INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR ECONOMIC METHOD CONFERENCE

Madrid, 12-13 Sept. 2008


2nd CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: April 1st)


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:


Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham), Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge
University)


PLENARY PANEL SESSIONS:


- Neuroeconomics, coordinated by Don Ross (U. of Alabama at Birmingham & U.
of Cape Town)


- Neoliberalism as Philosophy and Politics, coordinated by Philip Mirowski
(University of Notre Dame)


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 welcome panels on books in the format "Author meets the
critics"


The abstract should be attached to an email message to inem2008 [at]
gmail.com.


DEADLINE for submissions is April 1st 2008. Acceptance will be communicated
by May 1st 2008.


Scientific Committee: Uskali M?ki (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 Garc?a-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


Or visit: http://www.urrutiaelejalde.org/inem2008.html


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.


Julian Reiss