4 Nov 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm Online

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The politics of economics is a research network exploring how economics impacts the world. The seminar series brings different perspectives together to discuss tensions and contestations of economic knowledge in the context of policy, expertise and political movements.

 

In this session Emmanuel Didier (CNRS, EHESS) will discuss the question ‘Are Social studies of quantification useful to understand the Covid pandemics?’ at 2pm GMT.
In this rapidly changing context, how are economists’ positions as experts changing? Will the COVID-19 pandemic upend economic orthodoxy? How does the lockdown affect politics and existing inequalities within the economics profession? How are these changes affecting the way economics engages public debate? How are they affecting the practice of economic policy?

Due to the pandemic, we are moving our seminars online for the coming term, and changing the format of our research network. In a series of webinars, we will explore the ways in which the politics of economics is changing as well as how it is reshaping our world. In each episode scholars will have an informal discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. We will invite them to share their thoughts both on the basis of their expertise and from the perspective of their current location.
We will host one-hour webinars consisting of a conversation with one of our moderators followed by questions from our online audience.

This is not about presenting research results but rather sharing our latest thoughts and asking scholars whose expertise we trust to help us think through these strange times.

We hope you will join us!

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