Dr Teemu Lari

Teemu Lari is a philosopher of science specializing in the social and political aspects of research, in particular as they relate to economics. Teemu holds a doctoral degree from the University of Helsinki, where he was supervised by Caterina Marchionni, Uskali Mäki, and S.M. Amadae. His dissertation examined pluralism in economics. His other research interests include values in science, the relationship between expertise and democracy, and the history of economic thought.

At SOCRATES, Teemu will advance a project on the justification of trust in economic experts in policymaking and the proper role of economists and economics in democratic politics. His papers in the pipeline examine the concept of scientific consensus in the context of economics and the disciplinary identity of economics.