Economics and philosophy at Lyon Saint-Etienne
by Institut de Recherches philosophiques de Lyon (IRPhiL) & GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne,
Lyon 2 University & Lyon 3 University & Jean Monnet University
The Lyon Saint-Etienne site has researchers working at the frontier between economics and philosophy in several of its establishments. The ‘Economics and Philosophy at Lyon Saint-Etienne’ workshop has been designed as an annual scientific event to bring these researchers together around a theme that will change each year.
The 2026 Edition: “Economic expertise and democracy”
The 2026 edition will focus on a cross-disciplinary theme: ‘Economic expertise and Democracy”, with support of the AMI SHS Democis and the PEPR Maths-Vives CONDORCET. The workshop is likely to be of interest not only to researchers in the field of ‘economics and philosophy’, but also, more broadly, to specialists in political philosophy, philosophy of science, and economists interested in the evaluation of public policy.
All colleagues and students from the doctoral schools of philosophy and economics at Lyon and Saint-Etienne are welcome to attend the presentations, upon registration.
Date. June 1-2, 2026
Venue. Université Lyon 3, Faculté de philosophie, Le Palais (15 quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon), Salle Starck
Registration. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required at your earliest convenience. Please just write an email to Mikael.Cozic@univ-lyon3.fr
Program
Monday 01/ 06, 14:00-16:00. Expertise and Taxation
Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE). Is axiologic neutrality possible in the study of taxation ?
Pierre Boyer (Ecole Polytechnique, CREST, IPP). How to design politically feasible and welfare-improving tax reforms?
Monday 01/06, 16h30-18h30. Scientific expertise
Hannah Hilligardt (University of Bern). How to do political philosophy of science
Greg Lusk (Durham university, CHESS). Adequacy-for-purpose and social values in science
Tuesday 02/06, 9h-12h. Economic expertise
Johan Christensen (Universiteit Leiden). The influence of economic expertise in policy-making: empirical perspective
Béatrice Cherrier (CNRS, CREST). Economists as taxation, climate and monetary policy experts since World War II: conclusion from a few case studies.
Mathis Nicole Desmau (Université Lyon 3, IRPhiL). Value judgments and economic expertise: revisiting the division of labor model
Tuesday 02/06, 13h30-16h30. Expertise and Climate
Stéphane Zuber (CNRS, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne). Are economists shaping climate policy?
Antonin Pottier (EHESS, CIRED). TBA










