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Personal

Name

Vromen, Johannes Jacobus

Nationality

Dutch

Place of Birth

Heerlen, the Netherlands

Date of Birth

August 22, 1958

Office Address

Faculty of Philosophy
Erasmus University Rotterdam
PO Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Phone: (+31)(0)10-4088970
Fax: (+31)(0)10-4089030
E-mail: vromen@fwb.eur.nl

Home Address

Vederwier 11
2318 AA Leiden
The Netherlands

Phone: (+31)(0)71-5225607

Academic Positions

2006, November

present

Full professor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Science and Methodology, especially with respect to Economics)
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

2001, August

2006, November

Associate Professor Theoretical Philosophy
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy
(0,9 fte)

1987, August

2001, August

Assistant Professor philosophy of economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy
(0,8 fte)

1995, January

1998, August

Assistant Professor philosophy of science and history of economic thinking
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics
(0,2 fte)

1984, August

1987, August

Scientific researcher
Tilburg University, Faculty of Philosophy
Project: 'Realisme als wetenschapseigen wetenschapsfilosofie' under supervision of Prof. dr. S. Silvers

1983, September

Student-assistant for project 'Stromingen in het economisch denken'
Free University Amsterdam

1979, August

1982, August

Student-assistant of dr. F.J.M. van Doorne
Tilburg University

Education

Ph.D in Economics (doctoraat Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie)
University of Amsterdam, Degree conferred in 16 June 1994 (cum laude)
Thesis: Evolution and Efficiency. An inquiry into the foundations of 'new institutional economics' (supervisor: Prof. dr. N.B. de Marchi)

M.Sc in Economics (drs. in de economie)
Tilburg University, Degree conferred in August 1985 (cum laude)

M.Sc in Philosophy of Economics (drs. in de filosofie van de economie)
Tilburg University, Degree conferred in January 1984 (cum laude)

Honours (Grants, Fellowships and Awards)

2003

Ludwig M. Lachmann Research Fellowship, the Faculty of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics (LSE) (May - July 2003)

1997

Research Award, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam

1995

Research Prize, Erasmus University Rotterdam (for Ph.D Thesis)

1995

Gunnar Myrdal Prize (awarded by the 'European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy' for the best 'monograph' of 1994 for the book Evolution and Efficiency, October 1995, Krakow, Poland)

1993

NWO, short trip grant (September 1993) to the USA (UCLA, Los Angeles and Duke University, Durham, North-Carolina)

1984

Fulbright-Grant (July 1984) to study at The New School for Social Research, New York (not actually cashed due to insufficient additional financial resources)

Administrative and Managerial Positions

2004, December

2005, November

Member of the Board of Dutch 'Onderzoekschool Ethiek' (OZSE)

2001, December

present

Member of Management Team
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

2001, October

present

Dean of International Affairs
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

2001, March

present

Member Executive Board of International Network for Economic Methodology

2000, January

2001, August

Chairman of examination committee
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

1998, November

2000, December

Chairman of 'Board'
Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE)

1998, May

2001, August

Member of examination committee
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

1997, September

present

Member of 'Board'
Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE)

1994, September

1997, July

Vice-chairman of capacity group theoretical philosophy
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

1993, October

1996, August

Member of 'Contact-commissie'
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy - Faculty of Social Sciences

1991, April

1997, August

Chairman of colloquium doctum committee
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

1990, February

2000, January

Chairman of 'stembureau'
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy

1988, January

1996, August

Secretary 'Contact-commissie'
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy - Faculty of Economics

1984, September

1986, September

Chairman of advisory committee of the 'Wetenschapswinkel'
KUB

Management skills

2004, September

2005, June

Managementleergang “Academisch leiderschap” (offered by Bureau Eva Wiltingh BV via Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Teaching Experience

2009, July

2009, September

Masterclass MeesPierson
Erasmus Academy in collaboration with Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Erasmus University Rotterdam

2008, 22 October

Masterclass 'Ontological Issues in Evolutionary Economics'
Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), section of Economic Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht

2008, 21 August

College 'Altruïsme, coöperatie en reciprociteit' in zomercursus 'Evolutie in de klas'
Brussel (Belgium)

2007, 30 July

2007, 11 August

Class 'Institutional Change' in Summer School 'The Economics of Innovative Change'
Jena Graduate School, Friedrich Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)

2007, 16 July

2007, 21 July

25th Anniversary of Nelson and Winter's An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change
Graz (Austria)

2005, 12 September

2005, 21 September

Post-graduate STOREP Summer School in History of Political Economy (on 'The Historical Roots of Heterodox Economics')
Italian Association for the History of Political Economy, Bressanone/Brixen (Italy)

2003, 23 June

2003, 27 June

Lecture 'The Economics of Institutions - What has evolution got to do with it?' for CHIMES 2003 Summer School
Erasmus University Rotterdam

2002, 24 June

2002, 28 June

Lecture 'The Economics of Institutions - What has evolution got to do with it?' for CHIMES 2002 Summer School
Erasmus University Rotterdam

2001, 10 September

2001, 15 September

Lecture 'Institutional Economics'
Ecole Thématique CNRS en Philosophie Economique', Aix-en-Provence (France)

2001, 25 June

2001, 1 July

Lecture and workshop during the Summer school 'Evolving Institutions' for CHIMES 2001 Summer School
Erasmus University Rotterdam

2000, September

present

Course 'Ethical aspects of economics and of the economy', for MA Philosophy programme
Erasmus University Rotterdam

2000, 9 July

2000, 13 July

Presentation of paper 'Moral behaviour in evolutionary theorising: variations on a theme?' during Erasmus Summer School in Social Ontology
Erasmus University Rotterdam

1998, March

present

Post-doctoral course 'Foundations of Evolutionary and New Institutional Economics'
Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE), Erasmus University Rotterdam

1999, 6 May

1999, 8 May

Class 'Evolutionary Theory and Social Constructionism in Social Theory' (together with Petri Ylikoski)
Faculty of Philosophy, Helsinki University (Finland)

1998, 12 January

1998, 16 January

An Evolutionary Account of Institutions (together with Jyrki Konkka), (Philosophy of Economics), Helsinki University
University of Amsterdam

1997, September

1997, December

Course 'Bedrijf en ethiek' for students of economics (with drs. H. Maas)

1995, September

1997, August

Course 'History of Economic Thought' (parts with prof. M. Morgan, dr. G. Reuten en dr. M. Boumans)
University of Amsterdam

1995, April

1997, August

Course 'Wetenschapsleer economie', compulsory for first-year students of economics
University of Amsterdam

1994, 1 December

Guest lecture 'Evolutionaire economie' at course 'Institutionele economie' of dr. J. de Beus
University of Amsterdam

1988, January

present

Course 'Ethische aspecten van de economie', compulsory course for students of philosophy of economics (optional for students of economics)
Erasmus University Rotterdam

1987, September

present

Course 'Inleiding in de Wijsbegeerte van de Economie' (later called 'Methodologie, Ethiek en Economie'), compulsory for (hundreds of) students of economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam

1986, September

1988, December

Course philosophy for students of humanities
University of Tilburg

Books

Economic Evolution. An Enquiry into the Foundations of 'New Institutional Economics'
London/New York: Routledge Publishers (in the series 'Economics as Social Theory', edited by Tony Lawson), 1995 (translated into Chinese: Economic Science Press, 2003)

2003

Evolution and Efficiency. An inquiry into the foundations of 'new institutional economics'
Delft: Eburon, 1994 (Ph.D. Thesis)

1994

Maatschappelijke werkelijkheid en economische wetenschap. Filosofische analyses van een verstoorde relatie (with F.J.M. van Doorne, co-author)
Leuven/Amersfoort: Acco, 1988 (in Dutch)

1988

Anthologies

The Economics of Economists (edited jointly with Alessandro Lanteri)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011

2011

The Social Institutions of Capitalism: Evolution and Design of Social Contracts (edited jointly with Hans van Oosterhout and Pursey Heugens)
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003 (contributors: Ken Binmore, Thomas Dunfee and Thomas Donaldson, David Campbell, Peter Vanderschraaf, Bart Nooteboom, Antoon Vandevelde and Theo van Willigenburg)

2003

Institutions and the Evolution of Capitalism. Implications of Evolutionary Economics (edited jointly with John Groenewegen)
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1999

1999

Bedrijfseconomie: hoe bestaat het? Aanzetten tot een filosofische plaatsbepaling (edited jointly with H.W. Blom)
Leiden: Stenfert Kroese, 1991 (in Dutch)

1991

Interdisciplinariteit, wetenschap en beleid (edited jointly with F.J.M. van Doorne and J. van Wezel)
Leuven/Amersfoort: Acco, 1987 (in Dutch)

1987

Special Editor

Special issue 'Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?' (jointly with Caterina Marchionni)
Journal of Economic Methodology, 17(2) 2010.

2010

Articles (in press, accepted for publication)

What promise does neuroeconomics hold out for economics
in Alessandro Lanteri and Anna Spada (eds.), Edward Elgar Handbook of Cognitive Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

2011

Human cooperation and reciprocity
in Samir Okasha and Ken Binmore (eds.), Evolution and Rationality: Decisions, Cooperation and Strategic Behavior, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011

The perils of narrative teaching in economics
in Alessandro Lanteri and Jack Vromen (eds.), The Economics of Economists, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Allusions to evolution: Edifying evolutionary biology rather than economic theory
in Rob van Horn, Philip Mirowski and Thomas Stapleford (eds.), Building Chicago Economics: New Perspectives on the History of America's Most Powerful Economics Program, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Ontological issues in evolutionary economics: The debate between Generalized Darwinism and the Continuity Hypothesis
in Uskali Mäki (ed.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, Elsevier, 2010, 673-699)

Articles (published)

Neuroeconomics: two camps gradually converging: what can economics gain from it?
International Review of Economics 58(3) 2011, 267-285

2011

Routines as multi-level mechanisms
Journal of Institutional Economics, 7(2) 2011, 175-196

Micro-foundations in strategic management: Squaring Coleman's diagram
Erkenntnis, 73(3) 2010, 365-383 (special issue: Reduction and the Special Sciences, edited by Mark Colyvan and Stephan Hartmann)

2010

Where economics and neuroscience might meet
Journal of Economic Methodology, 17(2) 2010, 171-183

Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope (with Caterina Marchionni)
Journal of Economic Methodology, 17(2) 2010, 103-106 (introduction to special issue with the same title)

On the surprising finding that expected utility is literally computed in the brain
Journal of Economic Methodology, 17(1) 2010, 17-36

Friedman's selection argument revisited
in Uskali Mäki (ed.), The Methodology of Economics. Reflections on the Milton Friedman Legacy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 257-284

2009

Advancing evolutionary explanations in economics: The limited usefulness of Tinbergen's four questions classification
in Harold Kincaid and Don Ross (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 337-368

The ultimate/proximate distinction in recent accounts of human cooperation (co-authored by Caterina Marchionni)
Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, 71(1) 2009, 87-117

10.

The booming economics-made-fun genre: More than having fun, but less than economics imperialism
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2(1) 2009, 70-99

11.

Wat kunnen economen leren van evolutie?
TPEdigitaal, 3(4) 2009, 38-60

12.

Routines, genes and program-based behaviour
in Ulrich Witt (ed.), Recent Developments in Evolutionary Economics, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 458-475 (reprint of my 2006 Journal of Evolutionary Economics paper)

2008

13.

Conjectural revisionary ontology
in Edward Fullbrook (ed.), Ontology and Economics: Tony Lawson and his Critics, London: Routledge, 2008, 325-334

14.

Ontological issues in evolutionary economics: The debate between generalized darwinism and the continuity hypothesis
Papers on Economics and Evolution #0805, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2008

15.

Generalized darwinism in evolutionary economics - The devil is in the details
Papers on Economics and Evolution #0711, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2007

2007

16.

Neuroeconomics as a natural extension of bioeconomics: The shifting scope of standard economic theory
Journal of Bioeconomics, 9(2) 2007, 145-167

17.

In praise of moderate plurality
in John Groenewegen (ed.), Teaching Pluralism in Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007, 64-94

18.

What can be learnt from 'serious biology and psychology'?
in Stavros Ioannides and Klaus Nielsen (eds.), Economics and the Social Sciences - Boundaries, Interaction and Integration, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2007, 31-62

19.

Routines, genes and program-based behaviour
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 16(5) 2006, 543-560 (special issue on Evolutionary Concepts in Economics and Biology, edited by Ulrich Witt)

2006

20.

Marshall and institutional economics: Digging deeper into the interplay between institutions and individual behaviour
in T. Raffaelli, G. Becattini and M. Dardi (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006, 679-687

21.

L'économie des institutions
in Alain Leroux and Pierre Livet (eds), Leçons de Philosophie Économique Tome I: Économie Politique et Philosophie Sociale, Paris: Economica, 2005, 244-282

2005

22.

Routines, genes and program-based behaviour
Papers on Economics and Evolution #0402, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2004

2004

23.

Conjectural revisionary ontology
Post-Autistic Economics Review, 29 2004, 16-22 (symposium on Tony Lawson's Reorienting Economics, Part II)

24.

Taking evolution seriously - What difference does it make for economics?
in John B. Davis, Alain Marciano and Jochen Runde (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2004, 102-131

25.

Conjectural revisionary economic ontology: outline of an ambitious research agenda for evolutionary economics
Journal of Economic Methodology, 11(2) 2004 (special issue Ontological Issues in Evolutionary Economics), 213-247 (reprinted in John B. Davis (ed.), Recent Developments in Economic Methodology, Volume II, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2006, 522-556)

26.

Social contract theories: e pluribus unum? (with Pursey Heugens and Hans van Oosterhout)
in Pursey Heugens, Hans van Oosterhout and Jack Vromen (eds.), The Social Institutions of Capitalism: Evolution and Design of Social Contracts, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003, 1-19 (introduction)

2003

27.

Collective intentionality, evolutionary biology, and social reality
Philosophical Explorations, VI(3) 2003, 251-264 (special issue: new essays on collective intentionality, edited by Frank Hindriks and Anthonie Meijers)

28.

Why the economic conception of human behaviour might lack a biological basis
Theoria, 18(48) 2003, 297-323 (special issue on 'Darwinism and Social science', edited by Jesús P. Zamora Bonilla)

29.

Cognitive science meets evolutionary theory: what implications does evolutionary psychology have for economic theorising?
in Salvatore Rizzello (ed.), Cognitive Developments in Economics, London: Routledge, 2003, 53-81 (reprinted in John B. Davis (ed.), Recent Developments in Economic Methodology, Volume II, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2006, 445-473)

30.

Stone age minds and group selection - What difference do they make?
Constitutional Political Economy, 13(2) 2002, 173-195

2002

31.

Customs and conventions
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 61(2) 2002, 511-518 (special symposium on Ekkehart Schlicht, On Custom in the Economy, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998)

32.

Een vruchtbare kruisbestuiving: rationele keuzetheorie en evolutie
Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 94(1) 2002, 61-75 (special issue on 'Rationele-keuzetheorie', edited by Martin van Hees and Jeanne Peijnenburg, in Dutch)

33.

De vele gedaantes van de rationele-keuzetheorie (with Martin van Hees)
Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 94(1) 2002, 3-15 (in Dutch)

34.

Ontological commitments of evolutionary economics
in Uskali Mäki (ed.), The Economic World View: Studies in the Ontology of Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 189-224

2001

35.

The human agent in evolutionary economics
in John Laurent and John Nightingale (eds.), Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001, 184-208

36.

Path dependent structures in scientific evolution (with Albert Jolink)
in Pierre Garrouste and Stavros Ioannides (eds.), Evolution and Path Dependence in Economic Ideas: Past and Present, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001, 205-224

37.

Implications of evolutionary economics: Theory, method and policy (with J. Groenewegen)
in John Groenewegen and Jack Vromen (eds), Institutions and the Evolution of Capitalism: Implications of Evolutionary Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1999, 1-16

1999

38.

Grondbeginselen van de keuzetheorie (with Herman Vollebergh)
in Huib Pellikaan and Wil Hout (eds.), Economische modellen en politieke besluitvorming. Inleiding in de rationele keuze theorie, Bussum: Coutinho, 1998, 41-70 (in Dutch)

1998

39.

Economen en hun homo economicus: Striptease van een persona non grata
Krisis, 70(1) 1998, 20-37 (special issue 'De sex appeal van de homo economicus', in Dutch)

40.

Markt en calculerend gedrag
Rekenschap, 44(1) 1997, 45-57 (in Dutch)

1997

41.

Evolutionary economics - Precursors, paradigmatic propositions, puzzles and prospects
in J. Reijnders (ed.), Economics and Evolution, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997, 41-68

42.

Theories of the firm revisited: New and neo-institutional perspectives (with John Groenewegen)
in L. Magnusson and J. Ottosson (eds.), Evolutionary Economics and Path Dependency, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997, 33-56

43.

Making a case for theoretical pluralism (with John Groenewegen)
in John Groenewegen (ed.), Transaction Cost Economics and Beyond, Boston: Kluwer, 1995

1995

44.

Hoe kunstwerken betekenen. De wonderlijke werelden van Nelson Goodman
in H.A.F. Oosterling and A.W. Prins (eds.), Filosofie en Kunst 2, Esthetica in de 20e eeuw: Een andere verstandhouding, Rotterdam: Rotterdamse Filosofische Studies, 1994, 109-124 (in Dutch)

1994

45.

Evolutionary approaches in economics. Some comments on Ph. van Parijs' 'Le modèle économique et ses riveaux'
Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 58(1) 1992, 3-20

1992

46.

Speltheorie en communicatief handelen
in M. Korthals & H. Kunneman (eds.), Het communicatieve paradigma. Mogelijkheden en beperkingen van Habermas' theorie van het communicatieve handelen, Meppel/Amsterdam: Boom, 1992, 55-75 (in Dutch)

47.

Bedrieglijk functionalisme in de 'Chicago School of Economics'
in E. Heyerman and P. Wouters (eds.), Crisis van de rede? Perspectieven op cultuur, Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum, 1992, 28-36 (in Dutch)

48.

Normativiteit en bedrijfseconomische wetenschap
in H.W. Blom and J. Vromen (eds.), Bedrijfseconomie: hoe bestaat het? Aanzetten tot een filosofische plaatsbepaling, Leiden: Stenfert Kroese, 1991, 31-49 (in Dutch)

1991

49.

The mechanistic conception of economy
in Ph. van Engeldorp Gastelaars, S.L. Magala and O. Preuss (eds.), Critical Theory Today. The Frankfurt School: how relevant is it today?, Den Haag: Universitaire Pers Rotterdam, 1990, 51-58

1990

50.

Economische methodologie (with H.W. Blom and A. Vandevelde)
Economische Statistische Berichten, 3707(74), 1989, 488-489 (in Dutch)

1989

51.

Zin en onzin van de economische methodologie (with H.W. Blom and A. Vandevelde)
Economische Statistische Berichten, 3737(74) 1989, 1228-1231 (in Dutch)

52.

Conflicting methodological principles and the realism-debate
Proceedings of the 11th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Wien, 1987

1987

53.

Wetenschappelijke methoden en wetenschappelijk realisme
in G.M. Huussen and H.E.S. Woldring (eds.), Werken met wijsbegeerte: een cultuurprobleem, Delft: Eburon, 1986, 214-221 (in Dutch)

1986

54.

De machinale economie in de kritische theorie
in F. Van Doorne and M. Korthals (eds.), Filosofie en maatschappijkritiek. In debat met Habermas, Meppel/Amsterdam: Boom, 1986, 130-144 (in Dutch)

55.

Twee onder economen gangbare opvattingen van rationaliteit. Een analyse in het licht van Habermas' algemene handelingstheorie (with F.J.M. van Doorne)
Kennis en Methode, 4(1) 1983, 368-383 (in Dutch)

1983

Working papers/work in progress

Varieties of emergent properties (unpublished paper, August 2006)

Rational-choice theory and resilience explanation (unpublished paper, March 2006)

Depicting social contracts as robust equilibria - What is the explanatory power of evolutionary game-theoretic analyses? EIPE Working Papers in Philosophy and Economics, ISSN:1871-6482, January 2006.

Organizational routines and individual skills - Beyond analogy, EIPE Working Papers in Philosophy and Economics, ISSN:1871-6482, January 2006.

Invited Paper presentations

What sorts of discovery, if any, are made in economics?
workshop 'Discovery in the social sciences: Towards an empirically-informed philosophy of social science', University of Leuven (Belgium)

22-23 March 2011

2011

The two faces of neuroeconomics
workshop 'The Social Sciences and Neuroscience: How Can They Inform Each Other?', Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology and the Social Sciences (CISEPS), University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)

17 December 2010

2010

Is reciprocity-based human cooperation 'ultimately' selfish or altruistic? A red herring
workshop 'Evolution and the Human Sciences', Helsinki (Finland)

12-13 November 2009

2009

Economics and cognition
'Cognitive Approaches to Philosophy of Science and Technology', 13th Workshop of the Dutch-Flemish Network for Philosophy of Science and Technology, Ravenstein

28-29 September 2009

Not by brains alone
conference 'Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?',

20-22 November 2008

2008

Allusions to evolution: Edifying evolutionary biology rather than economic theory
History of Altruism Research Group Workshop (organized by Philippe Fontaine), École normale supérieure de Cachan, Paris (France)

19 November 2008

On the surprising finding that expected utility is literally computed in the brain
INEM conference (in special plenary session on Neuroeconomics), Madrid (Spain)

11-13 September 2008

Proximate and ultimate explanations of cooperation
ICEG workshop over evolutionaire benaderingen in de sociale wetenschappen (organized by Andreas de Block), Leuven (Belgium)

24-25 January 2008

Allusions to evolution: Edifying evolutionary biology rather than economics
conference 'Rethinking the Chicago School of Economics' (organized by Philip Mirowski and Rob van Horn), Notre Dame University (USA)

14-15 September 2007

2007

10.

Depicting social contracts as stable and robust equilibria
seminar series of 'Sectie Filosofie', Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

14 November 2006

2006

11.

Depicting social contracts as robust equilibria
workshop 'Naturalistic Perspectives on Economic Behavior - are there any normative correlates?', Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena (Germany)

12-14 October 2006

12.

Varieties of emergent properties
'Crossing Boundaries', Rotterdam-Groningen Workshop on Philosophy and Economics (theme: Supervenience and Reduction), Groningen

27 September 2006

13.

Organizational capabilities in evolutionary economics
international workshop 'Strategic management theoretical background, methodology, and empirical evidence' , Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland)

18 Augustus 2006

14.

Emergent properties and methodological individualism
session 'Schumpeterian themes: a historical and methodological perspective' at the Conference of the Schumpeter Society, Nice (France)

21-24 June 2006

15.

(Self-)commitment and the human brain as a producing organ (laudatory for Thomas C. Schelling)
Second International Conference on Business Management and Economics, Cesne (Turkey)

15-18 June 2006

16.

Evolutionary explanations in economics
'Conference on Issues in Philosophy of Economics', University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA)

19-21 May 2006

17.

Neuroeconomics as a natural extension of bioeconomics: How the proliferation of 'constrained maximization' backfires
seminar jointly organized by Ecole Polytechnique, ENS Ulm, and University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne), Paris (France)

13 March 2006

18.

Conjectural revisionary ontology and theoretical pluralism
workshop 'Critical Realism', Cambridge (UK)

6 March 2006

19.

Organizational routines and individual skills: Beyond analogy
conference 'Microfoundations of Organizational Capabilities and Knowledge Processes', Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)

1-2 December 2005

2005

20.

Neuroeconomics as a natural extension of bioeconomics: How the proliferation of 'constrained maximization' backfires
Wartensee workshop on Evolutionary Economics (organized by Kurt Dopfer),

3-4 June 2005

21.

Genes, routines and program-based behaviour
workshop 'Evolutionary Concepts in Economics and Biology' at Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Evolutionary Economics Group, organised by Guido Bünstorf and Ulrich Witt, Jena (Germany)

2-4 December 2004

2004

22.

Friedman's selection argument revisited
EIPE conference 'The Methodology of Positive Economics: Milton Friedman's Essay at 50', Rotterdam

12-13 December 2003

2003

23.

Philip Pettit on resilience explanation
research seminar of the Faculty of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method (organised by Richard Bradley), London School of Economics (UK)

4 June 2003

24.

Why the economic conception of economic behavior might lack a biological basis
research seminar at the Max Planck Institute (organised by Ulrich Witt), Jena (Germany)

11 February 2003

25.

Some observations on the ontology of evolutionary economics
INEM session 'Ontological Issues in Evolutionary Economics' at ASSA Conference, Washington DC (USA)

4 January 2003

26.

Co-evolution: How do different evolutionary processes interact?
Third International Workshop on Institutional Economics, Hertfordshire (UK)

3-5 July 2002

2002

27.

Evolutionary theory and economics: Going beyond selection arguments
workshop 'Biology and Economics', Bilbao (Spain)

22-25 November 2001

2001

28.

Recent developments in evolutionary theorising
workshop 'The Nature and Evolution of Institutions', Max Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Jena (Germany)

11-13 January 2001

29.

Evolutionary psychology and evolutionary economics
workshop 'Cognition and Evolutionary Economics', Turin (Italy)

14-17 November 2000

2000

30.

Evolutionary psychology and evolutionary economics
workshop on Behavioral Economics (with Sidney G. Winter), University of Amsterdam

10 March 2000

31.

The art of finding the right model. Some notes on applied game theory
conference: 'Strategic Rationality in Economics', Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy

26-27 August 1999

1999

32.

In search of new theoretical impetus for evolutionary economics
workshop 'New Perspectives in the Study of Economic Evolution', Ancona (Italy)

20-23 May 1999

33.

Evolutionary psychology and economic theory
Business School seminar, Odense (Denmark)

28 May 1999

34.

If conventions are solutions, what are the problems?
conference 'Recent Issues in Institutional Economics', Groningen

12-13 June 1997

1997

35.

Evolutionary economics - precursors, paradigmatic propositions, puzzles and prospects
conference of the 'Studiekring Post-Keynesiaanse Economie' on 'Economics and Evolution',

10 November 1995

1995

36.

Theories of the firm revisited. New and neo-institutional perspectives (with John Groenewegen)
conference 'Evolutionary economics and path dependency', Uppsala University, Stockholm (Zweden)

20 May 1995

37.

What do economists really believe?
research seminar of Economic Department, Notre Dame University (USA)

24 March 1995

38.

The spontaneous evolution of de facto property rights
seminar of Department of Economics, Duke University (USA)

3 September 1993

1993

Invited comments

On papers by Joel Mokyr, Ulrich Witt, Werner Scheltjens and Kurt Dopfer and Koen Frenken
session 'Why is Economic History not an Evolutionary Science?' in World Economic History Conference, Utrecht

4 August 2009

2009

'Three approaches to micro-origins, towards the micro-level origins of routines and capabilities' (together with Linda Argote and J.C. Spender)
invited panel session, Rotterdam

12-13 June 2009

On papers by Joep Sonnemans and Gerd Gigerenzer
mini-workshop on 'Psychology and Economics', Amsterdam

29 May 2009

Accepted Conference presentations

Heterogeneous economic evolution: A different view on Darwinizing evolutionary economics
EAEPE Conference, Bordeaux (France)

28-30 October 2010

2010

Social mechanisms and rational choice
CiBaSS (Causality in the Biomedical and Social Sciences) Conference,

6-8 October 2010

Is reciprocity-based human cooperation 'ultimately' selfish or altruistic? A red herring
EAEPE Conference, Amsterdam

6-8 November 2009

2009

Is reciprocity-based human cooperation 'ultimately' selfish or altruistic? A red herring
Evolution, Co-operation and Rationality Conference, Bristol (UK)

18-20 September 2009

Routines as multilevel mechanisms, towards the micro-level origins of routines and capabilities
conference organized by RSM, Rotterdam

12-13 June 2009.

Microfoundations in strategic management? Squaring Coleman's diagram
conference 'Reduction and the Special Sciences', TiLPS, Tilburg

10-12 April 2008

2008

Routines as multilevel mechanisms
EAEPE Conference, Rome (Italy)

6-9 November 2008

Ultimate and proximate explanations of cooperative behavior: Plurality or integration? (with Caterina Marchionni)
First EPSA (European Philosophy of Science Association) Conference, Madrid (Spain)

15-17 November 2007

2007

Is economic evolution a subspecies of cultural evolution?
EAEPE Conference, Porto (Portugal)

1-3 November 2007

10.

Organization of and participation in Roundtable on Ontological Foundations of Evolutionary Economics
EAEPE Conference, Porto (Portugal)

1-3 November 2007

11.

Ultimate and proximate explanations of cooperative behavior: Plurality or integration? (with Caterina Marchionni)
First SPSP (Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice) Conference, University of Twente

23-25 August 2007

Reviews

Review of Kurt Dopferès (ed.), The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Economics and Philosophy, 23(1) 2007, 131-138

2007

An ambitious research agenda for studying economic evolution
Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik, 15(1) 2004, 123-126 (special issue, with Ulrich Witt's Beharrung und Wandel - ist wirtschaftliche Evolution theoriefähig? as a target article)

2004

Impurities all around? Some thoughts on Geoffrey M. Hodgson's Economics & Utopia: Why the Learning Economy is not the End of History (London: Routledge, 1999)
Review of Social Economy, 60(1) 2002, 115-123 (as part of a Review Symposium with Richard R. Nelson as the other reviewer. A Rejoinder is written by Geoff Hodgson)

2002

Review of Salvatore Rizzello, The Economics of Mind (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1999)
The Economic Journal , 111(469) 2001, F516-F518

2001

Review of G.M. Hodgson, Evolution and Institutions: On Evolutionary Economics and the Evolution of Economics (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1999)
History of Political Economy, 33(2) 2001, 190-191

Review of M. Bovens and A. Hemerijck (eds.), Het verhaal van de moraal (Amsterdam: Boom, 1996)
Beleidswetenschap, 12(2) 1998, 197-199

1998

Review of Sheila Dow, The Methodology of Macroeconomic Thought (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996)
Economics and Philosophy, 14(1) 1998, 157-163

Review of Hodgson, Economics and Evolution
EAEPE Newsletter

1997

Review of D.N. McCloskey, Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
De economist, 144(1) 1996, 101-103

1996

10.

Review of De Marchi (ed.), Post-Popperian Methodology of Economics. Recovering practice
De economist, 142(3) 1994, 351-353

1994

11.

Are we all convinced methodological individualists now? Book review of Ph. van Parijs, 'Le modèle économique et ses riveaux'
Methodus, 4(2) 1992, 121-126

1992

12.

Review of P. Meys and W. Jansen, Eigendom tussen politiek en economie (Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff)
Filosofie & Praktijk, 12(1) 1991, 52-55

1991

Other Scientific Activities

Membership Editorial Board

Book Review Editor of Journal of Economic Methodology (JEM), January 1997 - September 2008
Editorial Board of Journal of Economic Methodology (JEM), January 2009 - present
Membership Executive Board (elected) of International Network for Economic Method (INEM), 2000 - 2006

Refereeing

BBS (Behavorial & Brain Sciences) Associate
Referee for NWO-applications (ESR; research area: social sciences 'Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen' and for FWO-applications (Belgium)
Referee for (book manuscripts of) Routledge, The University of Chicago Press, and of (submitted papers) for Synthese, Economics and Philosophy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Economic Methodology, Journal of BioEconomics, Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Cultural Economics, History of Economic Ideas, Review of Social Economy, Acta Politica, Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte
Referee for applications for research grants at the Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI) for Evolution & Cognition Research (Altenberg, Austria)
Referee for Research Council of K.U. Leuven

Supervision of Ph.D Students

Peter Marks (with Maarten Janssen, since 1998) - finished June 2002
Gulbahar Tezel-Pot (with Uskali Mäki, since 1998) - finished May 2004
Jorma Sappinen (with Uskali Mäki, since 1999) - finished June 2003
Emrah Aydinonat (with Maarten Janssen, since 1999) - finished September 2004
Roberta Muramatsu (with Uskali Mäki, since 2000) - finished December 2006
Aki Lehtinen (with Uskali Mäki, since 2001) - finished October 2007
Altug Yalcintas (with Deirdre McCloskey, since 2002)
Alessandro Lanteri (with Deirdre McCloskey, since 2003) - finished 9 April 2008
Giorgos Papadopoulos (with John Groenwegen and Fieke van der Lecq, since 2006)
Mohammad Tavakoli (with Deirdre McCloskey, since 2004)
Thomas Wells (with John Davis, since 2005)
Clemens Hirsch (with Uskali Mäki, since 2006)
Wouter van Doorn (since 2006)
Attilia Ruzzene (with Julian Reiss, since 2009)

Jury Membership of Ph.D Theses

Chris Knoops (2 June 2010)
Altug Yalcintas (28 October 2009)
Chiara Chelini (Turin, 13 July 2009)
Jan de Jonge (Amsterdam, 5 June 2009)
Till Düppe (26 May 2009)
Bibi van den Berg (23 April 2009)
Bart Leeuwenburgh (15 January 2009)
Frank Hindriks (June 2005)
Arjan B. Keizer (June 2005)
Wouter Meijs (May 2005)
Hans van Oosterhout (May 2002)
Peter Sas (December 2001)

Chairing Ph.D defences

Julie Ndaya Tshiteku, 'Prendre le bic. Le Combat spirituel congolais et les transformations sociales' (supervisor: Wim van Binsbergen), 18 January 2008

Organisation of Conferences and Seminars

Organizer of Conference 'Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?' (with Ariel Rubinstein, Paul J. Zak, Francesco Guala, Uskali Mäki, Don Ross and John Davis as invited speakers), EIPE, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 20-22 November 2008
Organizer (with Alessandro Lanteri) of Mini-Conference 'Ethics and Psychology of Economics and Economists' (with David Colander, Deirdre McCloskey and Uskali Mäki as invited speakers), 8 April 2008
Organiser (with Hans van Oosterhout and Pursey Heugens) of Conference 'Institutionalised Sociality: The Institutional (Re)Design of Evolving Social Contracts' (with a.o. Ken Binmore, David Campbell, Thomas Dunfee and Bart Nooteboom as speakers), for VIPE in cooperation with EIPE, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 24 November 2000
Chairman of the organisation committee of the 18th Nederlands-Vlaamse Filosofiedag, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 26 October 1996
Organisation (with prof. U. Mäki) of the EIPE (Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics) seminar, Erasmus University Rotterdam, August 1997 - July 2006
Organisation of colloquium 'Kritische Theorie, Eine nähere Bestimmung des moralischen Bereiches', Erasmus University Rotterdam, 15/17 February 1991

Miscellaneous

November 2005 - present: Research Area Coordinator of Ontology of Evolutionary Economics (together with Jan-Willem Stoelhorst), European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE)
January 2007 - present: Research Associate of Trends and Tensions in Intellectual Integration (TINT), Academy of Finland
June 2004 - present: Member of Dutch-Flemish group 'Wetenschapsfilosofie en ethiek'
September 2001 - present: Fellow of Dutch research school 'Ethics'
September 1997: Founding member (together with Albert Jolink and Uskali Mäki) of Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE)
September 1995 - September 1996: Member of 'Scientific Committee' of European Association for Evolutionary and Political Economics (EAEPE)
September 1994 - September 1995: Member of research group 'Over de mechanistische analyse van marktverschijnselen', Erasmus University Rotterdam
September 1990 - September 1994: Member of research group 'Keuzen, regels en normen', Erasmus University Rotterdam
September 1980 - September 1990: Member of Dutch group 'Kritische theorie'

Discussant

Discussant of Emrah Aydinonat (Ankara University / University of Helsinki), 1 December 2008
'How does the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem survive despite its 'poor' empirical performance?', EIPE Research Seminar, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Media performances

Hoe? Zo! Radio Wetenschapscafé (Radio 5): Economie als wetenschap, 5 December 2008

Miscellaneous

Kroegcollege (on Darwin), ERA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 6 May 2008