At Stanford University I worked on the parts of my project which are inspired by work of Prof. Helen Longino in general philosophy of science and philosophy of the behavioural sciences, who sponsored my stay. She analyses pluralism of approaches within the behavioural sciences and value-ladenness of behavioural research. I had been regularly meeting with her to consult parts of my argument that concern these issues. At the University of Helsinki I conducted a detailed analysis of empirical research in the behavioural sciences in order to show that the knowledge which the behavioural sciences (in cognitive psychology and behavioural economics) provide differs from the knowledge claims made about this research by proponents of the behavioural public policy. I discussed my results with the philosophers of the social sciences and with Prof. Uskali Maki, who supervised my work.
I disseminated the results of my work during the prestigious conferences and colloquia in the US: the Biennial Meeting of Philosophy of Science Association in Seattle, History and Philosophy of Science Colloquium at Stanford University, Colloquium of Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at University of California, Irvine, The 9th Annual Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference at the University of Texas, during the seminar at the New School of Social Research in NY. During the second year of the fellowship I disseminated my research during Perspectives on Science Seminar and Theoretical Philosophy Research Seminar at the University of Helsinki and during Philosophy Department Research Seminar at Tampere University. I was invited as a guest speaker to University College London, The University of Groningen, Radboud University to give talks on my Marie Curie research during spring semester 2020: it shows that my research on the topic became recognised in the academic community. Unfortunately, these events were cancelled, or postponed, due to COVID-19 pandemic. Information about the talks and publications was shared on social media (facebook page and academia.edu profile). I worked on five articles and one editorial project on behavioural economics for the Journal of Economic Methodology. I exploited the results of my research as a contributing author to the EU Joint Research Center report on the use of the behavioural sciences in policy‘Understanding our political nature’. In November 2019 I applied to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to become a fellow at the School of Social Science with the project that is a continuation of this Marie Curie research. I was accepted.
