DR. MADHAVI VENKATESAN
Advisory Member
USA
Advisory Member
Madhavi Venkatesan is an academic economist and environmental activist. She joined the faculty of the Department of Economics at Northeastern University in 2017. Previously, while a faculty member at Bridgewater State University, she published three economics textbooks under the series A Framework for Sustainable Practices: Economic Principles: A Primer, Foundations of Microeconomics, and Foundations for Macroeconomics. In 2018, Madhavi traveled to the Philippines as the Fulbright-SyCip Distinguished Lecturer, where her lectures focused on the Economics of Climate Change. In 2019 she published her fourth text, SDG8 – Sustainable Economic Growth and Decent Work for All, and her forthcoming text, Economics of Sustainability is scheduled to be published by Springer in late 2020. Her research and writing in sustainable development highlight the role of women, specifically addressing the relationship between value for work and market value, as an alternative to the standard discussion of unpaid work in society.
In 2016, Madhavi established Sustainable Practices, a 501(c)3 nonprofit with a mission “to facilitate a culture of sustainability as defined by reducing the human-made impact to the planet and its ecosystems” within Barnstable County, Massachusetts and is the organization’s executive director. She earned a PhD, MA, and BA in economics from Vanderbilt University, a master’s in sustainability and environmental management from Harvard University, and a master’s in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School. Madhavi has contributed to the literature on the relationship between culture, sustainability, and economics. Her academic interests include the relationship between economic systems and cultural convergence and the integration of sustainability into the economics curriculum.