Teemu Lari

3 Oct 2024

My PhD dissertation "Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics" is out! It consists of intro essay 📖 urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... and four peer-reviewed papers 📄1 doi.org/10.1080/1350... 📄2 doi.org/10.1093/cje/... 📄3 doi.org/10.1016/j.sh... 📄4 doi.org/10.1177/0048... #philsci 📈📉

The intellectual quality of the #degrowth vs green growth debate is horrible. Which is sad given that it's about keeping the planet inhabitable. Been trying to study best statements of each position but only found ambiguity and bad reasoning on all sides. Convince me I overlooked something? #econsky

doi.orgGreen growth and responsible expert testimonyResponsible experts try to avoid expert trespassing, i.e. making statements while presenting oneself as having more expertise than he or she really has. Avoiding trespassing may be difficult with m...

New philosophy paper on expertise, #sustainability and economic growth! Responsible experts are self-reflective about the quality of their knowledge, so esp. with complex issues, they should consider how diverse their own sources of evidence and information are. 🧵⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1350... #PhilSci

In the paper, I argue that being expert on the relationship between growth and sustainability depends on how actively the expert is in contact with the other research fields that engage with this question from other perspectives. doi.org/10.1080/1350... 4/5

Many thanks to Rawad El Skaf, Joyce Havstad (@philosofir.bsky.social), Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social) and others in the Hannover philosophy community (@iphilluh.bsky.social) for valuable feedback during the writing process. Funded by @dfg.de (#470816212/KFG43) 5/5

Obviously, researchers and other experts should avoid overstepping the limits of their expertise – they should avoid giving the impression that they have a lot of expertise regarding questions on which they in fact don’t have a lot of expertise. 2/5

Can someone who has a lot of research experience on economic growth say that they are a trustworthy expert on whether economic growth can be sustainable? 3/5

2 Aug

Got a "your paper was cited" notification and checked it out. The sentence where my paper was cited has nothing to do with the content of my paper. Seems like AI did not hallucinate a reference for the authors but produced an unrelated one. Has anybody else experienced this? #academicsky #philsky

More news: the Finnish Cultural Foundation (@skr.fi) will fund my project "Diagnosing scientific disagreement on sustainability and economic growth". This means I will be occupied with two sustainability-focused philosophy-of-science projects in the coming years. #philsci #philsky #skr2025 1/7

Teemu Lari@teemulari.bsky.social

Grant news! Alfred Kordelin Foundation has decided to fund my postdoc research project "Expertise and its limits in the sustainability transition". Many thanks to the foundation, the reviewers and the colleagues who supported me with the application! Briefly on the project below ⬇️ #philsci 1/5

In the project "Diagnosing scientific disagreement on sustainability and economic growth", I will do a deep dive into what makes the disagreements between green-growth and degrowth advocates so persistent, and what the most promising strategies to work towards consensus are. 6/7

This project will take place at Stockholm University (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social) where I will work with Erik Angner (@erikangner.com) and other great philosophers and sustainability researchers. Stay tuned! 7/7

Teemu Lari@teemulari.bsky.social

For others, the pursuit of economic growth by rich countries is part of the problem. The link between environmental harms and economic growth seems difficult to erase quickly, so some think rich countries need to give up economic growth as a goal to sufficiently reduce environmental impacts. 4/7

For me, the curious thing is that each view is backed up by science - or so it seems. It's just that from the vantage points of different research fields the problems and solutions look different. But not everyone can be right when views are starkly different, or can they? 5/7

Teemu Lari@teemulari.bsky.social

The scientific consensus is clear that we need to drastically reduce the harmful impacts that the economic system has on the environment. But there is disagreement on what are the best ways to do this. 2/7

For many, economic growth is an important part of the picture. Economic growth enables clean innovations facilitating the sustainability transition and is also important for many other reasons, or so the arguments go. 3/7

The sustainability transition provides a fascinating and important case study, since different experts often make differing diagnoses of sustainability-related problems and offer different solutions them. 4/5

It is essential that we can evaluate which experts are the best sources of information, judgment and advice in the sustainability transition. In the project, I will use the methods of philosophy of science to develop new perspectives to these questions. #philsci 5/5

Scientific expertise is much needed in today's world. But it's not always easy to decide who the relevant, competent and trustworthy experts are in each issue. Knowledge users such as policymakers, journalists and citizens should understand which experts they should listen to in each issue. 2/5

Experts themselves should have tools to discern where the limits of their own expertise lie, so that they can be transparent about those limits towards their non-expert audiences. 3/5

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10 Oct 2025

Poliittinen talous -lehden vuoden 2025 ensimmäinen numero on pian koottu! Pääkirjoituksessaan VTT Konsta Kotilainen @konstaamos.bsky.social ja VTT Markus Ojala @mojala.bsky.social pohtivat poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen luonnetta. 1/5

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19 Sept 2025

Tuoreessa artikkelissaan dos. Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja VTT Laura Nordström @lauranordstrom.bsky.social tarkastelevat teknologiayritysten lobbausta Euroopan unionissa. 1/4

doi.org Diversity for the Common Good? Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

12 Aug 2025

Once more with a link without typos... doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

Teemu Lari@teemulari.bsky.social

Finally got around to publishing a summary of my phd thesis. Stuff about pluralism, economics, philosophy of science. #philsci #econsky doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

doi.org Diversity for the Common Good? Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

doi.org Diversity for the Common Good? Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

8 Aug 2025

Finally got around to publishing a summary of my phd thesis. Stuff about pluralism, economics, philosophy of science. #philsci #econsky doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

18 June 2025

Looking forward to the Vienna summer school on the history and epistemology of econometrics. Probably never had a preparatory reading list this long for anything (not half is in the pic 😅)

16 June 2025

How to represent and communicate uncertainty in climate science and other policy-relevant research? Workshop Making Sense of Uncertainty in Science and Policy is starting at the SOCRATES research group at @iphilluh.bsky.social Organized by Margherita Harris, Joe Roussos, Leonie Wiemeyer #philsci

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2 June 2025

Tuoreessa arviossaan KTT Anna-Maria Murtola arvioi Feminismiä talouteen -teoksen (2024). Hanna Ylöstalon, Heini Kinnusen, Emma Lambergin ja Inna Perheentuvan laatima teos johdattaa lukijan kriittiseen feministiseen talouslukutaitoon sekä feministiseen taloustoimijuuteen ja sen haasteisiin. 1/3

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12 May 2025

Tutkitko työmarkkinapolitiikan muutoksia? Kirjoita Poliittinen talous -lehden teemanumeroon! Teemanumero (1/2026) keskittyy Suomen työmarkkinapolitiikan viime vuosikymmenen muutoksiin ja niiden vaikutuksiin poliittiseen talouteen. 1/5

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9 May 2025

Kirja-arviossaan YTT Teppo Eskelinen @teppoeskelinen.bsky.social tarkastelee Joan Robinsonin ensikertaa suomennettua klassikkoa, Johdatus työllisyyden teoriaan -teosta. 1/3

doi.orgPost-growth and the lack of diversity in the scenario frameworkScenarios and pathways, as defined in the SSP-RCP framework, are central to recent climate research and the latest IPCC report. Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) offer a small set of alternative...

7 Apr 2025

My colleague Rawad El Skaf argues that IPCC policy scenarios should include ones where Global North stops pursuing economic growth - committing to economic growth is not "policy-neutral" as IPCC mandate requires. #econsky #philsci doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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28 Mar 2025

Juuri julkaistussa keskustelupuheenvuorossa VTT Olli Poropudas kommentoi Visa Heinosen ja Mika Pantzarin Poliittinen talous -lehden numerossa 12:2 julkaistua tulkintaa Suomen taloudellisesta kehityksestä. 1/4

blogs.helsinki.fiCall for papers: ESSK 2025 Workshop – ESSK

4 Mar 2025

Call for papers still open for a few days!

Teemu Lari@teemulari.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Workshop "Assessing economics as a serviceable social science" Helsinki, 22-23 Aug 2025 Possible themes range from policy-relevance, evidence & models to institutional structure of economics Submission DL: 7 March Details: blogs.helsinki.fi/essk-project... #philsci #econsky

blogs.helsinki.fiCall for papers: ESSK 2025 Workshop – ESSK

3 Feb 2025

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N. Emrah Aydınonat

@aydinonat.bsky.social

3 Feb 2025

TODAY! Does the public have poor knowledge of the economy? Should economists do more to educate them? Join us today to explore the knowledge gap in economics and examine the role of economic expertise. (Online via Zoom) #econsky #philsci 👇 bsky.app/profile/aydi...

N. Emrah Aydınonat@aydinonat.bsky.social

ReSES ID seminar featuring Pavel Kuchař (speaker) and Teemu Lari (discussant) on The Knowledge Gap in Economics. Open to everyone. More info on our website: reses-argumenta.fi?p=1142

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30 Jan 2025

Poliittinen talous -lehden vuoden 2025 ensimmäisessä julkaisussa VTT Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social käsittelee taloustieellistä pluralismia. Lari avaa lektiossaan, mistä taloustieteellisessä pluralismissa on kyse ja millaisia perusteluja pluralismin puolesta ja vastaan voidaan esittää. (1/3)

25 Jan 2025

Looking forward to discussing economic expertise and the knowledge gap between economists and laypeople in the next ReSES seminar. Online & open to all! #philsci #econsky

N. Emrah Aydınonat@aydinonat.bsky.social

Please mark your calendars for the next ReSES online seminar: 3 February 2025, 14:00 (EET). More info later. #philsci #EconSky

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N. Emrah Aydınonat

@aydinonat.bsky.social

24 Jan 2025

University of Helsinki decided to leave Twitter (X).

institutionalepistemology.netInstitutional Epistemology – INES2025

23 Jan 2025

Many fascinating topics in this CFP: Institutional conditions for epistemic trust, role of experts in democracy, social and cognitive diversity...

Samuli Reijula@samulireijula.net

Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . Find the call for abstracts here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky

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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

@tint-philosophy.bsky.social

23 Jan 2025

Michiru Nagatsu's (@ustagan10.bsky.social) inaugural lecture, "Practical Philosophy in Practice: Thinking, Feeling, Imagining and Acting at the End of the World" is now on the TINT Blog: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/01/23/i... #PhilSci

tint-helsinki.fiPractical Philosophy in Practice: Thinking, Feeling, Imagining and Acting at the End of the World / Michiru Nagatsu – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

tint-helsinki.fiDissecting Arguments for Pluralism: Summary and Comments on Interview with Ha-Joon Chang / Teemu Lari – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

21 Jan 2025

Some comments on my recent interview with Ha-Joon Chang in this blog post. I think the counterarguments to pluralism in economics merit more attention than Chang gives them: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/01/21/c...

TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science@tint-philosophy.bsky.social

@teemulari.bsky.social interviewed Professor Ha-Joon Chang as he visited us in Helsinki. The interview is now out in Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. Issues covered: Pluralism in economics, role of economists in politics, advice for young scholars doi.org/10.23941/ejp... #EconSky

doi.org Economics, Pluralism and Democracy: An Interview with Ha-Joon Chang | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

13 Jan 2025

Last week I started as a postdoc fellow at @iphilluh.bsky.social in the "SOCRATES" Centre (Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge & Science-Based Information). I will study philosophical questions related to economic expertise. How to recognize most relevant and reliable experts?