The attraction of socio-economists
Firstly, the field tended to attract different kinds of
socio-economists with a background in institutional,
evolutionary and Marxian economics, political economy,
economic sociology, economics of innovation
etc. Neoclassical economists interested in the environment
already had the chance to organize in AERE
(Association of Environmental and Resource Economists)
and EAERE. These organizations had frequent
conferences and related journals, and as mentioned,
only few neoclassical economists at the time were
really interested in transdisciplinary work. For socioeconomists
the situation was different, particularly in
Europe. In several socio-economic organizations
environmental issues surfaced in the beginning of
the 1990s, but they tended to disappear again or to be
given low priority.