The entire conference will be live-streamed and can be joined at any time without pre-registration via Zoom at:
https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/64124852412 Meeting ID: 641 2485 2412 (no passcode required)
Session 4 (panel discussion) (starting from 2.Jun 14:45) and the closing words of the conference will be live-streamed via:
https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l15
The conference is a part of a Horizon 2020 project Individual Behaviour and Economic Performance (IBEP) led by Tallinn University of Technology. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 952574.
The 2-day event aims to bring together economists from different schools of thought, philosophers of economics, and other social scientist studying economic growth and methodology of economics. The conference will provide an opportunity for attendees to bridge the gaps between different methodological approaches and develop a more integrated multidisciplinary perspective on economic growth and economic performance. Selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in a journal special issue.
The event is organised by Michiru Nagatsu, N. Emrah Aydinonat, and Milutin Stojanovic and hosted by the Centre for Philosophy of Social Science (TINT) and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki.
You can see the call for abstracts for the conference in the file: Cfp Economic growth and its enemies
The conference will take place at The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, located in the Metsätalo building, Unioninkatu 40, Helsinki (inaccessible entrance also via Fabianinkatu 39). (Google maps location).
The conference presentations will be held at Hall 1 (fin. Sali 1) on the ground floor. Coffee and refreshments will be served in the corridor.
See the full program in the file Conference Program _Growth & Its Enemies
Summary of the program
Day 1 (Jun 1st)
09-09:15 Arrival, coffee, mingling
09:15-9:30 Opening words: Michiru Nagatsu
9:30-11:30 Session 1: Alternatives to growth
11:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:30: Keynote 1: Tiina Heikkinen “On Degrowth and Agrowth: Mathematical Economics Approach”
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-16:45 Session 2: Political economy of growth
18:00 Conference dinner
Day 2 (Jun 2nd)
09:15-09:30 Arrival, coffee, mingling
09:30-11:30 Session 3: Economic performance in practice
11:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:30: Keynote 2: Jeroen van den Bergh “Agrowth, for Scientific and Political Reasons”
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-16:45 Session 4 (panel discussion): The 4-Day Workweek: A Win-Win Solution for the Economy and Society?
16:45-17:00 Closing words
17:00 End of the conference
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