Workshop “Nature and Culture: new thoughts for Economics and Pol. Science” | March 24
The Opening Economics Chair is glad to invite you to the workshop “Nature and Culture: new thoughts for Economics and Political Science”.
- Date: Friday, 24 March 2023 ; 9:30am - 6:30pm (Paris time)
- Place: Paris School of Economics 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, room R2-21 (2nd floor)
- Organization: Jean-François Laslier
This event is open to all without prior registration.
Presentation
The old debate on Nature and Culture has permeated the social sciences at every stages of their development, and the current period is no exception. Social theory is regularly enriched by ideas form the abstract Theory of Evolution, and from Anthropology.
Not only concepts but also research tools are used here. For instance, in their quest to deepen the debate about rational and cooperative behavior, researchers in economics and political science have been led to add to their tool-kit various techniques coming from experimental psychology, cognitive science, medical imaging, and even genetics.
We propose a one-day workshop to take stock of, and to discuss, some of these recent developments. Speakers will be:
- Jörgen Weibull (Stockholm School of Economics) on evolutionary game theory and the emergence of morality;
- Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics) on the cultural evolution of societies and their changing institutions;
- Aldo Rustichini (University of Minnesota) on the input of genetic research for the study of social behavior;
- Maël Lebreton (Paris School of Economics) on the biological and computational basis of economic and social behavior.
- Vincent de Gardelle (Paris School of Economics) on metacognition, its observation and measurement, and its importance for social life..
Program
9:30 - Welcome coffee
10:00 - Vincent de Gardelle (Paris School of Economics) “Metacognition: its observation and measurement, and its importance for social life”
11:15 - Jörgen Weibull (Stockholm School of Economics) “Evolutionary game theory and the emergence of morality”
12:30 - Lunch
14:00 - Maël Lebreton (Paris School of Economics) “The biological and computational basis of economic and social behavior”
15:15 - Aldo Rustichini (University of Minnesota) “The input of genetic research for the study of social behavior”
16:30 - Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics) “The cultural evolution of societies and their changing institutions”
17:45 - General discussion and pending questions
18:30 - End of the workshop
The Opening Economics Chair allows economists to respond in creative and effective ways to the major questions of our times, by integrating two observations: that current challenges, complex and multifaceted as they are, demand an approach that transcends disciplinary boundaries, and that economics research must be renewed by advances made in other related disciplines.