What is going on in the field of socio-economics in France?
There are two elements that I would like to pinpoint. First, in France there is currently institutional acknowledgement of the importance of this subfield of sociological enquiry. To illustrate this, we can look at the fact that in 2003, the Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) agreed to create and partially fund a network of scholars, whether economists or sociologists, working in economic sociology. During its first four years, this network was a hive of activity, sponsoring several workshops in various regions of France on different topics (the labor market, the food market, money, Harrison Whites theory of markets, to mention a few). In addition, the network organized annual meetings in which senior scholars commented on doctoral students research in progress. This is an essential task when the institutionalization of the field is at stake. Most importantly, the CNRS has finally agreed to give this network an extra four years of financing, which I see as a good sign.
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