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YSI Workshop:

Conflicts and Tensions in the History and Philosophy of Economics

University of Lorraine, Nancy, France.

20 May, 2026

Programme:

08:00–08:30 — Welcome Coffee

08:30–09:30 — Lecture 1 (by Professor Roberto Fumagalli - King’s College London) - ‘Tensions and Conflicts in Normative Welfare Economics’ 
40-minute presentation followed by 20 minutes of Q&A

09:30–09:45 — Break

09:45–11:45 — Session 1
Three student presentations (40 minutes each)

• Hugo Mosneron Dupin - "Net Energy Analysis and the Making of Ecological Economics: Epistemic Conflicts over Energetic and Economic Expertise in the Energy Crisis"
  • Discussion: Daniel Zarama Rojas
• Carlos Ezquerra González - "Why is actual macroeconomics inconsistent? An extension of Adolph Lowe's critique of economic science"
  • Discussion: Maciej Nogaj
• Chenxi Gao - "Regime of Need: A Reconstruction Based on Marx’ s Theory of Need"
  • Discussion: Yannick Lacroix
    

11:45–13:15 — Lunch

13:15–14:35 — Session 2
Two student presentations (40 minutes each)

• Lucas Marquet-Ellis - "Pareto’s optimum: Value-free welfare economics?"
  • Discussion: Hugo Mosneron Dupin
• Maciej Nogaj - "Scope Conditions and Model Coexistence: Lessons from Finance"
  • Discussion: Carlos Ezquerra González

14:35–14:50 — Break

14:50–16:10 — Session 3
Two student presentations (40 minutes each)

• Yannick Lacroix - "The Economic Philosophy of Capitalism in Keynes: Ethics, Ontology, and Power"
  • Discussion: Chenxi Gao
• Daniel Zarama Rojas - "The Neglected Heterogeneity in Cognitive Biases: The Epistemic Vices Behind"
  • Discussion: Lucas Marquet-Ellis

16:10–16:25 — Break

16:25–17:25 — Lecture 2 (by Professor Magdalena Małecka - University of Copenhagen) - "Between Knowing and Governing: Tensions in Nudging Policies from the Perspective of History and Philosophy of Behavioral Science and Economics"
40-minute presentation followed by 20 minutes of Q&A

17:25–17:30 — Concluding Remarks

17:30–19:30 — Welcome Cocktail (Philosophy and Economics Conference)
20:00 — Dinner