Contextual Thinking in Economics

Conference

September 11th/12th, 2019

University of Siegen
Unteres Schloß 3
57072 Siegen

The main aim of the conference is to promote fruitful exchange between academics working on contextual approaches to economics. We would like to facilitate serious intellectual exchange about the viability of contextual approaches to the topics usually covered by mainstream economics. The goal is to create a permanent network of intellectuals interested in contextual approaches to social science and to strengthen cooperation between diverse  ways of doing economics. We do not only encourage  debates about issues of contextualism in the practice of economics, but also about ways of implementing it in one's own research- and teaching agenda.

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Programme

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019

01:30 PM
Registration and Coffee, Seminar room US-A 120

02:00 PM
Welcome address and Introduction 
Nils Goldschmidt, University of Siegen and Aktionsgemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft
John B. Davis, Marquette University, Milwaukee  

02:15 PM
Session 1: Culture and Economics
Eelke de Jong, Radboud Univeristy Nijmegen
Nils Goldschmidt, University of Siegen

03:15 PM
Session 2: Economic Inequality 
Gert G. Wagner, Max Planck Institute for Human Development 
Michael Hüther, German Economic Institute (IW Köln)

04:15 PM
Coffee Break

04:45 PM
Session 3: Development Economics
Svenja Flechtner, University of Siegen
N.N.

05:45 PM
Session 4: Education
Hans-Peter Klös, German Economic Institute (IW Köln)
Alexander Lenger, Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg

07:00 PM
Dinner, Restaurant Bar, Löhrstr. 51

Thursday, September 12th, 2019 

09:00 AM
Session 5: Economic Methodology 
Ivan Boldyrev, Radboud University Nijmegen
Matthias Klaes, University of Buckingham

10:00 AM
Session 6: Entrepreneurship and SMEs 
David Audretsch, Indiana University Bloomington 
Arndt Werner, University of Siegen

11:00 AM
Coffee Break

11:30 AM
Session 7: Health Economics 
John B. Davis, Marquette University, Milwaukee
Roland Fritz, University of Siegen

00:30 PM
Session 8: Economic Transitions 
Rainer Klump, Frankfurt University, Normative Orders
N.N.

01:30 PM
Closing Remarks

01:45 PM
Light Lunch & Snacks on Campus, departure at will

Organized by:
Aktionsgemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft, Cluster of Excellence "The Formation of Normative Orders", University of Siegen, German Economic Insitute and Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung