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Post-doc @UC Louvain https://aurelien-goutsmedt.com History macro, inflation, econ policy & energy since the 70s #Political_Economy #Central_Banks #Rstats #nlp #networks #bibliometrics Managing editor journals.openedition.org/oeconomia
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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · May 19
🎉 All the contributions to @finandsoc.bsky.social special section on the “Scientization of Central Banks” are now online!
👉 shorturl.at/Izq9r

In the intro with Francesco Sergi, we refine the concept of scientization along 3 key dimensions
🔹 Policymaking
🔹 Contributory
🔹 Legitimizing
Article: Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics This article introduces a new conceptual framework for examining the transformation of central banks’ activities at the intersection of science and politics. It builds on the results of the contributions gathered in this special section on the scientization of central banking, to which this article also provides an introduction. We start with an analysis of Martin Marcussen’s concept of ‘scientization’, originally formulated to describe the changes within central banks since the 2000s. After highlighting how Marcussen’s concept has raised different interpretations, we broaden our scope to examine how ‘scientization’ is applied in the wider social sciences, extending beyond the study of central banks. This brings to the fore two ideas: scientization as ‘boundary work’ (redrawing the line between ‘science’ and ‘non-science’) happening both in the public-facing (‘frontstage’) and internal (‘backstage’) activities of organizations. Finally, we suggest how these two ideas can be used to reinterpret ‘scientization’ of central banks as the emergence of central banks as ‘boundary organizations’. This reframing allows us to untangle and clarify the phenomena previously conflated under the original concept of scientization, offering a more coherent framework for ongoing research on central banks.
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Catherine Herfeld @cherfeld.bsky.social · 1d
🔥 We have a great #ERC_Research workshop this week on Computational Methods in History and Philosophy of Economics organized by Murat Bakeev. Our team gives presentations on how to study #ModelTransfers with network analysis, simulations, & knowledge graphs (co-authored w Simon Walo & Malte Doehne).
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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 2d
We’re excited to announce the third workshop in our series, Computational Approaches in History and Philosophy of Economics!

This online event will take place on October 9–10, exploring how computational methods can be applied in the history and philosophy of economics.
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Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay @mdtremblay.bsky.social · 1d
You might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET.
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Volume 32, Issue 4 of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
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Ivan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social · 1d
Shleifer was involved in corruption scandals, and there was a long debate around Fehr and Schmidt 1999 — now covered in the critical literature www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A controversy about modeling practices: the case of inequity aversion
This paper studies the controversy on Fehr and Schmidt's model of inequity aversion. It borrows insights from disciplines such as philosophy and the sociology of science that have specialized in st...
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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 4d
1- Avinash Dixit
2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati
3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards.
4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy.
4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
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Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?

Who will get it this year and why?

What's the consequences of having an econ prize?

Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?
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SHoET @shoet.bsky.social · 2d
ESHET HES 2026
Important notice: change of dates

Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).
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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 2d
The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social

For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Economic History
Assistant Professor in Economic History, , <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and tru...
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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 2d
We’re excited to announce the third workshop in our series, Computational Approaches in History and Philosophy of Economics!

This online event will take place on October 9–10, exploring how computational methods can be applied in the history and philosophy of economics.
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
[ADVICE NEEDED] For recruitment committee members around #econsky ?

EEA JOE guidelines for 2025 online interviews point to dates just before Christmas break (15-18 dec), leaving little time for committees, and especially candidates and admins to prepare for fly-outs.

How do you cope with this?
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982)

Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
2/2

Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?

Who will get it this year and why?

What's the consequences of having an econ prize?

Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
1/2 I wish I could stay away from incoming econ Nobel frenzy, but you don't always get what you want, so help me

Here is @richardtol.bsky.social's forecast (richardtol.substack.com/p/2025-nobel...) Samuelson's 1969 reflection on how many laureates should receive it jointly, and questions for you:
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 5d
A review of Antonella Rancan and Francesco Sergi's book (Modelling Europe: A History of Multi-Country Models at the European Commission 1970–2005), by Matthieu Renault
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
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Ruben Kremers @kremers.bsky.social · 6d
IPE workshop in Brussels!!!
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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 7d
📢 Call for Papers — 5th Political Economy Working Group Workshop
🗓️ 30 Jan 2026, Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles

The workshop is divided into two parts:
Morning: PhD research presentations.
Afternoon: open to all, concluding with @benbraun.bsky.social.

Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025

All details below:
The Political Economy working group is pleased to invite you to a workshop on Friday, 30 January, 2026, at the Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles. Founded during the ABSP Congress in February 2024, this group aims to contribute to the advancement and growth of the field of political economy in Belgium. The workshop will be divided into two parts: The morning session is open to all PhD students wishing to present the progress of their research, whether in the form of a thesis project, an article or a chapter. Each PhD student will have 40 to 50 minutes for discussion with attending researchers. The afternoon session is open to all researchers interested in presenting a publication or work-in progress related to the various key themes driving our Political Economy Working Group: European governance, financial regulation, central banks policies and communication, the political economy of the green transition, the role of States in a globalized and financialized world, among others. Contributions are welcome in either French or English. Presentations should generally be delivered in English. Next steps: To propose a presentation for the morning or afternoon sessions, send a title and abstract of no more than 400 words to aurelien.goutsmedt[at]uclouvain.be and zsuzsanna.szeredi[at]uclouvain.be by December 1, 2025. If you wish to present in the PhD morning session, please indicate this clearly in your submission. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 19, 2025. Manuscripts (working papers, chapters or drafts) will be requested by January 16, 2025, in order to give discussants and other participants sufficient time to prepare. We recommend manuscripts of between 5,000 to 10,000 words.
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 6d
WP: The Virtues of Clarity: Robert Dorfman, from Mathematical Programming to Environmental Economics, by Julien Gradoz
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 7d
A new issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology is available now. This is the INEM 2023 Conference Special Issue
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 7d
The call for papers is out for the Political Economy Group Workshop in Brussels in January. I look forward to attending and giving the afternoon keynote talk, which will be about how it became easy for the super-rich to remain super-rich.
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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 7d
📢 Call for Papers — 5th Political Economy Working Group Workshop
🗓️ 30 Jan 2026, Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles

The workshop is divided into two parts:
Morning: PhD research presentations.
Afternoon: open to all, concluding with @benbraun.bsky.social.

Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025

All details below:
The Political Economy working group is pleased to invite you to a workshop on Friday, 30 January, 2026, at the Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles. Founded during the ABSP Congress in February 2024, this group aims to contribute to the advancement and growth of the field of political economy in Belgium. The workshop will be divided into two parts: The morning session is open to all PhD students wishing to present the progress of their research, whether in the form of a thesis project, an article or a chapter. Each PhD student will have 40 to 50 minutes for discussion with attending researchers. The afternoon session is open to all researchers interested in presenting a publication or work-in progress related to the various key themes driving our Political Economy Working Group: European governance, financial regulation, central banks policies and communication, the political economy of the green transition, the role of States in a globalized and financialized world, among others. Contributions are welcome in either French or English. Presentations should generally be delivered in English. Next steps: To propose a presentation for the morning or afternoon sessions, send a title and abstract of no more than 400 words to aurelien.goutsmedt[at]uclouvain.be and zsuzsanna.szeredi[at]uclouvain.be by December 1, 2025. If you wish to present in the PhD morning session, please indicate this clearly in your submission. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 19, 2025. Manuscripts (working papers, chapters or drafts) will be requested by January 16, 2025, in order to give discussants and other participants sufficient time to prepare. We recommend manuscripts of between 5,000 to 10,000 words.
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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 7d
📢 Call for Papers — 5th Political Economy Working Group Workshop
🗓️ 30 Jan 2026, Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles

The workshop is divided into two parts:
Morning: PhD research presentations.
Afternoon: open to all, concluding with @benbraun.bsky.social.

Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025

All details below:
The Political Economy working group is pleased to invite you to a workshop on Friday, 30 January, 2026, at the Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles. Founded during the ABSP Congress in February 2024, this group aims to contribute to the advancement and growth of the field of political economy in Belgium. The workshop will be divided into two parts: The morning session is open to all PhD students wishing to present the progress of their research, whether in the form of a thesis project, an article or a chapter. Each PhD student will have 40 to 50 minutes for discussion with attending researchers. The afternoon session is open to all researchers interested in presenting a publication or work-in progress related to the various key themes driving our Political Economy Working Group: European governance, financial regulation, central banks policies and communication, the political economy of the green transition, the role of States in a globalized and financialized world, among others. Contributions are welcome in either French or English. Presentations should generally be delivered in English. Next steps: To propose a presentation for the morning or afternoon sessions, send a title and abstract of no more than 400 words to aurelien.goutsmedt[at]uclouvain.be and zsuzsanna.szeredi[at]uclouvain.be by December 1, 2025. If you wish to present in the PhD morning session, please indicate this clearly in your submission. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 19, 2025. Manuscripts (working papers, chapters or drafts) will be requested by January 16, 2025, in order to give discussants and other participants sufficient time to prepare. We recommend manuscripts of between 5,000 to 10,000 words.
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 13d
Article: Progressivism, socialism, and the role of the state, by Marianne Johnson
doi.org/10.1080/0967...
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 12d
A new issue of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought is available now. This is a special issue on the Controversies on the concept of progress in Progressive Era American Economics
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 12d
Article: Diversity in introductory courses in philosophy of economics – A study of course syllabi, by Milena Dehn & Ella Needler
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Ivan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social · 12d
Edoardo Peruzzi on the history of 'competition' #historyofmicro

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Competition
The development of the concept of competition, from a behavioral process of rivalry to the abstract model of perfect competition, is traced in this entry from b
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Céleste Bonnamy @celestebny.bsky.social · 12d
On vous a préparé un truc plutôt chouette avec @pierrealayrac.bsky.social, alors si vous êtes de passage à Lille les 2-3 octobre prochains, venez, ça va être (très) bien 😎

Avec le soutien du @giseurolab.bsky.social et de Sciences Po Lille ✨
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GrUE - Groupe de recherche sur l'Union européenne @gruecollectif.bsky.social · 12d
Le GrUE fait sa rentrée ! Et on commence dés la semaine prochaine avec une JE organisée par @pierrealayrac.bsky.social et @celestebny.bsky.social. Rdv à Lille les 2 et 3 octobre prochains pour discuter Europe au prisme des individus qui la façonnent : grue.hypotheses.org/1784
L’Europe au microscope : saisir les dynamiques communautaires par les trajectoires individuelles
2 et 3 octobre 2025 – Sciences Po Lille, 9 rue Auguste Angellier, Lille Une journée d’études organisée par Pierre Alayrac (Maître de conférences en science politique, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-St-D...
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GrUE - Groupe de recherche sur l'Union européenne @gruecollectif.bsky.social · 12d
On y écoutera @aurelien-goutsmedt.com et Matthieu Renaud, @manumourlon.bsky.social, Oriane Calligaro, Margaux Lucas-Nowacki, Laure Clément-Wilz, @macabo.bsky.social, Didier Georgakakis et @floriantixier.bsky.social, qui seront discuté.es par @marylou-h.bsky.social et @hugocanihac.bsky.social !
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GrUE - Groupe de recherche sur l'Union européenne @gruecollectif.bsky.social · 12d
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