University of Helsinki
Responsible Economics and Policymaking
University of Helsinki, 26-27 October 2023
A joint workshop of TINT/ESSK/ReSES and IRN (Justice and Interest)
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 26 October
| 09:30 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Opening
Uskali Mäki (TINT/ESSK, University of Helsinki) Gilles Campagnolo (IRN “Justice and Interest”, Sorbonne/CNRS) |
| 10:15 – 12:15
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Responsible Modelling in Economics Caterina Marchionni (TINT, University of Helsinki) & Säde Hormio (TINT, University of Helsinki and Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm)
Harms of idealisation: what to make of homo economicus? Uskali Mäki (TINT, University of Helsinki)
Models, economic harm and economists’ responsibility N. Emrah Aydinonat (TINT, University of Helsinki)
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| 12:15 – 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:30 – 15:30
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Prediction, antifragility and policymaking Miriam Teschl (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS); Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)) & Stéphane Luchini (CNRS, AMSE)
Causality, potential outcomes, and the policy process Luis Mireles-Flores (TINT, University of Helsinki)
In whose interest is post-growth policy? Henri Wiman (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland / Helsinki University) & Jooseppi Räikkönen (Independent Researcher)
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 – 17:45 |
On Scanlon’s book Why does inequality matter? A ricoeurian reading Feriel Kandil (Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE); Aix-Marseille Université (AMU))
The Two Dimensions of Fairness Stefan Wintein (Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics)
Legitimate Economic Distribution without Legislation? What Does Responsible Decision Making Require? Nicole Hassoun (Binghamton University)
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| 19:00 | WORKSHOP DINNER |
Friday, 27 October
| 09:00 – 11:00 |
What Can We Learn From the Stern-Nordhaus Controversy ? Economic Rationality and Ecological Responsibility Guigourez Mathieu (Université Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1)
Integrative risk and the division of responsibility at the science-policy interface Henrik Thorén (Lund University)
The problems of macroeconomics as institutional problems: Complementing the ‘what went wrong’ story with a social epistemology perspective Teemu Lari (TINT, University of Helsinki)
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| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 13:15 |
Taxation of Brute Luck and Option Luck incomes: Are Legislators Dworkinian?
Who are the economic experts? How can one tell? Carlo Martini (UniSR – Milan and TINT, University of Helsinki)
Are cognitive biases epistemic vices? Toward a wider panorama of cognitive development in behavioral economic policy Daniel Zarama (Université de Lorraine)
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| 13:15 – 13:30 | CLOSING REMARKS |