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The workshop "Gouverning by numbers: Key indicators and politics" will take place at the University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany from 5 to 7 October 2017.The workshop is hosted by the Political Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Research Council Sociology of Population (RC41) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Cluster Society and Culture in Motion of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, and Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).Convention theory is a key theoretical foundation and ressource for this workshop (namely the works of Alain Desrosières, Luc Boltanski, Laurent Thévenot and others).Deadline for abstracts is 15 April.Workshop announcement and call for papers