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- Making Sense of Chaos – Doyne Farmer (25.2.2025, Exclusively in Person)Date: 25.02.2025Time: 17:00Place: Porthania PI, University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki ARGUMENTA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better WorldJ. Doyne Farmer The ReSES project… Read more: Making Sense of Chaos – Doyne Farmer (25.2.2025, Exclusively in Person)
- The Knowledge Gap in Economics | ReSES ID SeminarDoes the public truly have poor knowledge of the economy, and should economists do more to educate them about it? Is there really an ‘epistemological break’—a divide between what the… Read more: The Knowledge Gap in Economics | ReSES ID Seminar
- Don Ross: The Gambling AnimalWhat 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… Read more: Don Ross: The Gambling Animal
- Seminar on the 2024 Nobel Economics PrizeSeminar 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… Read more: Seminar on the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize
- Mariana Mazzucato: Industrial Strategy | ReSES AD LectureWe regret to inform you that Prof. Mazzucato’s lecture has been CANCELED as she is unwell. We wish her a speedy recovery & look forward to rescheduling her lecture. Thank… Read more: Mariana Mazzucato: Industrial Strategy | ReSES AD Lecture
- Doyne Farmer: Making Sense of Chaos | ReSES AD Lecture (Online)Date: 18.9.2024Time: 16:30 (EEST, Helsinki time)Place: OnlineZoom link ARGUMENTA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better WorldJ. Doyne Farmer The ReSES project is happy to… Read more: Doyne Farmer: Making Sense of Chaos | ReSES AD Lecture (Online)
- Taking Responsibility for Climate ChangeReSES – Rethinking the Serviceability of Economics to Society warmly invites you to an exciting event that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, focusing on the critical intersection of ethics, economics, and… Read more: Taking Responsibility for Climate Change
- Dani Rodrik: Industrial Policies │ ReSES AD LectureDate: 6.3.2024Time: 15:00 – 16:30 (Helsinki time)Place: OnlineZoom link ARGUMENTA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Industrial Policies: The Old and the NewDani Rodrik The ReSES project is happy to announce an upcoming online… Read more: Dani Rodrik: Industrial Policies │ ReSES AD Lecture
- 14.12. Uskali Mäki: Homo Economicus │ ReSES AD LectureIn our last Argumenta Distinguished Lecture, Uskali Mäki will give a talk on the celebrated and challenged social science persona, Homo Economicus. What is it reasonable to assume about human behaviour and motivation in economics and the rest of social science? What is it reasonable to assume about these things when designing institutions and doing policies? What kind of beings are we? What kind of beings do we want to be? Are these questions linked with one another?
- 29/11: Why Goldin Won: The Nobel Prize-Winning Research of Claudia GoldinThis year’s Nobel Laureate in the Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin, provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labour market participation through the centuries. In this seminar, we will discuss Goldin’s ideas and their contributions on economics.
- 2.11: Catherine Herfeld: Progress in Economics – ReSES ID seminarWe are happy to invite you to our next ReSES ID Seminar featuring a talk by Catherine Herfeld on “Progress in Economics”. In this talk, she will discuss a specific… Read more: 2.11: Catherine Herfeld: Progress in Economics – ReSES ID seminar
- Responsible Economics and Policymaking WorkshopA joint workshop of TINT/ESSK/ReSES and IRN (Justice and Interest)University of Helsinki, 26-27 October 2023 TINT – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science, in collaboration with the IRN project (“Justice… Read more: Responsible Economics and Policymaking Workshop