180171 SE Interdisciplinary Research Seminar in Philosophy and Economics (2022S)
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Registration/Deregistration
- Registration is open from Fr 11.02.2022 09:00 to Fr 18.02.2022 10:00
- Registration is open from Tu 22.02.2022 09:00 to Mo 28.02.2022 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 20.03.2022 23:59
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Group 1
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Credits: 5 ECTS credits / 2 semester-hours (SWS/SSt)
Time: Wednesdays, 15:00-18:15, starting on March 9, 2022
Location: Seminar Room 2.i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) 2nd floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, and via Zoom as needed
Lecturers: Justin Leduc, Department of Economics, justin.leduc@univie.ac.at, and Felix Pinkert, Department of Philosophy, felix.pinkert@univie.ac.at
Group 2
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Credits: 5 ECTS credits / 2 semester-hours (SWS/SSt)
Time: Wednesdays, 15:00-18:15, starting on March 9, 2022
Location: Seminar Room 2.i, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) 2nd floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, and via Zoom as needed
Lecturers: Justin Leduc, Department of Economics, justin.leduc@univie.ac.at, and Felix Pinkert, Department of Philosophy, felix.pinkert@univie.ac.at
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- An interdisciplinary academic essay/paper, which argues for a particular claim or answer to a question pertaining to one of the seminar themes, and which uses ideas from both disciplines to make its point.
- A research proposal, suitable either as an extended master thesis proposal or for a PhD application. It explains a problem or question pertaining to the seminar themes, the state of the art of the relevant literature in philosophy and economics on that theme, and outlines a thesis and research programme.
- One or two long read journalistic-style articles (as may be found in a longform sections of newspapers, magazines, blogs, or on a think tank’ communication webpage) on a problem or question pertaining to one of the seminar themes, which uses ideas from both disciplines. The intended target is an interested general audience. The piece must be explicitely based on existing academic debates.All assigments in line with either of the first or the second format must be submitted in English. If you choose the journalistic long-read article format, then you may submit in English or in German (e.g. if you intend to work towards publishing your piece in a German-language publication venue). You may choose to work in a team on the final assignment (up to three participants). In this case, the required number of words changes proportionally (5000-5400 for a group of two, 7500-8100 for a group of three). Co-authored assignments are given a single mark that applies equally to all authors.The paper outline and paper are to be submitted on Moodle, as pdf file, with all identifying information (name, student ID) in the text, file name, and file metadata removed to facilitate anonymous marking. Delayed submissions get a marking penalty of +0.2 for each day (24h) of lateness, although this penalty does not lead to a failing grade. If your submission is delayed for reasons outside of your control, please contact the lecturers via email as soon as possible.
(a) from a rough selection of contributions relating to a contemporary social issue to a more focused research topic;
(b) from this research topic to knowledge of key philosophy and economics ideas and debates that relate to it;
(c) to a fully formulated research question and a plan for an essay, larger research thesis, or public engagement contribution concerning that question.Under the guidance of the lecturers, you will take some of these steps in individual seminar preparation, and others cooperatively with other students during the seminar.The seminar is taught and assessed in English (notable exception, long read articles – one of the final assignment types, see below – can be submitted in German as well). It will feature extensive small group discussions.