Teemu Lari
Profile
Teemu Lari is a philosopher of science with research interests in scientific pluralism, values in science, the relationship between science and politics, and philosophy of expertise, especially as those issues relate to economics. His current work focuses on the philosophy economic expertise. He completed his doctorate at the TINT Centre for Philosophy of Social Science at the University of Helsinki.
Main Areas of Research
- Philosophy of economics
- Science and values
- Social epistemology of science
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Short CV
Jan 2025–
Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz University Hannover
2024
Doctor of Social Sciences (Doctoral Programme in Philosophy, Arts and Society), University of Helsinki
March–June 2024
Trainee, European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Brussels
Aug 2018–June 2019
Project coordinator, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation, Helsinki
2018
Master of Social Sciences (Philosophy), University of Jyväskylä
2016–2017
Study exchange at Leipzig University
2016
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Philosophy), University of Jyväskylä
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Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
2024 Lari, Teemu & Mäki, Uskali. Costs and benefits of diverse plurality in economics. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 54:5, 412-441. DOI: 10.1177/00483931241255230. 2024 Lari, Teemu. What counts as relevant criticism? Longino’s Critical Contextual Empiricism and the feminist criticism of mainstream economics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 104, 88-97, DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.02.005. 2024 Lari, Teemu. The problems of macroeconomics as institutional problems: Complementing the ‘what went wrong’ story with a social epistemology perspective. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 48:4, 661-680. DOI: 10.1093/cje/beae012. 2021 Lari, Teemu. When does complementarity support pluralism about schools of economic thought?, Journal of Economic Methodology, 28:3, 322-335. DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2021.1945659. Doctoral dissertation
2024 Lari, Teemu. Diversity for the Common Good? Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics. Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-0211-4 Other publications
2024 Chang, Ha-Joon & Lari, Teemu. Economics, pluralism, and democracy: An interview with Ha-Joon Chang. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 17:2. DOI: 10.23941/ejpe.v17i2.920 2024 Lari, Teemu. Voiko taloustieteen objektiivisuudesta ja arvovapaudesta keskustella rakentavasti? [Can value-freedom and objectivity in economics be discussed constructively?] Niin & näin, 2/2024. 2023 Lari, Teemu. Kaipaako taloustiede paradigman muutosta? [Does economics need a paradigm shift?] Politiikasta. Published online 24.4.2023. Available: https://politiikasta.fi/kaipaako-taloustiede-paradigman-muutosta/