Uncertain Futures in Economic Decision Making

Thursday, 2 July 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


TH15-01
Constructing Economic Furures (1): Risk Narratives and Financial Imaginaries
Uncertain Futures in Economic Decision Making

Discussant: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Session Organizers: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderator: Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science

Participants:
The Cartography of Forex Lending: Westernizing the Future in the Hungarian Mortgage Market
Lena Pellandini-Simanyi, ELTE; Zsuzsanna Vargha, University of Leicester; Ferenc Hammer, ELTE

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


TH15-02
Constructing economic futures (2): Central banking and forecasting
Uncertain Futures in Economic Decision Making

Discussant: Waltraud Schelkle, London School of Economics
Session Organizers: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderator: Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science

Participants:

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


TH15-03
Managing uncertainty in innovation
Uncertain Futures in Economic Decision Making

Discussant: Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science
Session Organizers: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderator: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Participants:
Surfing the Hype Wave: Intermediary Organizations Shaping Expectations in Emerging Technologies.
Carla Alvial Palavicino, University of Twente; Konrad Kornelia, University of Twente

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


TH15-04
Strategies for coping with uncertain futures
Uncertain Futures in Economic Decision Making

Discussant: Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science
Session Organizers: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Richard Bronk, London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderator: Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Participants:
Fishing for Customers: Uncertainty and the Microfoundations of the Taxi Market in Warsaw
Marcin Serafin, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies