Dr Giancarlo Ianulardo

About me:

Dr Ianulardo joined the Economics Department of the University of Exeter Business School in September 2010. Previously, he was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath, from 2007 to 2010, where he taught Microeconomics to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students, and Mathematical Economics.

He has also been a member of the Teaching Committee, Programme Director of the BSc Business Economics and is currently Programme Coordinator for Flexible Combined Honours (Economics). He is module leader of Mathematics for Economists, Basic Quantitative Methods and Philosophy of Economics.

He is an External Examiner for Economics and a Mentor and Assessor for the Aspire Team (Advance HE).

He has been awarded the Fellowship and the Senior Fellowship of the Advance Higher Education.

Nationality: Italian, British

Administrative Responsibilities

• Member of the Teaching Committee at the Economics Department of the University of Bath
• Member of the Mitigation Committee, University of Exeter Business School
• Program Director of Business Economics, University of Exeter Business School
• Program Coordinator of Flexible Combined Honours (Economics) , University of Exeter Business School
• External Examiner for Economics
• Mentor and Assessor for the Aspire Team (Advance HE

Languages studied

• English: three-year course at university, ‘Preliminary English Test’ at the University of Cambridge local examination centre, fluently spoken and written
• French: three-year course at university, ‘Brevet de Etudes Françaises’ at the University of Tours, fluently spoken and written
• Spanish: three-year course at university, fluently spoken and written
• German: three-year course at university, only written
• Portuguese, ‘Diploma de Estudos Portugueses’ at the University of Lisbon, fluently spoken and written
• Ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew: only reading

Interests:

• Metaphysical Realism and Objectivity in Science
• Responsibility and Moral Imagination in intergenerational justice
• Sovereign debt and Political economy
• Game theoretical analysis of Law and Institutions

Dr Ianulardo’s research is in the area of philosophy of economics, social ontology and institutions.

The main focus of his research is on the role of objectivity in science, and in economics in particular, and metaphysical realism, exploring the implications for the economic discourse of a reconsideration of some philosophical categories such as relation, existence, object, and truth. His paper on Metaphysical Realism and Objectivity is a first step in this broader research agenda.

In recent articles he has focused on the notion of responsibility and fictional expectations in the context of environmental ethics and, in particular, the Circular Economy.

His current research interests are in philosophy of economics, and the role of humanities (philosophy and ethics) in economics and economic education. His recent research has focused on metaphysical realism and moral imagination. He is currently working in reductionism in philosophy of mind and social sciences methodology (i.e., methodological individualism vs holism). In ethics, he is interested in the concept of responsibility and its dialogical foundation. The unifying theme in his research interests is the role of transcendental consciousness and subjectivity in social sciences.

He has also worked is in the area of game theory applied to international political economy, focusing especially on external and domestic sovereign debt, and legal and political institutions. Specifically, he has applied his research to recent default episodes, such as the Argentinean case. Recently, he has been working with some international colleagues on the dynamics of sovereign debt under alternative international monetary regimes.

Qualifications:

BSc Economics (Salerno, Italy), MSc Econ & Fin (Warwick Business School, UK), PhD Economics (Warwick, UK).

Fellow and Senior Fellow of the Advance Higher Education.