconnected Economic Reality. Part 2: A framework for robust policy advice, Economic Reform Australia Review, vol. 16, no. 5 (To be published in Sept 2024)"

2021, Harris, Mathew, & Venter, Dennis. "Out of Our Minds: The New Boundaries of Rationality"

https://www.ieda.info/copy-of-article1652vd

2016, Venter, Dennis. "The Need for a Dynamic Approach to Economics",

https://www.ieda.info/article1652vd

Other Articles:

Venter, Dennis, 2024, "Why We Should Think Twice About Production Functions", Exploring Economics

(To be published in August 2024)

Venter, Dennis, 2023, "Think Complexity Economics is too Complicated?",

https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/discover/easy-explanation-of-complexity-econ

Venter, Dennis, 2023, "RE Australia Launch Curriculum Reform Project",

https://www.rethinkeconomics.org/2023/01/09/re-australia-launch-curriculum-reform-project

Venter, Dennis, 2022, "Three Things to Consider When Rethinking Economics",