Seminar The Union of Numbers International Statistical Harmonization and the European Communities 1950-1979 Add to calendar 2022-06-09 15:00 2022-06-09 16:30 Europe/Rome The Union of Numbers Sala del Torrino and via Zoom Via ZOOM YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 09 June 2022 15:00 - 16:30 CEST Where Sala del Torrino and via Zoom Via ZOOM Organised by Historical Archives of the European Union In this Alcide de Gasperi seminar, Guus Wieman will present findings from his dissertation that analyses the role of the developing European Communities on international statistical harmonization. Simone Paoli will discuss. Statistical measures and numbers are not as objective and impartial as they may seem. Scholarship in recent decades has emphasized as much by analyzing statistics as ideologically laden tools for governance and limited by the tyranny of the quantifiable, among others. Despite increased social and historical scrutiny towards statistical measures and the scholars that designed them, little attention has been given to the role of international organizations in the field of statistics and 'international statistical harmonization'. The term used to delineate the process through which national and international statistical offices and experts strive to make statistical measurements comparable or compatible internationally.Through several case studies the dissertation analyses: how and why the European Communities became engaged with international statistical harmonization, and how European policy projects and economic ideas influenced national and international statistical practices. Moreover, the thesis demonstrates how various national statistical traditions conflicted with each other and international interests, and what strategies were employed to make national statistical practices more compatible and comparable. Attachments: 2022.06.09 ADG SEMINAR THE UNION OF NUMBERS.pdf Discussant(s): Simone Paoli (University of Pisa) Speaker(s): Guus Wieman (European University Institute) Chair(s): Dieter Schlenker (Historical Archives of the European Union)