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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The key degrowth books by Hickel, Parrique, and Schmelzer et al. And the critiques or degrowth in etc. Stern's 2025 "Growth story of 21st century and Susskind's Growth: a reckoning.

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you, I'll take a look. The tendency of the degrowth literature is, in my view, to use high standards when arguing that green growth doesn't work but to be happy with less rigorous arguments when arguing that degrowth is a better option. Vice versa for green growth arguments.

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The intellectual quality of the #degrowth vs green growth debate is horrible. Which is sad given that it's about keeping the planet inhabitable. Been trying to study best statements of each position but only found ambiguity and bad reasoning on all sides. Convince me I overlooked something? #econsky

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Many thanks to Rawad El Skaf, Joyce Havstad (@philosofir.bsky.social), Catherine Herfeld (@cherfeld.bsky.social) and others in the Hannover philosophy community (@iphilluh.bsky.social) for valuable feedback during the writing process. Funded by @dfg.de (#470816212/KFG43) 5/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In the paper, I argue that being expert on the relationship between growth and sustainability depends on how actively the expert is in contact with the other research fields that engage with this question from other perspectives. doi.org/10.1080/1350... 4/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Can someone who has a lot of research experience on economic growth say that they are a trustworthy expert on whether economic growth can be sustainable? 3/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Obviously, researchers and other experts should avoid overstepping the limits of their expertise – they should avoid giving the impression that they have a lot of expertise regarding questions on which they in fact don’t have a lot of expertise. 2/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New philosophy paper on expertise, #sustainability and economic growth! Responsible experts are self-reflective about the quality of their knowledge, so esp. with complex issues, they should consider how diverse their own sources of evidence and information are. 🧵⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1350... #PhilSci

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Green growth and responsible expert testimony

Responsible experts try to avoid expert trespassing, i.e. making statements while presenting oneself as having more expertise than he or she really has. Avoiding trespassing may be difficult with m...

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Got a "your paper was cited" notification and checked it out. The sentence where my paper was cited has nothing to do with the content of my paper. Seems like AI did not hallucinate a reference for the authors but produced an unrelated one. Has anybody else experienced this? #academicsky #philsky

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This project will take place at Stockholm University (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social) where I will work with Erik Angner (@erikangner.com) and other great philosophers and sustainability researchers. Stay tuned! 7/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

In the project "Diagnosing scientific disagreement on sustainability and economic growth", I will do a deep dive into what makes the disagreements between green-growth and degrowth advocates so persistent, and what the most promising strategies to work towards consensus are. 6/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

For me, the curious thing is that each view is backed up by science - or so it seems. It's just that from the vantage points of different research fields the problems and solutions look different. But not everyone can be right when views are starkly different, or can they? 5/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

For others, the pursuit of economic growth by rich countries is part of the problem. The link between environmental harms and economic growth seems difficult to erase quickly, so some think rich countries need to give up economic growth as a goal to sufficiently reduce environmental impacts. 4/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

For many, economic growth is an important part of the picture. Economic growth enables clean innovations facilitating the sustainability transition and is also important for many other reasons, or so the arguments go. 3/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The scientific consensus is clear that we need to drastically reduce the harmful impacts that the economic system has on the environment. But there is disagreement on what are the best ways to do this. 2/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

More news: the Finnish Cultural Foundation (@skr.fi) will fund my project "Diagnosing scientific disagreement on sustainability and economic growth". This means I will be occupied with two sustainability-focused philosophy-of-science projects in the coming years. #philsci #philsky #skr2025 1/7

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

It is essential that we can evaluate which experts are the best sources of information, judgment and advice in the sustainability transition. In the project, I will use the methods of philosophy of science to develop new perspectives to these questions. #philsci 5/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The sustainability transition provides a fascinating and important case study, since different experts often make differing diagnoses of sustainability-related problems and offer different solutions them. 4/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Experts themselves should have tools to discern where the limits of their own expertise lie, so that they can be transparent about those limits towards their non-expert audiences. 3/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Scientific expertise is much needed in today's world. But it's not always easy to decide who the relevant, competent and trustworthy experts are in each issue. Knowledge users such as policymakers, journalists and citizens should understand which experts they should listen to in each issue. 2/5

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Grant news! Alfred Kordelin Foundation has decided to fund my postdoc research project "Expertise and its limits in the sustainability transition". Many thanks to the foundation, the reviewers and the colleagues who supported me with the application! Briefly on the project below ⬇️ #philsci 1/5

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Poliittinen talous -lehden vuoden 2025 ensimmäinen numero on pian koottu! Pääkirjoituksessaan VTT Konsta Kotilainen @konstaamos.bsky.social ja VTT Markus Ojala @mojala.bsky.social pohtivat poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen luonnetta. 1/5

Mainos Poliittinen talous -lehden numeron 13:1 pääkirjoitukselle, jonka otsikko on "Poliittinen talous - mitä se on ja missä kulkevat tutkimusalan rajat?".

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Tuoreessa artikkelissaan dos. Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja VTT Laura Nordström @lauranordstrom.bsky.social tarkastelevat teknologiayritysten lobbausta Euroopan unionissa. 1/4

Mainos Poliittinen talous -lehdessä julkaistusta alkuperäisartikkelista, jonka otsikko on "Digijätit Euroopan unionissa: lobbaus alistakapitalismin aikakaudella.

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Hm 🫤 I guess it activates with a delay... This happened once before

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Finally got around to publishing a summary of my phd thesis. Stuff about pluralism, economics, philosophy of science. #philsci #econsky doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

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Diversity for the Common Good? Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Looking forward to the Vienna summer school on the history and epistemology of econometrics. Probably never had a preparatory reading list this long for anything (not half is in the pic 😅)

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

How to represent and communicate uncertainty in climate science and other policy-relevant research? Workshop Making Sense of Uncertainty in Science and Policy is starting at the SOCRATES research group at @iphilluh.bsky.social Organized by Margherita Harris, Joe Roussos, Leonie Wiemeyer #philsci

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Tuoreessa arviossaan KTT Anna-Maria Murtola arvioi Feminismiä talouteen -teoksen (2024). Hanna Ylöstalon, Heini Kinnusen, Emma Lambergin ja Inna Perheentuvan laatima teos johdattaa lukijan kriittiseen feministiseen talouslukutaitoon sekä feministiseen taloustoimijuuteen ja sen haasteisiin. 1/3

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Tutkitko työmarkkinapolitiikan muutoksia? Kirjoita Poliittinen talous -lehden teemanumeroon! Teemanumero (1/2026) keskittyy Suomen työmarkkinapolitiikan viime vuosikymmenen muutoksiin ja niiden vaikutuksiin poliittiseen talouteen. 1/5

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Kirja-arviossaan YTT Teppo Eskelinen @teppoeskelinen.bsky.social tarkastelee Joan Robinsonin ensikertaa suomennettua klassikkoa, Johdatus työllisyyden teoriaan -teosta. 1/3

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My colleague Rawad El Skaf argues that IPCC policy scenarios should include ones where Global North stops pursuing economic growth - committing to economic growth is not "policy-neutral" as IPCC mandate requires. #econsky #philsci doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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Post-growth and the lack of diversity in the scenario framework

Scenarios and pathways, as defined in the SSP-RCP framework, are central to recent climate research and the latest IPCC report. Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) offer a small set of alternative...

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Juuri julkaistussa keskustelupuheenvuorossa VTT Olli Poropudas kommentoi Visa Heinosen ja Mika Pantzarin Poliittinen talous -lehden numerossa 12:2 julkaistua tulkintaa Suomen taloudellisesta kehityksestä. 1/4

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Call for papers still open for a few days!

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Call for Papers: Workshop "Assessing economics as a serviceable social science" Helsinki, 22-23 Aug 2025 Possible themes range from policy-relevance, evidence & models to institutional structure of economics Submission DL: 7 March Details: blogs.helsinki.fi/essk-project... #philsci #econsky

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Call for papers: ESSK 2025 Workshop – ESSK

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

TODAY! Does the public have poor knowledge of the economy? Should economists do more to educate them? Join us today to explore the knowledge gap in economics and examine the role of economic expertise. (Online via Zoom) #econsky #philsci 👇 bsky.app/profile/aydi...

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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Poliittinen talous -lehden vuoden 2025 ensimmäisessä julkaisussa VTT Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social käsittelee taloustieellistä pluralismia. Lari avaa lektiossaan, mistä taloustieteellisessä pluralismissa on kyse ja millaisia perusteluja pluralismin puolesta ja vastaan voidaan esittää. (1/3)

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Looking forward to discussing economic expertise and the knowledge gap between economists and laypeople in the next ReSES seminar. Online & open to all! #philsci #econsky

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

University of Helsinki decided to leave Twitter (X).

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Many fascinating topics in this CFP: Institutional conditions for epistemic trust, role of experts in democracy, social and cognitive diversity...

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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science @tint-philosophy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Michiru Nagatsu's (@ustagan10.bsky.social) inaugural lecture, "Practical Philosophy in Practice: Thinking, Feeling, Imagining and Acting at the End of the World" is now on the TINT Blog: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/01/23/i... #PhilSci

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Practical Philosophy in Practice: Thinking, Feeling, Imagining and Acting at the End of the World / Michiru Nagatsu – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Some comments on my recent interview with Ha-Joon Chang in this blog post. I think the counterarguments to pluralism in economics merit more attention than Chang gives them: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/01/21/c...

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Dissecting Arguments for Pluralism: Summary and Comments on Interview with Ha-Joon Chang / Teemu Lari – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The pic is from when I first learned that Hanover in January is not all dark and grey

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Last week I started as a postdoc fellow at @iphilluh.bsky.social in the "SOCRATES" Centre (Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge & Science-Based Information). I will study philosophical questions related to economic expertise. How to recognize most relevant and reliable experts?

Photograph of colorful houses and sky with pink clouds

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Mark Grabowski @markgrabowski.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science @tint-philosophy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

TINT Blogissa @teemulari.bsky.social tekee suomenkielistä yhteenvetoa Ha-Joon Changin pluralismista ja nostaa esiin haastattelussa avoimeksi jääneitä kysymyksiä. (English version of the blog post on Ha-Joon Chang's pluralism will appear soon) tint-helsinki.fi/2024/12/19/p...

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Pluralistin argumentteja ruotimassa: Yhteenvetoa ja kommentteja Ha-Joon Changin haastattelusta / Teemu Lari – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science @tint-philosophy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

@teemulari.bsky.social interviewed Professor Ha-Joon Chang as he visited us in Helsinki. The interview is now out in Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. Issues covered: Pluralism in economics, role of economists in politics, advice for young scholars doi.org/10.23941/ejp... #EconSky

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Economics, Pluralism and Democracy: An Interview with Ha-Joon Chang | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

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Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨ Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌

Pot with branch from dead plant in a windows sill. Next to it is another plant and a watering pot. Bellow, a sign is stuck on the wall reading - Artist: unknown. Dead plant, 2024. Glass, plastic, wood and misc. organic material. The precise placement of this piece among a collection of living plants allows the unknowns artist to remind the viewer of the inescapable cycle of life and death, as well as the capricious nature of the Ava rage house plant.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

What a great interview with Ha-Joon Chang! @teemulari.bsky.social asks searching and informed questions covering so much ground. Even the greatest mystery of them all, namely how the two Chang brothers, Hasok and Ha-Joon, each independently arrived at pluralism in their fields. #econsky #philsci

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Economics, Pluralism and Democracy: An Interview with Ha-Joon Chang | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

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