Alexandra Arntsen

Alexandra Arntsen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, where she teaches Microeconomics and Environmental & Resource Economics. She holds an MSc and PhD in Economics and previously served as a Lecturer in Economics at Birmingham City University.

Education

• MSc in Economics
• PhD in Economics

Research Focus

Her primary research spans labour economics, ecological economics, and feminist economics, with current projects investigating the relationship between working hour preferences and environmental attitudes, alongside the role of collective bargaining in economic structures. These interdisciplinary studies integrate gender perspectives and sustainability frameworks to challenge traditional economic paradigms.

Professional Engagement

Dr. Arntsen actively shapes inclusive economic discourse through key leadership roles:

• Co-Coordinator of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE), promoting pluralist theoretical approaches
• Steering Committee member of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ)
• Main Committee member of the European Network for Fair Sharing of Working Time
• Member of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
• Member of the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)