PhD defence: Kristian Bondo Hansen

This dissertation undertakes an explorative historical analysis of problems associated with crowd phenomena in the U.S. financial markets between 1890 and 1940. Inspired by Michel Foucault’s reflections on the analysis of problematisations, the dissertation explores how practical, academic and popular accounts of financial markets problematised (i.e. reflected upon, contested and responded to) various crowd phenomena as they occurred in the markets. As part of the historical exposition, the dissertation examines how financial writers employed tropes and terminology from late nineteenth century crowd theories when describing and seeking to explain the processes and practices of the markets. The dissertation argues that the way in which crowd phenomena were problematised as well as the attempts to address these alleged crowd problems influenced perceptions of financial markets and transformed approaches to market analysis and speculation.
 
Primary Supervisor:
Professor Christian Borch
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
Copenhagen Business School
 
Secondary Supervisor:
Senior Lecturer Peter Knight
The University of Manchester
 
Assessment Committee:
Professor Per H. Hansen
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
Copenhagen Business School
 
Head of Department Liz McFall
Department of Sociology
Open University
 
Senior Lecturer Paul Crosthwaite
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
 
Thesis:
The thesis will be available from http://openarchive.cbs.dk
 
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in the Gallery at Porcelænshaven 26, 2000 Frederiksberg.
Organised by The Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies

Date    15 June 2017
Time    1 - 3 PM
Location    PH408, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelænshaven 26, 2000 Frederiksberg