Appel à communications : Conference "Plunging into Turmoil: Social Sciences and the Crisis", Lisbonne (Portugal), 16-17/10/2014 — LIMITE : 31/05/2014

The Political Observatory (PO) are organising a two-day conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on the relation between the social sciences and the current economic crisis. The 2008 economic and financial crisis marked the beginning of a period of social transformation and uncertainty that continues to characterise present and future social development in unplanned and unexpected ways, frequently with harmful effects. In this context, the social sciences and their role as a tool of knowledge producti..