Sensemaking in economics: economic activity from a social-philosophical perspective

Ekaterina Svetlova obtained her PhD in philosophy from the Institute of Practical Philosophy at the FernUniversity in Hagen, Germany, in August 2007. Her thesis is entitled Sensemaking in economics: economic activity from a social-philosophical perspective (Sinnstiftung in der Ökonomik: Wirtschaftliches Handeln aus sozialphilosophischer Sicht). She was supervised by Professor Kurt Röttgers (Dean of the Institute of Practical Philosophy, FernUniversity in Hagen). Currently, the author is a postdoctoral researcher at the Buchanan Institute of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany.