Thursday, 12 January 2012: Historical Perspectives
Kilen Building, Room 146
9.30 – 10 am: Welcome with Coffee & Tea
10 – 10.30am
Stefan Schwarzkopf (CBS): “Introducing the Workshop: Why do we need a ‘History of Choice’?”
10.30 – 12.30pm
Panel 1: From Adam Smith to the Interwar Years
Chair: Alfred Reckendrees (CBS)
Amos Witztum (London Metropolitan University/London School of Economics) “Choice, Liberalism and Markets: between Smith and Keynes”
Nicola Giocoli (University of Pisa)
“Consistent Choices: Homo Economicus becomes a Bayesian Statistician”
12.30 – 2pm: Lunch and Coffee
2 – 4pm
Panel 2: From the Interwar Years to Reagenomics
Chair: Per Hansen (CBS)
Will Davies (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
“Choice, Hayek and the Chicago Tradition”
Stefan Schwarzkopf (CBS)
“The Market Research Industry and the Invention of Consumer Choice, 1920-1980”
4 – 4.30pm: Coffee Break
4.30 – 5.30pm
Roundtable Discussion with Claes-Fredrik Helgesson (Linköping University): “Researching the Socio-material Set-up behind Choice Architectures Past and Present”
5.30 – 6.30pm
Wine Reception sponsored by CBS Business-in-Society Public-Private Platform (Kilen, 4th floor)
Friday, 13 January 2012: Theoretical Perspectives
Kilen Building, Ground Floor, Room Ks 54
9.30 - 10am: Welcome with Coffee & Tea
10am – 12noon
Panel 3: “Choice” and Choices in Contemporary Branding and Consumer Research Chair: TBC
Søren Askegaard (University of Southern Denmark, Odense)
“From Lifestyle-based Choices to Choice-based Lifestyles… and Back?”
Mads Mordhorst (CBS)
“Brands as Parasites – the Marketization of Choice in Contemporary Branding Regimes”
12 – 1pm: Lunch and Coffee
1 – 3pm
Panel 4: “Choice” in the Perspective of Game Theory, Theology and Psychoanalysis
Chair: Camilla Sløk (CBS)
S. M. Amadae (Ohio State University)
“Game Theory’s Philosophy of Value: can Choice be free when Money is used to measure all Value?”
Bent Meier Sørensen (CBS)
“The Right to Choose: ‘Wo Ich war soll Es werden’”
3 – 3.30pm: Coffee Break
3.30 – 4.30pm
Roundtable Discussion with Paul du Gay (CBS)
“‘Choice’ and Public Governance: Introducing CBS’ Business-in-Society Public-Private Platform”
4.30pm: End of Conference.
Conference Venue: Kilen Building, Kilenvej 14, DK-2000 Frederiksberg.
Nearest Metro: Fasanvej Station
Map: http://www.cbs.dk/en/About-CBS-Campus/Find-CBS/Map/Menu/Kilevej-14-A-B