Ivan Moscati
Prof at Insubria University, Varese, & research associate at Bocconi University, Milan │ History and methodology of utility and decision theory │ Behavioral and experimental economics │ Web: ivanmoscati.weebly.com
- Deadline approaching!
- 🎓 Call for applications – 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics, Villa del Grumello (Como), 7–12 June 2026. Open to PhD students, young scholars & advanced MA students. Deadline 31 Jan 2026. More information: phileco4.lakecomoschool.org
- Glad to share a new paper with Ivan Boldyrev and Bob Sugden, written for the 75th anniversary of the famous 1952 Paris conference on risk. We reconstruct the rich discussions at the meeting and address the “sleeping beauty puzzle” linked to ideas presented there by Allais and Arrow. bit.ly/4rkZqNn
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati🎓 Call for applications – 4th Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics, Villa del Grumello (Como), 7–12 June 2026. Open to PhD students, young scholars & advanced MA students. Deadline 31 Jan 2026. More information: phileco4.lakecomoschool.org
- Call for Applications — DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026 Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics Como, Italy, 8–12 June 2026 Sponsored by INEM, U. of Insubria, and U. of Milan Full information at: phileco4.lakecomoschool.org phileco4.lakecomoschool.org/application/
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiHISRECO-2025 starts tomorrow at the department of Economics and Business Economics, Nijmegen School of Management at Radboud University Thrilled to welcome many wonderful colleagues to Nijmegen! (will try to post sth here with h/t #HISRECO2025) hisreco.wordpress.com/next-confere...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiYou might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET. In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
- Very glad that Caterina Marchionni (Milan U., @catemar.bsky.social) has joined Francesco Guala (Milan U.), Raffaello Seri (Insubria U., @rseri.me), and me as a local organizer of the Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics. Welcome aboard, Caterina!
- Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026. Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics. Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy. Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan. More information forthcoming. @catemar.bsky.social @rseri.me
- Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026. Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics. Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy. Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan. More information forthcoming. @catemar.bsky.social @rseri.me
- Well deserved, Conrad!
- We are proud to share that Conrad Heilmann has been appointed Professor of Philosophy of Economics at the Erasmus School of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Congratulations, Conrad! www.eur.nl/en/esphil/ne...
- Delighted to share that my paper “Psychological narratives in decision theory: what they are and what they are good for” has been published in the Journal of Economic Methodology: doi.org/10.1080/1350... You can download up to 50 free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/S2UAR...
- Models in the economic theory of decision making under uncertainty are often accompanied by “psychological narratives”, i.e., accounts of the psychological factors and processes that determine individuals’ choices in uncertain situations. This paper makes three main contributions.
- First, it reviews the psychological narratives associated with some influential models developed to supersede expected utility theory. Second, it examines the epistemological status of these narratives, arguing that they draw from folk psychology and are best understood as as-if constructs.
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View full threadThe paper relates to Julian Reiss’s “explanation paradox,” which consists of three widely accepted yet mutually inconsistent claims: (1) economic models are false; (2) they are nevertheless explanatory; (3) only true accounts can explain. I suggest resolving the paradox by rejecting claim (3).
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiHISRECO program is now available online! hisreco.wordpress.com/next-confere...
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati📌 Scholarship Code: CU41. CU Beta.06 ⏰ Deadline: 22/08 – 1PM 📧 Contact: elena.maggi@uninsubria.it 📑 Make sure to include the scholarship code in your application! A great opportunity to research at the intersection of mobility & climate.
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati📢 Call for Applications – PhD Programme in Sustainable Development & Climate Change. 🎓 Focus: Climate Change & Transportation: a critical and complex interrelationship 🗓️ Start: Nov. 25 🌍 Language: English 🌐 Open to international candidates!
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiWith the customary couple of months of delay (🙄), issue 1-2025 of HEI - History of Economic Ideas has been published. TOC is in the image below. hei.scholasticahq.com www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=61 @shoet.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiA new issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology is available now www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiThe list of talks at this year's THETS conference is available, looks awesome! And I hope that other Warwick people who are interested in the topic -- like @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social , @yuvalmillo.bsky.social , and Matthew Watson -- will be there as well thets.org.uk/2025-annual-...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiArticle: Scarf, Shapley, and Shubik's Applications of the “Core” to General Equilibrium, by Jonathan F. Cogliano doi.org/10.1215/0018...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiOur book with @ustagan10.bsky.social is now published and available on open access 🥳 www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati📢 Call for Applications 📢 41st Cycle of the PhD in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions. 5 scholarships available for the academic year 2025-2026. Deadline: 12/07/2025 www.uninsubria.eu/work-and-stu...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiOrganised by Department of Economic and Social Sciences with our Department. Org. com. : Samantha Coccia (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Federico Giri (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Mauro Gallegati (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Alberto Russo (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Eugenio Caverzasi.
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati🚨 Call for Applications – 4th HANDS-ON AB-SFC Summer School on Agen- Based Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomic Modelling Ancona, Sept 3–5, 2025. Deadline: July 10, 2025 Info & application: lnkd.in/dHu3cDHW
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiMichele Bernasconi (@dipecounive.bsky.social) in London presenting “Equality of Opportunity with Quadratic Social Welfare Functions” w/ Raffaello Seri (@rseri.me) in a seminar of the group Perceptions of Inequality, 30/04, 12:30-13.45. www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...
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- Reposted by Ivan Moscati3rd Edition Bioeconomy School - Science, Economics, Business and Society organized by our colleagues Raffaello Seri (@rseri.me) and Andrea Vezzulli with Loredano Pollegioni, Daniela Ubiali (U. di Pavia)
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiNotification of acceptance: June 30th, 2025 Submission of the final paper by August 18th, 2025 Registration and fee payment should be made by July 21th, 2025.
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiVenue: The Summer school will be held at the Department of Literature, Philosophy and Art History, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Columbia 1. The Campus X is within walking distance to the venue. A shuttle service will be available.
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiCfP 27th ESHET Summer School in History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy and Economic History “Capitalism, Democracy and Justice”, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 1-5 September 2025.
- I’ve just completed a revision of a paper titled “Psychological narratives in decision theory: what they are and what they are good for.” I believe it makes a contribution to the recent literature on the epistemic role of narratives in science, particularly in economics. ssrn.com/abstract=476...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiThe March 2025 issue of JHET is out. It opens with the 2024 HES Presidential Address by Maria Pia Paganelli, followed by 5 articles covering a wide range of topics, one letter to the editor on Carl Menger’s Lectures to Crown Prince Rudolf and six book reviews: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiNew issue of EJHET with book reviews on the history of 20th-c econ tinyurl.com/2pvke4dh @ngiocoli.bsky.social reviews @ivan-moscati.bsky.social on expected util. Rubin reviews Arnon, @henk-jandekker.bsky.social reviews Doganova on discount rate. @dkuehn.bsky.social reviews Cooper on public finance
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiA Research Fellowship is available on the topic "Technological Spillovers from the Space Industry to Other Industrial Sectors" 🔗 Further details and application: uninsubria.it/bandi-e-conc... Deadline: 07/04 at 23:59.
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati📢 Call for Abstracts! Join the student conference "Science and Philosophy - Shared History, Diverging Paths?" at Leibniz University Hannover, 25-26 July 2025! BA and MA students are welcome to submit abstracts. International participants can apply for financial support. Details: sciphihan.de
- Very glad to visit @dipecounive.bsky.social from 17/3 to 11/4 & many thanks to my colleagues there for the invitation! This time, I’ll be leading a reading group with Ph.D. students in Economics on some classics in decision theory, including Simon 1955, Ellsberg 1961, and Kahneman & Tversky 1979.
- Congratulations to Luca and his coauthors on this insightful review of a specific branch of the nudge literature!
- 📑Our (Mariangela Zoli, Enrico Botta and me) latest paper, "Biases and Nudges in the Circular Economy: A Review", just got published in Ecological Economics. Available here (open access for a limited time): authors.elsevier.com/c/1kkwr_KzPP...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiF.P. Ramsey’s grave finally has a refurbished headstone! Thank you British Wittgenstein Society for doing all the work and for allowing me to contribute in a more mundane way.
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiA new poem by Philip Kitcher in which he puts (again) in words where we have arrived at - in a world after morality - but also for what we should stand up: newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati🔥JOB: Come and work with us! The @ERC_Research MODEL TRANSFER team is expanding again: we look for a 2y postdoc with interest and skills in Digital Humanities, Digital/Computational philosophy of science; deadline: Apr 10. Contact me with any questions and share www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/7...
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiA review of Ivan Moscati's book (The history and methodology of expected utility), by Nicola Giocoli buff.ly/42Sg8e8
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiI was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
- Reposted by Ivan Moscati📩 Submissions for ENPOSS 2025 (Venice, 10-12 Sept) are now open! Submit your abstract by March 15 at the following link: easychair.org/conferences/... Help spread the word—share this post widely!
- I’m very glad that Nicola (@ngiocoli.bsky.social) generally liked my book on the The History and Methodology of Expected Utility (Cambridge UP) and I agree with him that Savage’s motivations should have been clarified better. Read Nicola's review in the EJHET: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiComment by Jaakko Kuorikoski & Caterina Marchionni (@catemar.bsky.social): "Economic models and their flexible interpretations: a philosophy of science perspective" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiComment by Daniel Hausman: "Explanation, prediction, and conceptual exploration" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiThe target article in the special issue is written by 4 economists Itzhak Gilboa, Andrew Postlewaite, Larry Samuelson & David Schmeidler: "Economic Theories and Their Dueling Interpretations" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Ivan MoscatiHere is an interesting special issue for both #philsci & #econsky bringing together economists and philosophers of economics on the uses and epistemic value of idealized economic models. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...
