From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM
Date: Wed Jun 08 2005 - 08:12:38 EDT
The following was sent to the 'urpe-announcements' list. In solidarity, Jerry ___________________________________________ From: Rullani Francesco [mailto:rullani@sssup.it] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:24 AM Subject: Confernece for PhDs working to bring Methodology at the centre of Economics again Dear social scientist, Four years ago, a group of PhD students started to organize a series of annual conferences aimed at debating with other PhD students the methodological foundations of our research. Along this path, the Siena International conference (http://www.debating.it/siena2003/index.htm) and Pavia International conference (http://www.debating.it/pavia2004/index.htm) took place (and have been a success). The initial idea, though, was not only to invite speakers and scholars to animate our debate on the methodology of economic research, but also to make room for PhD students to meet and discuss among them and with seniors the methods they used in their specific research. Our main end is to maintain a continuous discussion about the method, comparing different approaches and highlighting the weakness and the strengths of each one, in order to become free to choose the best approach for our own research (see our manifesto at http://www.debating.it/siena2003/conf_phd_econ2003/manifesto.htm) and to drive the attention of faculties on the importance to discuss the scope of research and explore its tools, when educating students to become 'social scientists'. We are now organizing a third international conference in Turin (September 8-10, 2005; http://www.debating.it/torino2005/index.htm). We think this could become an extraordinary opportunity to meet with all the other groups around the globe, working on the same topics. Some of those experiences have had already a national and international role and recognition in promoting the debate on the methodology. Those experiences inspired us and gave us the impulse to put forward the discussion, but there are also other experiments that are just at their beginning, and some other we have got to know only during our research. We think that, whatever is the stage of each debate, a meeting could give new surge to everyone, being a chance to know each other's position, to understand the differences and the commonalities, and to create a network in order to be more incisive as promoters of the European debate on methodology in economic research. Most importantly, moreover, it would provide students and scholars participating to the conference an opportunity to know the existence of experiences, to eventually participate more easily, and to hopefully start new active groups, taking advantage of your experience. We would like to invite a representative of your group to be part of the "Workshop of Movements", which is to be organized the first day of the conference 'Methodology in Economics: the Importance of Social Sciences' (September 8th, 2005), bringing the experience of your group and sharing with us and the other groups the debate you are undertaking. The conference Organization Committee is ready to pay the travel and the accommodation expenses for one of your representatives for the duration of the whole conference. We would also like to ask you to indicate any other similar experience, so that we can extend the invitation to them also. Please, let us know if you will be able to participate, and if you have any question, please contact us replying to this email or at info@debating.it. We look forward to meet you in Torino! Best regards, Francesco Rullani (in behalf of the Organization Committee) Francesco Rullani Ph.D. Student, Laboratory of Economics and Management, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Piazza dei Martiri della liberta, 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy. Ph: +39 050 883343 Fax: +39 050 883344 Homepage: https://mail.sssup.it/~rullani
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