ReSES – Rethinking the serviceability of economics to society – organises events and seminars on economics and its role in the society. We bring together researchers and practitioners, who share an interest in understanding economics and its influence. Our target is to create constructive discussion on how economics affects the world around us in beneficial and harmful ways. The project is funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and runs between 2023–2024.
LATEST upDATEs
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Don Ross: The Gambling Animal
What Drives Humanity’s Biggest Gambles? While many of us shy away from taking risks as individuals, collectively we seem to have no problem embracing huge gambles—even with the very existence of our species. How strange is that? Why do humans take risks that no other species would dare? How did our ancestors’ gambles—sometimes reckless, sometimes…
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Seminar on the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize
Seminar on the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize Can Institutions Explain Poverty and Prosperity? Date: 18.11.2024Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (EET, Helsinki time)Place: Tekla Hultin (F3003), Fabianinkatu 33 (University of Helsinki, Main Building, 3rd floor)Streaming: https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l69 The ReSES project is pleased to announce an upcoming seminar on the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Titled “Can Institutions…