Conversations on the politics of economics: claims for knowledge

Description

Registration for this workshop is closed.

Convenors

• Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche (University of Cambridge)
• Raffaele Danna (Sant’ Anna Pisa)
• Christina Laskaridis (Open University)
• Alice Pearson (European University Institute)
• Jack Wright (University of Cambridge)

Overview of workshop

Conversations on the politics of economics will discuss the social and political impact of economists and economic knowledge. The workshop is the culmination of a research network – The Politics of Economics – that has, since 2017, brought together researchers from a range of disciplines, backgrounds, and locations, to discuss the dynamics of economic knowledge and expertise. Paying particular attention to the intertwining of economics’ normative and epistemic import, the network has explored: the contemporary and historical role of economists in policy, the politics within the profession, and the uses of quantification, socio-economic devices, and models in politics and public life. In this closing workshop, we will take stock of these debates and project their implications forward.

The workshop will centre on knowledge claims from both economists’ and non-economists that focus on Economics as an object of study. What is the status of economic knowledge within the neoliberal grand narratives? How can we best capture the successes and failures of quantification of social phenomena? Are economists responsible for their policy claims or are they instrumentalised by policymakers and politicians? What role should reflexive accounts on the politics of economics play? Panels will be composed of people who work in different fields, and the purpose will be to produce a collective conversation – a hybrid outcome which will subsume usual disciplinary production of knowledge.

Speakers include:

• Anna Alexandrova (University of Cambridge)
• Jana Bacevic (Durham University)
• Elizabeth Popp Berman (University of Michigan)
• Boris Samuel (CNRS)
• Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge)
• Daniela Gabor (University of West England)
• Cathrine Holst (University of Oslo)
• Lukas Linsi (University of Groningen)
• Eric Monnet (EHESS, Paris School of Economics)
• Avner Offer (University of Oxford)
• Poornima Paidipaty (King’s College London)
• Caterina Sganga (Sant’Anna Pisa)
• Ida  Sognnaes (CICERO – Center for international climate research)
• Jens van ‘t Klooster (University of Amsterdam)

Registration

 If you are interested in participating, please email Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche (cc2006@cam.ac.uk)  by Friday 2 September, indicating the reasons for your interest and whether you wish to attend in person or online.

Further information about The Politics of Economics research network

A list of past events organised since 2017 can be found on the CRASSH website. Recordings of previous seminars can be found here. Recordings of previous webinars can be found on CRASSH YouTube Channel.