Research themes

• Models and measurement
• Political implications of economic methodology
• Political economy and philosophy of AI
• The transformation of economics and the role of economists in times of digital data
• Ideas, origins, meanings and translations in philosophy of economic
• On the reproducibility of results (replication in economics)
• The EU ‘Green Deal’ and the ‘Just Transition Mechanism’ (JTM), socio-ecological transformation
• Knowledge generation and economic expertise

Research questions

• Is economics’ methodology hindering diversity, equality, and inclusivity?
• Can economics be powerful in understanding, explaining and, ideally, tackling the multiple crises of our time without embedding the concept of power in its analysis?
• What are constraints to change in the capitalist order? What fundamental properties make the capitalist system persistent and capable of absorbing novelty?
• What is the role of economists in times of digital data?
• What is the role of economists as public intellectuals?
• What new roles could economists play?
• With the proliferation of academic journals and a stark increase in published articles, why is it important to replicate studies in economics and how?
• What are the effects of quantification, standardization and the increasing use of rankings in academia/economics?
• What are the implicit assumptions in Economics when it comes to designing and implementing “a just transition”? Are the concept and methodological approach robust enough to strike a balance between economic and social dimensions?