For a number of years, a groundbreaking field called 'agnotology' has emerged allowing scholars in history, political science, law and economy, a fresh lens to address expertise and public policy issues. Deriving from the classical Greek word agnosis, 'not knowing', agnotology describes not simply ignorance, but rather both the calculated and uncalculated structural production of unknowledge on topic such as health, security, finance, etc.
The presentation will be twofold. The first part will be a short introduction to agnotology's concepts, methods and perspectives, from the seminal work on Doubt Manufacturing to the idea of the social production of non-problem. Furthermore, the international workshop "Shadows of Knowledge: Capitalism and the Creation of Ignorance", which will be held at the EUI on 9 June 2023, will be presented.