Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences
Latest notes and announcements from the field
The December 2006 Issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics (Volume 16, Number 5) features a series of articles on evolutionary concepts in economics and biology by Ulrich Witt, Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Thorbjoern Knudsen, Richard Nelson, Guido Buenstorf, Christian…
Read more →The prolific Geoffrey Hodgson has published a new book. Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx:Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes. Hodgson explains the reason for the book: Darwin and Marx stand out as the supreme theorists of structural…
Read more →The 3rd International Conference on Organizational Routines:Empirical research and conceptual foundation will be held in Strasbourg, France, 25-26 May 2007. Call for Papers
Read more →Eors Szathmary reports in Science Magazine on a recent conference at Trinity College, Cambridge, that dicussed Darwin’s approach to science in the 19th century and how his methods may apply to the 21st century. The Report.
Read more →The publisher’s book description says that Rodolphe Durand’s new book Organizational Evolution and Strategic Management “provides the foundation for a new theory of organizational selection and an organizational evolution and strategy model that reconciles economic evolution with strategic intentionality.” We…
Read more →One of the basic tenets of evolutionary economics is that the constant changes occurring in capitalism turn the economy into a system that cannot be described fruitfully as being in equilibrium. John Matthews has written a new book in which…
Read more →H. Allen Orr has written a very thoughtful review essay in the New Yorker (April 3, 2006, pp. 80-83) about recent attempts to study religion from a scientific point of view. He discusses the new book by Daniel Dennett Breaking…
Read more →Michael Ruse reminisces about Ernst Mayer (1904-2005) and his work. For the social scientist this obituary in Philosphy and Biology about one of the great 20th century biologists is stimulating because it shows how the contested the idea of selection…
Read more →“Intelligent Design” lost its first major day in court. A federal judge in the United States ruled today that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology…
Read more →The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics has come out! I (Johann Peter Murmann) provided a backcover advertisement, which I reproduce here: “The construction of an evolutionary economics is, in my view, one of the greatest scientific adventures of our time. This…
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