The rankings avalanche. Five fallacies about rankers and the ranked. | Afshin Mehrpouya | TEDxHECParis
- Title:
- The rankings avalanche. Five fallacies about rankers and the ranked. | Afshin Mehrpouya | TEDxHECParis
- Description:
-
more » « less
From being graded in our childhood to being told how happy our nations are, ranks are everywhere. But what is behind these numbers? What can we actually learn about ourselves and our world with these rankings? Afshin Mehrpouya is an associate professor of accounting and management control systems at HEC Paris. Trained as a medical doctor in Iran, Afshin also holds an MBA and PhD in management. His research is broadly in the role of performance measurement in transnational governance. He currently studies the construction and use of different calculative knowledge forms such as rankings and ratings in transnational governance regimes. He is a member of the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society. Prior to starting his academic career, Afshin had years of experience in the design of environmental and social rankings and ratings. He has advised a range of development and sustainability related initiatives such as Access to Medicine Index, Aid Transparency Index, Medicines Transparency Alliance, Access to Nutrition Index and Responsible Mining Index.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDxTalks
- Duration:
- 16:48