Assistant Professor of International Political Economy
Universitair Docent
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Faculty of Arts
International Political Economy
Economische gevolgen
Internationale handel (import-export)
Expertise
- Politics
- Statistics
- Economic measurements
- International political economy
Expert Statement
My research examines the political construction and (ab-)uses of statistical indicators. Most of my previous research has focused on international economic statistics. Many of the dynamics observed in that research are very similar to how numbers are being employed in current responses to the covid-19 crisis, including the downplaying of statistical uncertainty in public communications.
Voorbeeld van relevante publicatie
Linsi, L., & Aragão, R. (2020). Do we Really Know that Chinese COVID-19 Statistics are being Manipulated? Global Policy: GP Opinion.
Linsi, L., & Mügge, D. (2019). Globalization and the growing defects of international economic statistics. Review of International Political Economy, 26(3), 361–383.
https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/18/04/2020/do-we-really-know-chinese-covid-19-statistics-are-being-manipulated
Contactgegevens
https://www.rug.nl/staff/l.a.linsi/
Contactvoorkeur
Nederlands, Engels