Summer 2022 - Summer 2023
AERIP President Randall Akee will be on a leave of absence from UCLA and AERIP while he serves as Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors, in the Executive Office of the President. Miriam Jorgensen will return as Interim President as we await his return. Congratulations, Randy.
January 2022
Our annual AERIP Members Meeting will take place on February 4, 2022, at 4pm Eastern time. The agenda and zoom link for the meeting will be distributed via email.
October 2021
AERIP Board member, Larry Chavis, is the association's representative to serve on the advisory board of a NSF-funded, two-year project entitled “Collaborative Research: The Effects of Information, Mentoring and Time on Economic Faculty at MSIs.” This project will implement and evaluate an intervention, “Boosting Applications and Awards by MSIs (BAM)!,” that is designed to increase the pool of minority-serving institution (MSI) faculty applying for NSF research grants in economics. The intervention will provide selected faculty members at these institutions with a course release to develop a proposal for submission to NSF, as well as intensive mentoring by principal investigators who are well versed in the proposal preparation process.
October 2021
The Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples, in partnership with the Indigenous Economics Group launched the IESG (Indigenous Economics Study Group) - AERIP (Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples) Brownbag Seminar Series. The Seminar provides a forum for scholars to present and receive informal feedback on their current research in the fields of Indigenous economics and economics in Indigenous contexts. The intent is to strengthen the network of researchers and practitioners in the field, to support new researchers, and to foster the cross-cultural and cross-national exchange of ideas and experiences.January 2021
Our annual AERIP Members Meeting will take place on January 15, 2021, 5 pm Eastern time. The zoom link for the meeting was distributed via email. If you have not received the link and would like to participate, please email us.
Agenda
AERIP 2020 accomplishments
Logo
Newsletter
Blog
Solidarity with National Economic Association & statement about Indigenous economics
Board expansion
Introduction of full board
Progress report on ASSA/AEA affiliate status
Membership report
Bylaws report
Presentation by Leto Copeley, AEA Ombudsperson
Announcements about sessions at upcoming professional meetings
Q&A
October 2020
The Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples (AERIP) denounces all instances of racism, violence, hatred, and bigotry towards African American and Black peoples in the United States and around the globe.
Further, we acknowledge that our discipline and profession – economics – has struggled to embrace equity. Many of its systems, theories, and practices have failed to recognize and often been employed to perpetuate racism and other forms of discrimination, including against Indigenous Peoples.
In the face of such challenges, we laud the outstanding, inspirational and impactful contributions of Black economists and of the National Economics Association, whose efforts have led to an improved understanding of society and the economy. Their efforts also show that, despite the flawed ways it sometimes is practiced, economics remains a necessary and valuable discipline.
With an eye toward sustaining benefits while also making change, we personally challenge ourselves to make anti-colonial and anti-racist activities, research, and teaching an integral part of our own practice of economics. As individuals, we will:
increase our efforts to produce rigorous research focusing on the wellbeing of the Black and brown communities;
probe and question economic theories, empirical studies, and policy recommendations that fail to take account of race, culture, and colonialism by asking “what aspects of the work prevent it from being wrong, incomplete, parochial, misused, and perhaps unethical?”;
teach pluralistic views of economics not as electives or addenda but as core curricular material;
rebuff and, as needed, call out systemic factors and professional behaviors that create a discriminatory environment and thereby marginalize, demean, or discourage potential students, current students, and colleagues.
We also pledge AERIP to a path of positive action. As an organization we are:
asking our members to join us in committing to the personal actions bulleted above;
encouraging our members to join the National Economics Association and American Society of Hispanic Economists, and to support initiatives like the Sadie Collective;
initiating an AERIP blog that highlights alternative views in the field of economics and promotes the voices of Indigenous peoples.
In solidarity,
Miriam Jorgensen and Randall Akee
AERIP president and president-elect on behalf of the AERIP Board
July 2020
The Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples (AERIP) endorses the National Economic Association (NEA) statement denouncing the acts of violence against Black and Brown communities and the NEA’s solidarity with all of those protesting for a more just and equitable world. The NEA and its members have been leaders for 50 years in conducting research and teaching on the structural conditions which have led to U.S. racial inequality and oppression for Black and Brown communities. We appreciate their leadership and efforts in these areas and intend to contribute to this important work as an organization and as individuals.
Miriam Jorgensen on behalf of the board
President
Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples (AERIP)
The Statement issues by the National Economic Association can be accessed here.
November 25, 2019
The flyer for our AERIP Reception on January 4, 2020 is available here.
August 24, 2019 - Please save the date and time for the first AERIP Reception on January 4th, 2020 5:00-6:30 pm at the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) meetings in San Diego, CA. Location to be determined. We will send out more information on the location of the event as it approaches. We look forward to seeing many of you there in person.
February 1, 2019 - We would like to announce the establishment of the Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples (AERIP).If you are interested in joining the association, please send your name, email address, university or other affiliation to the following email address: IndigenousEcon@gmail.com. On twitter you can follow us at: @AERIPecon.
We are open to anyone who has an interest in economics research related to Indigenous peoples across the globe. There are currently no dues, that may be implemented in the future, however. In the next year we anticipate building up the membership and we will make announcements by email and twitter regarding conferences, events and existing funding opportunities. In the coming years, we anticipate organizing our own research events as well applying for membership with the Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) in the future.