The workshop will focus on the limits of markets, the morality of decisions in markets, and paternalism. It will bring together scholars from different disciplines (mainly economics, political science, and philosophy) who are working on these topics. The workshop aims to foster discussions across disciplines on the ethical considerations surrounding market activities, repugnant markets, and the government’s role in regulating such markets.
Social stratification research increasingly recognizes that numerous types of inequality are location-dependent with residential neighborhoods often being the locus of inequality. Residential environmental inequality—the socially unequal distribution of exposure to environmental 'goods' (e.g., parks, green space) and 'bads' (e.g., air pollution, noise heat) at individuals' place of residence— is one crucial dimension of spatial inequality in urban settings that has been shown to affect physical health, mental health, and other key outcomes, such as educational performance, crime, and inter-generational economic mobility. The most recent Global Burden of Disease Study attributes 4.5 million deaths worldwide to outdoor air pollution alone in 2019.
Der Weg von einer Erfindung bis zu einem marktfähigen Produkt ist oft lang und schwierig – ganz besonders in Deutschland. Das als leistungsfähig international anerkannte Wissenschaftssystem bietet zwar gute Rahmenbedingungen für die erste Phase; die festen institutionellen Grenzziehungen zwischen grundlagen- und anwendungsorientierter Forschung, zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft erschweren jedoch die weiteren Schritte auf dem Weg zum Produkt.