International Network
for Economic Method Conference
Madrid, 12-13 Sept. 2008
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
Keynote Speakers: Roger
Backhouse (University of Birmingham), Partha
Dasgupta (Cambridge University)
Plenary panel sessions on:
- Neuroeconomics, coordinated
by Don Ross (U.
of Alabama at Birmingham & U. of Cape Town), with the participation
of Mark Dean (New
York University), Benoit Hardy-Vallee
(University of Toronto) & Jack
Vromen (Erasmus Univeristy Rotterdam)
- Neoliberalism as
Philosophy and Politics, coordinated by Philip
Mirowski (University of Notre Dame), with the participation of John
O'Neill (U. Manchester) & Dieter
Plehwe (Social Science Research Center Berlin)
The sixth INEM
conference will be hosted by the Universidad
Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) and the Urrutia Elejalde
Foundation. Contributed papers are welcome in all areas of economic
methodology and cognate disciplines, including papers on conceptual
issues in economics, the methodological analysis and appraisal of theories
and techniques, methodological issues in applied fields, the history
of methodological thought in economics, the sociology of economic science,
the rhetoric of economics, the relationship between economics and other
disciplines, the philosophy and history of science, social epistemology,
and the economics of science.
Paper proposals: They should consist
of a 500 word abstract, together with the contact details of the author
(Name, affiliation, email address).
Session proposals: We welcome panel
proposals for 90 minute sessions (three speakers, at least). They should
consist of a 1000 word abstract stating the aim of the session and their
respective contribution, together with the contact details of the coordinator
and speakers (Name, affiliation, email address). We also welcome panels
on recent books in author meets critics format.
The abstract should be attached to an email message
to inem2008 [at] gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is April 1st
2008. Results of the selection procedure will be communicated by
May 1st 2008.
Scientific Committee: Uskali Mäki (Academy
of Finland, Chair), Roger Backhouse (U. Birmingham), D. Wade Hands (U.
Puget Sound), Esther-Mirjam Sent (U. Nijmegen), Bruce Caldwell (U. N.
Carolina Greensboro), Matthias Klaes (Keele U.), Jesus Zamora-Bonilla
(UNED).
Organizing Committee: J. Francisco Alvarez
(UNED), Miranda del Corral (UNED), Juan Carlos García-Bermejo (UAM,
Chair), Maria Jimenez Buedo (UNED), Julian Reiss (EIPE), David Teira
(UNED), Juan Urrutia (UEF) Jesus Zamora-Bonilla (UNED, INEM representative)
For further information, email INEM2008 [at] gmail.com
INEM 2008 is immediately preceded by the VIII
Winter Workshop on Economics and Philosophy: Ethics, Justice, and
Gender (confirmed speakers: Diana Strassmann, co-ordinator;
Alison Jaggar, Fabienne Peter, Ingrid Robeyns and Stephanie Seguino)
on September 11, also hosted by the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation.
The Iberoamerican Society for Economic Methodology
will hold their bi-annual session
in Madrid on September 9-10.