Nadia Ruiz, PhD

About Me 

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Hola, I am a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC-funded project "Managing Performative Science" (MAPS) at the Center for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences at Leibniz University Hannover.

I am currently researching the challenges – epistemic and non-epistemic– that economists encounter when constructing models. Of major interest is whether these constraints play an influencing role in developing policies and individual behavior. Are economists, as practitioners of science and as contributors to public policy, only required to justify their methodology epistemically, or do they have a “moral” responsibility as well?

I am also interested in the different methodologies used in the social sciences. For example, what is the epistemic virtue of ethnographies in Anthropology?

In my free time, I dwell on the impact of feminism in pop culture, watching cooking shows and loving Señor (my dog).

Fun fact: I perform the best lip sync of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, choreography included. 

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