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- 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
- California Dreamin’: Economists Become Expert Epistemologists for Platform Capitalism We warmly invite you to our October ReSES ID Seminar with a talk by Edward Nik-Khah. In this talk, Nik-Khah discusses platform capitalism and the production of economic knowledge by tech economists in platform firms. Béatrice Cherrier will give a commentary of the talk, and there is time also for open discussion.
- Geoffrey Hodgson 18.10.: Explaining the origins and development of capitalismIn this ReSES Argumenta Distinguished Lecture, Professor Hodgson will explore and compare the available explanations of the origins and development of capitalism. The lecture will provide a new perspective on the history of capitalism and simultaneously shed light on the ability of economics to explain the origins and development of capitali
- Hanna Ylöstalo: Feminism, economy, and political imagination | ReSES ID SeminarWe are happy to invite you to our next ReSES ID Seminar featuring a talk by Hanna Ylöstalo on “Feminism, economy, and political imagination”. In this talk, Ylöstalo will discuss… Read more: Hanna Ylöstalo: Feminism, economy, and political imagination | ReSES ID Seminar
- Tiedote – Mary S. Morgan: Talouden mittarit poliittisen toiminnan työkaluinaProfessori Mary S. Morgan pitää Helsingin yliopistossa avoimen luennon taloudellisesta mittaamisesta ja siitä, miten taloudelliset mittarit voivat tukea poliittista toimintaa.
- Mary S. Morgan (LSE) 25.8 / Talouden mittarit poliittisen toiminnan työkaluinaProfessori Mary S. Morgan London School of Economics:ista vierailee Helsingin yliopistossa perjantaina 25. elokuuta 2023, klo 14.00-16.00. Hänen esitelmänsä aiheena on taloudelliset käsitteet ja mittarit – kuten “köyhyys”, “kehitys” ja “kansantulo”. Morgan kertoo, millaisia nämä kattokäsitteet ovat ja miten niiden avulla voidaan pitää poliittiset päättäjät ja hallitus vastuullisina teoistaan.
- 25.8. Mary S. Morgan / Making Economic Concepts Fit for Public Action / Argumenta Distinguished LectureProfessor Mary S. Morgan from the London School of Economics will visit University of Helsinki on the 25th of August 2023, 14:00-16:00. She will talk about economic concepts and measurements such as ‘poverty’, ‘development’ and ‘national income’, and what needs to be done to make fit for public action.”
- Economics and its Discontents – Welcome to open university course in August!We are happy to tell that we are organising a summer course in August 2023 on the critical role economics plays in shaping our societies. Teachers of this interdisciplinary course will… Read more: Economics and its Discontents – Welcome to open university course in August!
- Ha-Joon Chang Helsingissä perjantaina 9.6 – Edible economicsHa-Joon Chang on yksi maailman johtavista taloustieteellisen pluralismin puolestapuhujista. Hän vierailee Helsingissä perjantaina 9. kesäkuuta 2023.
