Since 2007, HISRECO has brought together researchers from various backgrounds to study the history of economics in the postwar period. The increasing availability of archival materials, along with the development of new perspectives inherited from the larger history and sociology of knowledge,...

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the cancellation of this year’s HISRECO conference, which was to be held at the Walras-Pareto Center (University of Lausanne) from March 19-21, due to the risks related to the Covid-19 virus pandemic.

Even though the organizers are open to a wide range of approaches to the history of economics, paper proposals that address the interface between this field and the history and sociology of science, or cultural and science studies will be particularly appreciated.

The past decade has seen significant growth in work on the history of economics since WW2. The availability of source-materials has increased dramatically, new methods have been employed and scholars have looked across disciplinary boundaries. This work has produced insightful contextual...

The title of the conference is “Schumpeter’s heritage: the evolution of the theory of evolution”. The conference celebrates the anniversary of the publication of Schumpeter's 'Theory of Development’. The structure of the conference theme can be described as follows: Track 1: The Evolving...

It is all happening in Vienna this fall. The Mises Institute returns to the home of the Austrian School with lectures and tours of the place that gave birth and rise to the global movement for freedom, the very home of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, and the entire intellectual...

The conference will focus on the European roots of Peter Drucker’s thinking, the relevance of his legacy for today’s and tomorrow’s world and finally will be the launch-pad for a major broad-based European dialogue on the future of management.

The purpose of the present conference is to provide an occasion for broad historical reflection upon the rise and fall of the axiomatic method in economics, and papers dealing with any relevant aspect of that history are invited.

The workshop aims to address Shackle's contribution to the economic thought of the XXth century, with particular regard to uncertainty, expectations, decision making, fluctuations and methodology.