PhD Defence by David Marco Carré Benzi

PhD supervisors:

Professor Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University
Professor Jaan Valsiner (Assistant PhD supervisor), Aalborg University

PhD committee:

Associate Professor Carolin Demuth, Aalborg University
Associate Professor Kyoko Murakami, University of Copenhagen
Associate Professor Hroar Klempe, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

About the thesis

The present thesis looks to complement existing social studies of science with a cultural psychological perspective, which is sensitive to the personal nature of the scientific activity but also to the cultural conditions in which scientific knowledge is constructed, without subsuming any of these dimensions into the other. At the same time, it offers a novel perspective on the notorious role that economists have had in contemporary Chilean society, a topic that has been largely addressed as social and institutional.

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The defence is followed by a reception.

Everybody is welcome!