THE INVISIBLE HAND IN LAW, ECONOMY AND CULTURE
WORKSHOP ON SPONTANEOUS ORDER,MECHANISMS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
9-10 May 2016
Venue:
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie [University of Warsaw Library], room 256
ul. Dobra 56/66, 00-312 Warszawa, Poland
Organizing Institutions:
Polish Sociological Association: Sociology of Law Section & Warsaw Department
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw: Institute of Sociology;
The Maria Grzegorzewska University: Institute of Sociology and Philosophy
University of Warsaw: Institute of Applied Social Sciences
Monday, 9 May 2016
8:45-9:15
Registration / Morning coffee
9:15-9:30
Welcome
9:30-11:00
Guest speech
N. Emrah Aydinonat (Bahcesehir University (Istanbul); TEPAV (Economic Policy Research Institute); University
of Helsinki): TBA
11:00-12:00
Sociology and the invisible hand
Adriana Mica (University of Warsaw): Sociology and the Invisible Hand: Dialectic Effects, Latent Functions and
Aggregation Effects
Jiri Subrt (University in Prague): The Idea of Generalized Communication Media in Contemporary Systems
Theory, and the Problems Associated with it
12:00-13:30
Lunch
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13:30-14:45
Law and the invisible hand
Arkadiusz Peisert (University of Gdańsk): The Punishment of the Restriction of the Freedom in Poland – Visible
Hand of Court and Invisible Hand of Consequences
Karol Muszyński (University of Warsaw): Violations of Law as a Complementary Institution
14:45-16:15
Is the ‘invisible hand’ performative?
Mateusz Kucz (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw): Invisible Hand as a Tool of Economic
Imperialism
Jelena Djuric (University of Belgrade): (Self)organization and (Spontaneous) Order
Roman Hofreiter (Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica): Neither an Invisible Hand nor a Social Construction:
The Emergence of Market´s Social Order
16:15-16:45
Refreshments
16:45-18:00
Invisible hand mechanisms
Mikołaj Pawlak (University of Warsaw) and Michał Kotnarowski (Polish Academy of Sciences): The Invisible
Hand of Social Capital. Evidence from the Polish Labor Market
Ewa Radomska (Jagiellonian University, Cracow): The Invisible Hand in Copyright
18:00-19:30
20:00-23:00
Guest speech
Matthias Gross (Friedrich Schiller University Jena): TBA
Dinner
Antrakt Café, Pl. Piłsudskiego 9 (walking distance from the venue)
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
9:00-9:30
Morning coffee
9:30-10:15
Visible and invisible hands
Grzegorz Makowski (Collegium Civitas): Where Are the Invisible Religions?
Katarzyna Iwińska (Collegium Civitas) and Galia Chimiak (Polish Academy of Sciences): Civic Actions –
Informal and Not Institutionalized But Real in Their Consequences
10:15-11:45
Guest speech
Alan Irwin (Copenhagen Business School): TBA
11:45-13:15
Lunch
2
13:15-14:30
Science, technology and the unintended I
Maciej Gurtowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń) and Jan Waszewski (Nicolaus Copernicus
University): Prejudices Behind Algorithms. Automated Surveillance Systems as Tools of Segregation and
Discrimination
Katarzyna Wyrzykowska (Polish Academy of Sciences): The Music Industry and "Nobody Knows" Thesis. How
Technology Generates and (at the Same Time) Helps to Deal with Uncertainty on the Market: The Case of
Polish Record Labels
14:30-16:00
Science, technology and the unintended II
Iwona Zielińska (The Maria Grzegorzewska University): TBA
Heather Moore (The Shape of Things, Berlin, Germany) and Sean Osterday (The Shape of Things, Berlin,
Germany): Invisible Hands, Eyes, and Circuits
Jan Żerański (n.a.): Brains in Clouds
16:00-17:00
Farewell lunch
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