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Overview of the REFA Festival 2022
The annual Rethinking Economics for Africa Festival is returning to its in-person format after two years of online hosting!
In 2022, the Festival will be held on Friday the 16th & Saturday the 17th of September at Wits University in Johannesburg.
The key goals of the Festival include facilitating conversations on how to rethink economic theory, policy and activism.
2022’s Festival is the fifth iteration and promises to transform progressive conversations into broader action points, by hosting a diverse range of local and international speakers including student activists, prominent academics and civil society organisations.
The Festival serves as a platform for critical engagement with the economics discipline and with the economy in general.
The format is a balance of panel discussions, debates, workshops and cultural experiences.
In addition, the festival will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and tools on how to build a movement for rethinking economics, in our universities and society more broadly. The in-person element allows for greater engagement and networking.
This year we're going to explore the following general themes
Inequality
Economic Alternatives
Power Relations
Africa in the Global Order
Climate Change Activism
You can find more details in the Stream descriptions and the programme
The event is hosted by the Institute for Economic Justice and is primarily sponsored by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa Office.
Generous contributions are also made by SARCHi Chair: Industrial Development; Wits University and Southern Centre for Inequality Studies.
Previous REFA Festivals
REFA Festival 2021
REFA Festival 2021
Last year's REFA Festival was our second online iteration and was held over three days. The theme was Economics and the COVID-19 Crisis. It was attended by students, academics, and members of civil society from across the globe!
REFA Festival 2020
REFA Festival 2020
The third REFA Festival was the first to be held online. The theme was Diversifying the Economics Curricula, and was spread over three days. The second and third days included workshop-style talks, with about 230 attendees.
REFA Festival 2019
REFA Festival 2019
The second REFA Festival was held in 2019. It was held over two days, with the first day featuring a conference-style day of lectures. The second day featured a Student Convening and Academics Convening. About 450 people attended the Festival.
REFA Festival 2018
REFA Festival 2018
The first REFA Festival was held in 2018. It was held over two days, with five streams, and included the launch of the Institute for Economic Justice.
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