Institutionalizing a Pluralistic Alliance between Economics and Engineering

Economics and engineering have often intertwined, through the sharing of mathematical modeling tools, analogies migration concepts. These processes contributed to bridging epistemological gap between two disciplines above all they fueled a contamination that has allowed advancement knowledge. However, this exchange long entered phase diminishing returns is now not sufficient respond growing complexity required science its methodologies interpret real world, increasingly integrated in aspects influenced by clusters pervasive innovation technological progress. This urges establishment new "pluralistic alliance" different semi-autonomous branches disciplines, be realized on scientific platform, understood as socio-epistemic space allows for meeting scholars aimed at achieving common or similar goals. The article discusses how institutionalize platform highlights largely incipient state difficulties stand way legitimacy.