Social Studies of Finance at the 4S Conference (Society for Social Studies of Science)

Some of the most innovative contributions to Social Studies of Finance are rooted in the academic field of Science and Technology Studies (S&TS). The presence of SSF in this growing research area has been promoted at the annual meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science also known as the “4S Conference”.

Several contributions that could be inscribed in a SSF stream were presented in recent editions of the 4S Conference. Some of them were gathered together in specific panels (co-organized by members of the SSFA):

2000 edition: “Worlds in Transition: Technoscience, Citizenship and Culture in the 21st Century”, meeting held in Vienna, Austria, September 27-30.

SSF panel: “Social Studies of Finance as a Subset of Social Studies of Science”. Convenor and Chair: Vincent-Antonin Lépinay. Discussant: Trevor Pinch.

Papers presented:

· “Mathematical Intuition in Finance: From Mathematicians to Traders” – Vincent-Antonin Lépinay, CSI, Paris.

· “Robot Markets for Real: the Sociology of Automation in the Financial Markets” – Fabian Muniesa, CSI and France Télécom R&D, Paris.

· “Crimes, Misdemeanours and Nobel Prizes: The Dialectics of Formal Expertise and Reflexive Fraud in Contemporary Financial Markets” – A. Javier Izquierdo, UNED, Madrid.

2001 edition: “Fashioning the Future: Science Technology and visions of progress”, meeting held in Cambridge (MA) USA, November 1-4.

SSF panel: “Social Studies of Financial Science and Technology”. Convenors and Chairs: A. Javier Izquierdo, UNED, Madrid, and Fabian Muniesa, CSI and France Télécom R&D, Paris.

Papers presented:

· Social Science in the Public Sphere: Economics, the Single European Currency and the UK Election – Robert Evans, Cardiff University.

· Market Algorithms Solving Problems of Accuracy in Time – Fabian Muniesa, CSI and France Télécom R&D, Paris.

· The Negotiation of Theory and Data in Economics – Neil Stephens, Cardiff University.

For more information about the 4S Conference, see the Society for the Social Studies of Science’s website at: http://www.4sonline.org/


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