UPCOMING
March 2026 | Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
TBA
February 2026 | Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies, Humboldt-University Berlin, (invited)
TBA
January 2026 | Economics Department, George Mason University, (invited)
Model transfer in the recent history of economics: The case of rational choice models
January 2026 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Dresden (invited)
TBA
December 2025 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Zurich, (invited)
Masterclass: Modeling and model transfer in the social sciences
November 2025 | Center for Higher Education and Science Studies, University of Zurich, (invited)
TBA
November 2025 | Philosophy Department, University of Kansas, (invited)
TBA
October 2025 | Philosophy Department, University of Bristol, (invited)
TBA
September 2025 | 17th Biennal Conference of the International Network for Economic Methodology, University of Bayreuth
Challenges to model transfer in science
September 2025 | Conference on 'Varieties of History of Economic Thought and the Social Sciences', Institut d'Études Scientifiques (IES) de Cargèse, (invited)
Making the case for an integrated approach to the history of economics: Studying model transfer and Its challenges
September 2025 | Satellite Workshop on Digital Methods in Philosophy, GAP.12, (invited keynote)
TBA
July 2025 | Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich, (invited)
TBA
June 2025 | Leibniz Center for Science and Society, Leibniz University Hannover, (invited)
TBA
June 2025 | Society for the Social Studies of Quantification, (invited)
Model transfer in the recent history of economics: The case of rational choice models
PAST
2024 | PSA 29th Biennal Meeting, New Orleans, (poster presentation)
Challenges to model transfer in science
2024 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
Model Transfer in the Recent History of Economics: The Case of Rational Choice Models
2024 | XXVI. Deutschen Kongress für Philosophie, University of Münster
Challenges to Model Transfer in Science
2024 | History of Science Research Colloquium, LMU Munich, (invited)
Model transfer in the history of science: The case of game theory
2024 | Philosophy and History of Science Research Colloquium, Technical University Berlin, (invited)
Model transfer in science
2024 | Research Colloquium for Philosophy and History of Science, Ruhr-University Bochum, (invited)
Studying model transfer in science
2024 | Conference "Is Philosophy Useful for Science, and/or Vice versa?", Chapman University, (invited); (here is the video)
Is science useful for philosophy? The case of studying model transfer.
2023 | Social Networks Lab, ETH Zürich, (invited)
Studying model transfer in science
2023 | Interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung "Wie entsteht Neues?", University of Zurich, (invited)
Wie entsteht Neues? Potentiale und Herausforderungen von Modelltransfer in der Wissenschaft
2023 | Online Workshop 'Epistemic Transfer', Society for the History of the Humanities, (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in model transfer
2023 | Forums for Interdisciplinary Dialogue, University of Helsinki, (invited) (here is the video)
Progress in economics (with Marcel Boumans)
2023 | Workshop 'Modelling Knowledge and Evolution of Science', Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, (invited)
The roles of scientific contributions in the transfer of knowledge: Some methodological reflections
2023 | Symposium on 'Framing Digital Philosophy of Science', EPSA23, Belgrade (here is the video)
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2023 | Online Workshop on Methods in Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter/University of Vienna, (invited)
Bibliometric methods in philosophy of science
2023 | Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University of Hannover
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2023 | Philosophy Department, University of Mainz, (invited)
Empirische Netzwerkanalyse als eine Methode der Wissenschaftsphilosophie
2023 | INEM Conference, University of Venice
Book Symposium on "How Economics Can Save the World" (w. Erik Angner, Francesco Guala, Don Ross and Jack Vromen)
2023 | Conference on 'Big Data and the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto [here is the link to the video]
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2023 | Philosophy Department, Ghent University (invited)
Progress in economics
2023 | IZWT Kolloquium, University of Wuppertal (invited)
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2022 | 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science; part of the symposium: Science policies and scientific collaboration, Brussels
Not More than Exchanging Tools: Early Encounters Between Mathematical Economists and the Behavioral Sciences Movement, 1950-56
2022 | Lake Workshop 'From Models to Decisions, 2022, Castelvecciana, (invited keynote speaker)
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2022 | Conceptual Engineering Seminar Series, University of Zurich and University of St. Andrews, (invited) [here is the video]
Thick concepts in economics
2022 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics
2022 | Institute of Philosophy, ETH, (invited)
Empirically studying model transfer in science: Some methodological reflections
2022 | Lecture in Gender Studies, University of Zurich, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie?
2022 | CRASSH, University of Cambridge, (invited)
Why do women leave philosophy?
2022 | Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, (invited)
What empirical network analysis could offer to Integrated HPS
2022 | LOGOS Colloquium, University of Barcelona, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics
2022 | ModelSEN Workshop, Max-Planck Institute of the History of Science, (invited)
Applications of Network Analysis in the History of Economics (presenter: Malte Doehne)
2021 | History of Economics Conference, University of Utrecht [here is the video]
Rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1955
2021 | History of Economics Conference, University of Utrecht [here is the video]
The role of narratives in transferring rational choice models from economics into political science (presenter: Alexandra Quack)
2021 | International Workshop on Interdisciplinarity and Philosophy of Science,' National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (invited)
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS
2021 | Workshop on 'Thick Concepts in the Philosophy of Science', University of Hannover (invited keynote)
Thick Concepts in Economics
2021 | Economics Department, New York University, (invited)
Rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1960
2021 | INEM Conference, Arizona State University
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | Workshop on 'Framing Innovation in a Networked World: An Interdisciplinary Workshop,' (invited keynote)
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS (with Malte Doehne)
2021 | Workshop on 'Narrative in Economics: Historical Experiences', London School of Economics
The role of narratives in transferring rational choice models from economics into political science (with Alexandra Quack)
2021 | History of Economic Thought Lecture Series, Stanford University, (invited)
A history of rational choice theory in economics
2021 | Research Forum, University of Bayreuth, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting, University of Kent
Crossing domains: The role of translation in cross-disciplinary model transfer
2021 | British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting, University of Kent
Challenges to methodology transfer in science and philosophy (with Dunja Šešelja)
2021 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Göttingen, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2021 | SDAC Guest Lecture Series, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (invited) [Here is the video]
The diversity of rational choice theory
2021 | Digital Lunch Seminar "META Lecture", Polytechnic University of Milan (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | PPE Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Lucerne (invited)
Die vielen Gesichter der Theorie rationalen Entscheidens
2021 | Conference on Digital Studies of Digital Science, UC Louvain
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS (with Malte Doehne)
2021 | Workshop: Transdisciplinary Model Transfer and its Interfaces, University of Vienna (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of translation in cross-disciplinary model transfer
2021 | Economics Department, George Mason University (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | Colloquium on the Foundations of the Market Order, Leipzig University (invited)
Rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1960
2021 | Philosophy & Ethics Kolloquium, TU Eindhoven, (invited)
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS
2021 | Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University of Hannover, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics: The case of Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy's 'Theory of Rational Addiction' (with Charles Djordjevic)
2020 | Perspectives on Science Seminar, University of Helsinki, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics: The case of Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy's 'Theory of Rational Addiction' (with Charles Djordjevic)
2020 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
How academic opinion leaders shape the adoption of scientific ideas: Early engagement with the ‘Theory of Games and Economic Behavior’ at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1955
2020 | ENPOSS Conference
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (with Charles Djordjevic)
2020 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, San Diego
'Let's formalize behavior': The early adoption of rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1965
2020 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, San Diego
Symposium discussion: Are we all behavioral economists now?
2019 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Basel, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2019 | Workshop on Cailin O'Connor's 'The Origins of Unfairness and Related Methodological Issues', University of Zurich
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS
2019 | Biennial Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Science, University of Geneva
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2019 | Biannual Conference of the International Network for Economic Methodology, University of Helsinki
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (with Charles Djordjevic).
2019 | Workshop on Inclusivity in the Philosophy Classroom, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, (invited)
Why Female Philosophy Students Drop Out of Philosophy and What We Could Do About It: First Results of an Explorative Study
2019 | Workshop on Objectivity in Social Research, University of Bergen, Norway, (invited)
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (with Charles Djordjevic).
2019 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Geneva, (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2019 | University of Freiburg (CH), (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2019 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Neuchâtel (CH), (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2019 | Department of Philosophy, Duke University
The many faces of rational choice theory
2019 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University
Not more than exchanging tools: early encounters between mathematical economists and the Behavioral Sciences Movement
2019 | Annual Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science, University of Cologne
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2018 | Workshop on Concept Formation in the Natural and Social Sciences, University of Zurich
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (collaborator and presenter Charles Djordjevic).
2018 | Workshop on Science as FACTory, University of Vienna, (invited)
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (collaborator and presenter Charles Djordjevic).
2018 | The European Network for Philosophy of the Social Sciences/The Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable, University of Hannover
Can the rationality principle be understood as a functional a priori principle?
2018 | Computational Modeling in Philosophy, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Conflicts of interest in science (collaborator and presenter Malte Doehne, UZH)
2018 | Society for Women in Philosophy - Switzerland, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2018 | Learning from Empirical Approaches to HPS, University of Pittsburg
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2018 | PPE Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2018 | PPE Workshop, George Mason University, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | Colloquium at the Chair for Political Philosophy, University of Zurich (UZH), (invited)
Explaining patterns, not details: Reevaluating rational choice models in light of their explananda
2017 | Workshop on 'Hard Choices and Rational Choice', University of Bern, (invited keynote lecture)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | Colloquium at the Chair for Science Studies, ETH Zurich, (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2017 | Workshop on the 'Historiography of Recent Economics', University of Lausanne, (invited)
Applying social network analysis in the history of economics (with François Claveau, Sherbrooke University)
2017 | Workshop 'Theories of Rationality', University of Bonn, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | British Society for Philosophy of Science - Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2017 | History of Economics Conference, University of Toronto
Applying social network analysis in the history of economics (presented by François Claveau, Sherbrooke University)
2017 | Faculty of Philosophy and Education, University of Vienna
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | Annual Conference, European Society for the History of Economic Thought
Five reasons for why network analysis can be fruitful for the history of economics (presented by Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | Ringvorlesung zur Einführung in die Philosophie, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie
2016 | Summer School on Mathematical Philosophy for Female Students, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, (invited)
Using social network analysis in philosophy
2016 | INEM/CHESS Summer School on Philosophy and Economics, San Sebastian (two invited lectures)
Reappraising rational choice theory in the context of economic practices
2016 | 6th International Conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh
Imagination rather than observation in econometrics: Ragnar Frisch’s hypothetical experiments
2016 | History of Economics Conference, Duke University
“Let’s formalize behavior”: The diffusion of rational choice theories, 1944-1965 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | 3rd Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science, London School of Economics
Not more than exchanging tools: early encounters between mathematical economists and the Behavioral Sciences Movement
2016 | 20th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne
Turning towards normative choice models in the early Cold War years: The case of Cowles
2016 | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zurich
How knowledge travels: the case of rational choice theories
2016 | Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie, University of Düsseldorf
The diffusion of scientific innovations: A role typology (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University, (invited)
How theories travel: The case of the Theory of Games, 1944-1970 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, San Francisco
Imagination rather than observation in econometrics: Ragnar Frisch’s hypothetical experiments
2015 | Society for Women in Philosophy Germany Meeting, LMU Munich, (invited)
Do female-only events have a (positive) effect in mathematical philosophy? Results from a summer school
(collaborator and presenter: Elizabeth Rosas)
2015 | Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Hannover, (invited)
Die Theorie rationalen Entscheidens: Ausprägungen und Nutzen in der Geschichte der Volkswirtschaftslehre
2015 | Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics, University of Rotterdam, (invited)
How theories travel: The case of the Theory of Games, 1944-1970 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2015 | Workshop on Studying Knowledge Transfer and its Contexts, CAS at LMU Munich
How theories travel: The case of the Theory of Games, 1944-1970 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2015 | Congress on Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, University of Helsinki
The diffusion of scientific theories: Network topologies and the role of the translator (collaborator and presenter: Malte Döhne)
2015 | Work in Progress Seminar, MCMP
The adoption, diffusion and spread of scientific theories: The case of The Theory of Games, 1944-1970
2015 | Lunch Talk, Center for Advanced Study at LMU Munich
Flexible concepts, unsettled axioms: How rational choice theories entered the social sciences in the Post War era
2015 | History of Economics Society Annual Conference, Michigan State University
Shall we collaborate and if so, with whom? Jacob Marschak and the early years of the Behavioral Sciences Movement, 1950-56
2015 | Workshop on History of Recent Economics as History of Science; École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, (invited)
Shall we collaborate and if so, with whom? Jacob Marschak and the early years of the Behavioral Sciences Movement, 1950-56
2015 | Ringvorlesung, Wittener Institut für Institutionellen Wandel, Witten/Herdecke University, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2015 | Conference, Economizing Mind, 1870-2015: When Economics and Psychology Met . . . or Didn't, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
Economics and the ‘Behavioral Sciences Movement’: Jacob Marschak’s year at the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
2015 | Arbeitstagung on Independence in Research, University of Hannover - Germany, (invited)
Interessenkonflikte in der Wissenschaft: Implikationen für Konsensbildung und ‚epistemic peerhood’ (with Lee Elkin and Stephan Hartmann)
2015 | Research Seminar, Economics Department, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, (invited)
Between the ‘logic of choice’ and the behavioral sciences: The emergence of rational choice theories in the 1950s
2015 | Workshop on Social Simulation, University of Bayreuth, (invited)
“Let’s formalize behavior”: The diffusion of rational choice theories in the American social sciences, 1944-1965 (collaborator and presenter: Malte Döhne)
2015 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, Boston
Between the ‘logic of choice’ and the behavioral sciences: The emergence of rational choice theories in the 1950s
2014 | 1st Witten Conference on Institutional Change: Money, Credit & Banking - The Austrian Economics Perspective on Financial Crises, Witten/Herdecke University
The economist’s persisting commitment to methodological rationalism
2014 | Workshop, Decisions, Groups, and Networks, MCMP and CAS at LMU Munich
“Let’s formalize behavior”: The diffusion of rational choice theories in the American social sciences, 1944-1965 (with Malte Döhne)
2014 | British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference, University of St. Andrews
Between economics and the behavioral sciences: Marschak and the emergence of rational choice theories in the 1940s and 1950s
2014 | Research Colloquium, Perspektiven in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Chair for the History of Science, LMU, (invited)
Defining the rules of rationality: Jacob Marschak and the normative turn in economics, 1943-1954
2014 | History of Economics Society Annual Conference, Université du Québec à Montréal; plenary talk for the Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2014 | History of Economics Society Annual Conference, Université du Québec à Montréal
Defining the rules of rationality: Jacob Marschak and the normative turn in economics, 1943-1954
2014 | History of Recent Economics Conference (HISRECO), University of Siena, (invited)
Has there been a normative turn in early post-war economics? Jacob Marschak and the Cowles Commission, 1944-1954
2014 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
Has there been a normative turn in early post-war economics? Jacob Marschak and the Cowles Commission, 1944-1954
2014 | Research Seminar in the History and Methodology of Economics, Utrecht School of Economics and the Nijmegen School of Management, (invited)
Has there been a normative turn in early post-war economics? Jacob Marschak and the Cowles Commission, 1944-1954
2013 | Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice – Fourth Biennial Conference, Toronto
An argument for ‘local critique’ in philosophy of economics: The case of rational choice theory
2013 | XI. Conference for the International Network of Economic Method, University of Rotterdam
An argument for ‘local critique’ in philosophy of economics: The case of rational choice theory
2013 | Lunch Talk, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University
Axiomatic choice theory traveling between mathematical formalism, normative choice rules, and psychological measurement, 1944-1956
2011 | Graduate Workshop, Witten/Herdecke University
An argument for appraising rational choice theory as a research program
2011 | Conference on “What Makes Us Moral?,” University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
The importance of commitment for morality: How Harry Frankfurt can enrich economic models (with Katrien Schaubroeck)
2009 | Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Lisbon
How good are economists’ explanations of cooperation?
2006 | 2nd Graduate-Conference on Philosophy of the Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
How to cope with new problems of collective action?
March 2026 | Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
TBA
February 2026 | Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies, Humboldt-University Berlin, (invited)
TBA
January 2026 | Economics Department, George Mason University, (invited)
Model transfer in the recent history of economics: The case of rational choice models
January 2026 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Dresden (invited)
TBA
December 2025 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Zurich, (invited)
Masterclass: Modeling and model transfer in the social sciences
November 2025 | Center for Higher Education and Science Studies, University of Zurich, (invited)
TBA
November 2025 | Philosophy Department, University of Kansas, (invited)
TBA
October 2025 | Philosophy Department, University of Bristol, (invited)
TBA
September 2025 | 17th Biennal Conference of the International Network for Economic Methodology, University of Bayreuth
Challenges to model transfer in science
September 2025 | Conference on 'Varieties of History of Economic Thought and the Social Sciences', Institut d'Études Scientifiques (IES) de Cargèse, (invited)
Making the case for an integrated approach to the history of economics: Studying model transfer and Its challenges
September 2025 | Satellite Workshop on Digital Methods in Philosophy, GAP.12, (invited keynote)
TBA
July 2025 | Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich, (invited)
TBA
June 2025 | Leibniz Center for Science and Society, Leibniz University Hannover, (invited)
TBA
June 2025 | Society for the Social Studies of Quantification, (invited)
Model transfer in the recent history of economics: The case of rational choice models
PAST
2024 | PSA 29th Biennal Meeting, New Orleans, (poster presentation)
Challenges to model transfer in science
2024 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
Model Transfer in the Recent History of Economics: The Case of Rational Choice Models
2024 | XXVI. Deutschen Kongress für Philosophie, University of Münster
Challenges to Model Transfer in Science
2024 | History of Science Research Colloquium, LMU Munich, (invited)
Model transfer in the history of science: The case of game theory
2024 | Philosophy and History of Science Research Colloquium, Technical University Berlin, (invited)
Model transfer in science
2024 | Research Colloquium for Philosophy and History of Science, Ruhr-University Bochum, (invited)
Studying model transfer in science
2024 | Conference "Is Philosophy Useful for Science, and/or Vice versa?", Chapman University, (invited); (here is the video)
Is science useful for philosophy? The case of studying model transfer.
2023 | Social Networks Lab, ETH Zürich, (invited)
Studying model transfer in science
2023 | Interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung "Wie entsteht Neues?", University of Zurich, (invited)
Wie entsteht Neues? Potentiale und Herausforderungen von Modelltransfer in der Wissenschaft
2023 | Online Workshop 'Epistemic Transfer', Society for the History of the Humanities, (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in model transfer
2023 | Forums for Interdisciplinary Dialogue, University of Helsinki, (invited) (here is the video)
Progress in economics (with Marcel Boumans)
2023 | Workshop 'Modelling Knowledge and Evolution of Science', Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, (invited)
The roles of scientific contributions in the transfer of knowledge: Some methodological reflections
2023 | Symposium on 'Framing Digital Philosophy of Science', EPSA23, Belgrade (here is the video)
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2023 | Online Workshop on Methods in Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter/University of Vienna, (invited)
Bibliometric methods in philosophy of science
2023 | Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University of Hannover
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2023 | Philosophy Department, University of Mainz, (invited)
Empirische Netzwerkanalyse als eine Methode der Wissenschaftsphilosophie
2023 | INEM Conference, University of Venice
Book Symposium on "How Economics Can Save the World" (w. Erik Angner, Francesco Guala, Don Ross and Jack Vromen)
2023 | Conference on 'Big Data and the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto [here is the link to the video]
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2023 | Philosophy Department, Ghent University (invited)
Progress in economics
2023 | IZWT Kolloquium, University of Wuppertal (invited)
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2022 | 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science; part of the symposium: Science policies and scientific collaboration, Brussels
Not More than Exchanging Tools: Early Encounters Between Mathematical Economists and the Behavioral Sciences Movement, 1950-56
2022 | Lake Workshop 'From Models to Decisions, 2022, Castelvecciana, (invited keynote speaker)
What empirical network analysis can do for philosophy of science: The case of model transfer
2022 | Conceptual Engineering Seminar Series, University of Zurich and University of St. Andrews, (invited) [here is the video]
Thick concepts in economics
2022 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics
2022 | Institute of Philosophy, ETH, (invited)
Empirically studying model transfer in science: Some methodological reflections
2022 | Lecture in Gender Studies, University of Zurich, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie?
2022 | CRASSH, University of Cambridge, (invited)
Why do women leave philosophy?
2022 | Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, (invited)
What empirical network analysis could offer to Integrated HPS
2022 | LOGOS Colloquium, University of Barcelona, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics
2022 | ModelSEN Workshop, Max-Planck Institute of the History of Science, (invited)
Applications of Network Analysis in the History of Economics (presenter: Malte Doehne)
2021 | History of Economics Conference, University of Utrecht [here is the video]
Rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1955
2021 | History of Economics Conference, University of Utrecht [here is the video]
The role of narratives in transferring rational choice models from economics into political science (presenter: Alexandra Quack)
2021 | International Workshop on Interdisciplinarity and Philosophy of Science,' National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (invited)
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS
2021 | Workshop on 'Thick Concepts in the Philosophy of Science', University of Hannover (invited keynote)
Thick Concepts in Economics
2021 | Economics Department, New York University, (invited)
Rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1960
2021 | INEM Conference, Arizona State University
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | Workshop on 'Framing Innovation in a Networked World: An Interdisciplinary Workshop,' (invited keynote)
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS (with Malte Doehne)
2021 | Workshop on 'Narrative in Economics: Historical Experiences', London School of Economics
The role of narratives in transferring rational choice models from economics into political science (with Alexandra Quack)
2021 | History of Economic Thought Lecture Series, Stanford University, (invited)
A history of rational choice theory in economics
2021 | Research Forum, University of Bayreuth, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting, University of Kent
Crossing domains: The role of translation in cross-disciplinary model transfer
2021 | British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting, University of Kent
Challenges to methodology transfer in science and philosophy (with Dunja Šešelja)
2021 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Göttingen, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2021 | SDAC Guest Lecture Series, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (invited) [Here is the video]
The diversity of rational choice theory
2021 | Digital Lunch Seminar "META Lecture", Polytechnic University of Milan (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | PPE Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Lucerne (invited)
Die vielen Gesichter der Theorie rationalen Entscheidens
2021 | Conference on Digital Studies of Digital Science, UC Louvain
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS (with Malte Doehne)
2021 | Workshop: Transdisciplinary Model Transfer and its Interfaces, University of Vienna (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of translation in cross-disciplinary model transfer
2021 | Economics Department, George Mason University (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2021 | Colloquium on the Foundations of the Market Order, Leipzig University (invited)
Rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1960
2021 | Philosophy & Ethics Kolloquium, TU Eindhoven, (invited)
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS
2021 | Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University of Hannover, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics: The case of Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy's 'Theory of Rational Addiction' (with Charles Djordjevic)
2020 | Perspectives on Science Seminar, University of Helsinki, (invited)
Thick concepts in economics: The case of Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy's 'Theory of Rational Addiction' (with Charles Djordjevic)
2020 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
How academic opinion leaders shape the adoption of scientific ideas: Early engagement with the ‘Theory of Games and Economic Behavior’ at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1955
2020 | ENPOSS Conference
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (with Charles Djordjevic)
2020 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, San Diego
'Let's formalize behavior': The early adoption of rational choice theories at the Cowles Commission, 1944-1965
2020 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, San Diego
Symposium discussion: Are we all behavioral economists now?
2019 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Basel, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2019 | Workshop on Cailin O'Connor's 'The Origins of Unfairness and Related Methodological Issues', University of Zurich
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS
2019 | Biennial Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Science, University of Geneva
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2019 | Biannual Conference of the International Network for Economic Methodology, University of Helsinki
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (with Charles Djordjevic).
2019 | Workshop on Inclusivity in the Philosophy Classroom, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, (invited)
Why Female Philosophy Students Drop Out of Philosophy and What We Could Do About It: First Results of an Explorative Study
2019 | Workshop on Objectivity in Social Research, University of Bergen, Norway, (invited)
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (with Charles Djordjevic).
2019 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Geneva, (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2019 | University of Freiburg (CH), (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2019 | Institute of Philosophy, University of Neuchâtel (CH), (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2019 | Department of Philosophy, Duke University
The many faces of rational choice theory
2019 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University
Not more than exchanging tools: early encounters between mathematical economists and the Behavioral Sciences Movement
2019 | Annual Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science, University of Cologne
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2018 | Workshop on Concept Formation in the Natural and Social Sciences, University of Zurich
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (collaborator and presenter Charles Djordjevic).
2018 | Workshop on Science as FACTory, University of Vienna, (invited)
The evaluative aspect of the concept of addiction in economics: The case of Gary Becker (collaborator and presenter Charles Djordjevic).
2018 | The European Network for Philosophy of the Social Sciences/The Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable, University of Hannover
Can the rationality principle be understood as a functional a priori principle?
2018 | Computational Modeling in Philosophy, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Conflicts of interest in science (collaborator and presenter Malte Doehne, UZH)
2018 | Society for Women in Philosophy - Switzerland, (invited)
Warum verlassen Frauen die Philosophie? Erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Studie
2018 | Learning from Empirical Approaches to HPS, University of Pittsburg
What empirical network analysis could offer to research in Integrated HPS (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2018 | PPE Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2018 | PPE Workshop, George Mason University, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | Colloquium at the Chair for Political Philosophy, University of Zurich (UZH), (invited)
Explaining patterns, not details: Reevaluating rational choice models in light of their explananda
2017 | Workshop on 'Hard Choices and Rational Choice', University of Bern, (invited keynote lecture)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | Colloquium at the Chair for Science Studies, ETH Zurich, (invited)
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2017 | Workshop on the 'Historiography of Recent Economics', University of Lausanne, (invited)
Applying social network analysis in the history of economics (with François Claveau, Sherbrooke University)
2017 | Workshop 'Theories of Rationality', University of Bonn, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | British Society for Philosophy of Science - Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh
Crossing domains: The role of the translator in the spread of scientific innovations
2017 | History of Economics Conference, University of Toronto
Applying social network analysis in the history of economics (presented by François Claveau, Sherbrooke University)
2017 | Faculty of Philosophy and Education, University of Vienna
The many faces of rational choice theory
2017 | Annual Conference, European Society for the History of Economic Thought
Five reasons for why network analysis can be fruitful for the history of economics (presented by Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | Ringvorlesung zur Einführung in die Philosophie, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie
2016 | Summer School on Mathematical Philosophy for Female Students, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, (invited)
Using social network analysis in philosophy
2016 | INEM/CHESS Summer School on Philosophy and Economics, San Sebastian (two invited lectures)
Reappraising rational choice theory in the context of economic practices
2016 | 6th International Conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh
Imagination rather than observation in econometrics: Ragnar Frisch’s hypothetical experiments
2016 | History of Economics Conference, Duke University
“Let’s formalize behavior”: The diffusion of rational choice theories, 1944-1965 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | 3rd Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science, London School of Economics
Not more than exchanging tools: early encounters between mathematical economists and the Behavioral Sciences Movement
2016 | 20th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne
Turning towards normative choice models in the early Cold War years: The case of Cowles
2016 | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zurich
How knowledge travels: the case of rational choice theories
2016 | Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie, University of Düsseldorf
The diffusion of scientific innovations: A role typology (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University, (invited)
How theories travel: The case of the Theory of Games, 1944-1970 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2016 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, San Francisco
Imagination rather than observation in econometrics: Ragnar Frisch’s hypothetical experiments
2015 | Society for Women in Philosophy Germany Meeting, LMU Munich, (invited)
Do female-only events have a (positive) effect in mathematical philosophy? Results from a summer school
(collaborator and presenter: Elizabeth Rosas)
2015 | Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Hannover, (invited)
Die Theorie rationalen Entscheidens: Ausprägungen und Nutzen in der Geschichte der Volkswirtschaftslehre
2015 | Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics, University of Rotterdam, (invited)
How theories travel: The case of the Theory of Games, 1944-1970 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2015 | Workshop on Studying Knowledge Transfer and its Contexts, CAS at LMU Munich
How theories travel: The case of the Theory of Games, 1944-1970 (with Malte Doehne, UZH)
2015 | Congress on Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, University of Helsinki
The diffusion of scientific theories: Network topologies and the role of the translator (collaborator and presenter: Malte Döhne)
2015 | Work in Progress Seminar, MCMP
The adoption, diffusion and spread of scientific theories: The case of The Theory of Games, 1944-1970
2015 | Lunch Talk, Center for Advanced Study at LMU Munich
Flexible concepts, unsettled axioms: How rational choice theories entered the social sciences in the Post War era
2015 | History of Economics Society Annual Conference, Michigan State University
Shall we collaborate and if so, with whom? Jacob Marschak and the early years of the Behavioral Sciences Movement, 1950-56
2015 | Workshop on History of Recent Economics as History of Science; École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, (invited)
Shall we collaborate and if so, with whom? Jacob Marschak and the early years of the Behavioral Sciences Movement, 1950-56
2015 | Ringvorlesung, Wittener Institut für Institutionellen Wandel, Witten/Herdecke University, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2015 | Conference, Economizing Mind, 1870-2015: When Economics and Psychology Met . . . or Didn't, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
Economics and the ‘Behavioral Sciences Movement’: Jacob Marschak’s year at the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
2015 | Arbeitstagung on Independence in Research, University of Hannover - Germany, (invited)
Interessenkonflikte in der Wissenschaft: Implikationen für Konsensbildung und ‚epistemic peerhood’ (with Lee Elkin and Stephan Hartmann)
2015 | Research Seminar, Economics Department, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, (invited)
Between the ‘logic of choice’ and the behavioral sciences: The emergence of rational choice theories in the 1950s
2015 | Workshop on Social Simulation, University of Bayreuth, (invited)
“Let’s formalize behavior”: The diffusion of rational choice theories in the American social sciences, 1944-1965 (collaborator and presenter: Malte Döhne)
2015 | Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, Boston
Between the ‘logic of choice’ and the behavioral sciences: The emergence of rational choice theories in the 1950s
2014 | 1st Witten Conference on Institutional Change: Money, Credit & Banking - The Austrian Economics Perspective on Financial Crises, Witten/Herdecke University
The economist’s persisting commitment to methodological rationalism
2014 | Workshop, Decisions, Groups, and Networks, MCMP and CAS at LMU Munich
“Let’s formalize behavior”: The diffusion of rational choice theories in the American social sciences, 1944-1965 (with Malte Döhne)
2014 | British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference, University of St. Andrews
Between economics and the behavioral sciences: Marschak and the emergence of rational choice theories in the 1940s and 1950s
2014 | Research Colloquium, Perspektiven in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Chair for the History of Science, LMU, (invited)
Defining the rules of rationality: Jacob Marschak and the normative turn in economics, 1943-1954
2014 | History of Economics Society Annual Conference, Université du Québec à Montréal; plenary talk for the Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize, (invited)
The many faces of rational choice theory
2014 | History of Economics Society Annual Conference, Université du Québec à Montréal
Defining the rules of rationality: Jacob Marschak and the normative turn in economics, 1943-1954
2014 | History of Recent Economics Conference (HISRECO), University of Siena, (invited)
Has there been a normative turn in early post-war economics? Jacob Marschak and the Cowles Commission, 1944-1954
2014 | Lunch Seminar, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University, (invited)
Has there been a normative turn in early post-war economics? Jacob Marschak and the Cowles Commission, 1944-1954
2014 | Research Seminar in the History and Methodology of Economics, Utrecht School of Economics and the Nijmegen School of Management, (invited)
Has there been a normative turn in early post-war economics? Jacob Marschak and the Cowles Commission, 1944-1954
2013 | Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice – Fourth Biennial Conference, Toronto
An argument for ‘local critique’ in philosophy of economics: The case of rational choice theory
2013 | XI. Conference for the International Network of Economic Method, University of Rotterdam
An argument for ‘local critique’ in philosophy of economics: The case of rational choice theory
2013 | Lunch Talk, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University
Axiomatic choice theory traveling between mathematical formalism, normative choice rules, and psychological measurement, 1944-1956
2011 | Graduate Workshop, Witten/Herdecke University
An argument for appraising rational choice theory as a research program
2011 | Conference on “What Makes Us Moral?,” University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
The importance of commitment for morality: How Harry Frankfurt can enrich economic models (with Katrien Schaubroeck)
2009 | Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Lisbon
How good are economists’ explanations of cooperation?
2006 | 2nd Graduate-Conference on Philosophy of the Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
How to cope with new problems of collective action?
