Issue 338 January 27, 2025 web pdf Heterodox Economics Directory
While the sad news of Richard Easterlin's passing reached my desk somewhat late, I had to pause for a moment to reflect on his impact on my own development in my more formative years. Although Easterlin is a highly unconventional economics author, he is hardly listed among key heterodox sources and thinkers. Nonetheless, I have to admit that the Easterlin paradox and related debates about its robustness and validity had an important impact in my formative years as it made clear to me that contentment, confidence and satisfaction are subtle and complicated things. In turn, they pose a conundrum to economists of all persuasions as, effectively, our notions of social welfare should to some extent encompass and capture these notions. Some approaches side-step these challenges and assume relevant answers have to be exogenously given, others take the underlying task more seriously and ask, how and under what conditions does material affluence contribute to the good life.
Moreover, Easterlin's famous paradox diagnoses a de-coupling of material growth (i.e. rising GDP) and subjective well-being, which serves to provoke all those, who assert that there is an unconditional, more or less linear mapping of material welfare to effective well-being. And indeed, while quality of life builds on material means in many ways, the actual relationship is more subtle. For instance, when correlating GDP with other dimensions included in the Human Development Index (just to take another established measure of well-being), we will find a strong correlation. But we will also find many non-random, structural outliers – countries that seemingly get less or less well-being out of an additional dollar of income (see also here for a more sophisticated example of this line of reasoning). For another, quality of life in many European cities is astonishingly high although many of these now witnessed decades of rather low growth or even stagnation.
In my very humble view, there is much to gain when inspecting and deliberating this question from a heterodox viewpoint. An immediate concern that comes fore in such a perspective is one shared with Easterlin namely that the distribution of income matters as much as its average so that conventional measures that neglect aspects of 'relative income' only capture half of the story. Another core point from a heterodox perspective is that social infrastructures matter as they have great influence on how the provisioning of daily necessities impacts well-being in terms of time, money and social inclusion. In other words, it is our foundational economy that matters greatly for determining how and to what extent material wealth translates into overall well-being. And, finally, issues of working time and quality of work co-determine well-being outcomes related to material consumption or comfort – how much and under what conditions, we earn the income to spend is the often overlooked other side of the coin (see here or here for possible starting points on this).
Now before this extended abstract about the intricate and highly inspiring relationship between the works of Easterlin in particular and heterodox economics in general evolves into a full paper, let me, before closing, report some editorial news: Even though we are no business economics newsletter we decided to diversify our (social-media)-portfolio ;-) We joined large parts of academia and resettled our major account from X to BlueSky (@heterodoxnews.bsky.social); we, however, will continue to post updates on new issues on X and Mastodon also and see where all this goes in the near future...
All the best,
Jakob
PS: The inaugural conference of the Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) at Tulsa University on "What's up with capitalism?" that is taking place from 6th to 8th February will also be streamed online – how exciting ;-) More details on this can, of course, be found below.
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) - Institute for Social Research and Institute for Economic Research | Mexico City, 26-28 November 2025
Call for papers
The 10th Conference of the Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE) will take place at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on 26-28 November 2025. The conference will provide a space to discuss theoretical and methodological controversies, as well as the contexts underlying the production of economic thought. The event will feature Miguel Ángel Centeno (Yale University), Mary Morgan (London School of Economics) and Héctor Pérez Brignoli (University of Costa Rica) as keynote speakers. The main topic will be ‘the place of the state in the history of economic thought: controversies surrounding an interdisciplinary challenge’. The Conference will also accept papers on any period or topic in the field of the history of economic thought. Proposals may be written in English, Portuguese or Spanish, and should be submitted via the following Google Forms: https://bit.ly/3OQgJoc. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2025.
For individual papers, please send an abstract of 500 words maximum and a title.
For session proposals, please submit an abstract of maximum 1000 words and its title.
Proposals accepted by the scientific committee will be communicated to their authors by 31 May 2025. Full papers may be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English.
The YSI Pre-Congress Workshop@ ALAHPE will take place at the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos (CELA) of the UNAM one day before the start of the Conference, on Tuesday 25th.
A selection of papers presented at the Conference will be published by the Review of the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (RHETM) in a special issue.
See you in Mexico City!
For any questions, please write to alahpe2025@gmail.com
Important dates:
1. Launch of the call for papers: 15 January 2025
2. Closing date of the call for papers: 30 April 2025
3. Communication of the accepted papers: 31 May 2025
Local Organizing Committee:
Scientific Committee:
Historians of economics working on topics directly related to public policy are increasingly dealing with institutions, practices, and instruments that involve complex philosophical questions regarding notions of objectivity, human values, diversity, gender, tractability, democracy, etc. These are topics where the philosophy of economics has advanced greatly in the last couple of decades, but these results have only partially permeated historical research. Similarly, while historical work has been useful in informing philosophical inquiry, a large number of historical episodes and evidence remain unknown to philosophers of economics. The many common questions and challenges involved in studying the analysis and implementation of public policy suggest that an increased communication between historians and philosophers of economics could produce new and valuable insights on these topics. Furthermore, we believe this intellectual exchange can lead to useful and appealing commentary on important contemporary policy debates, and contribute to raising the visibility of both the history and the philosophy of economics.
This workshop aims at fostering this conversation between both communities. We invite applications from young scholars working on public-policy-related topics from a historical or a philosophical perspective who are interested in learning from the recent work of scholars in the other community. We are particularly interested in scholars working on topics such as, but not limited to:
The workshop is organized by the YSI - History of Economic Thought Work Group, the Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE), the International Network for Economic Method (INEM), and will take place at UNAM's Colegio de Estudios Latinoamericanos on 25 November, 2025. The deadline to apply is 28 February, 2025. Applicants will receive a response by the end of March at the latest. Accommodation for the workshop and the ALAHPE conference (26-28 Nov.) will be provided free of charge, and funding to cover the transportation costs of participants will also be available on a case by-case-basis—depending on the country of residence.
To apply to the workshop please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/iQqUeywNyUkEvCgGA. Note that applying to the workshop and applying to the ALAHPE conference are separate procedures.
If you have doubts or questions of any kind please email the workshop organizers:
Cristian Frasser, Universidad del Valle, cristian.frasser@correounivalle.edu.coJuan Acosta, Universidad del Valle, juancarlos.acosta@correounivalle.edu.coSubmission Deadline: 30 April 202517-20 September | Middle East Technical University-METU, Ankara, Türkiye
The 15th Annual IIPPE conference has been announced in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter here and here. This post collects additional working group calls that have not yeen been feateured in past posts. For a full overview please consult the event's website.
The Proposal Submission Portal is open, with a deadline for proposals of about February 15, 2025.
History of Economic Thought, Economic Methodology and Critique of the Mainstream” (HETMECoM) Working Group
The HETMECoM Working Group invites proposals for research papers, panels and other presentations at IIPPE’s 15 Annual Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is Immigration: Crisis of the World Capitalist System, Crisis for the World Capitalist System," and provides a timely framework to investigate the limitations of mainstream economic thinking to investigate the linkages between immigration and capitalist crises. In the light of poly-crisis, a significant task is to assess the new orthodox heterodoxies critically and how genuinely differ from neoclassical economics as well as how much they engage with, rather than contain or even dismiss, more radical alternatives across methodology, interdisciplinarity, theory and conceptualisation. Another task is promoting a more deep-rooted political economy in teaching and research in the wake of the crisis and the mainstream responses.
Proposed themes for Papers or Panels:
Papers or Panels related to any of the other themes of the Working Group (history of economic thought, economic methodology, economic history and philosophy of economics) are also welcomed.
For further inquiries, please contact: Dimitris Milonakis at d.milonakis@uoc.gr, Manolis Manioudis at m.manioudis@upatras.gr
Social Reproduction Working Group
The intertwined economic, social and climate crises of capitalism pose a grave threat to the possibility of daily and generational social reproduction. Global warming has become tangible, with the first calendar year surpassing a 1.5°C rise above the pre-industrial levels. This milestone was accompanied by a surge of wars and conflicts across the globe. Together, these crises jeopardize every aspect of life-making, compelling people to abandon their homes, their lands and their countries. In this context, the issues of immigration and crisis of social reproduction have become urgent areas of inquiry.
The IIPPE Social Reproduction Working Group invites proposals for individual papers or panels for IIPPE 15 Annual Conference on ‘Immigration: Crisis of the World Capitalist System, Crisis for the World Capitalist System’. We welcome papers and panels that focus on, but not limited to, the following themes:
For further inquiries, please contact: Sara Stevano (ss129@soas.ac.uk), Serap Saritas (serapsaritas@gmail.com), and Lena Gempke (695261@soas.ac.uk)
“International financial subordination” Organised by the IIPPE Financialisation Working Group
The IIPPE Financialisation Working Group invites submissions for a single panel that we intend to propose as part of the International Financial Subordination Stream of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) conference. The conference will take place from 18-20 June 2025 at King's College London.
We welcome submissions within the broad themes of the Financialisation Working Group and those specifically fitting the themes of the International Financial Subordination Stream. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
You can find more details about the AHE conference and the International Financial Subordination stream here.
Submissions should be sent to b.bonizzi@herts.ac.uk.
We will prioritize submissions from young scholars and those with limited or no institutional financial support to attend conferences, in order to foster inclusivity and provide opportunities for emerging voices in the field. Financial support from IIPPE towards the payment of the registration fee is available for all accepted presenters. Please indicate with your proposal if you are requesting funding support, or if to the contrary you will not need it, because you have institutional support or for any other reason (which will allow higher support for the other accepted presenters).
Political Economy of Labour Working Group
The question of labour continues to be a central one in political economy. In the context of the economies of the global South, the lack of absorption of surplus labour in the capitalist segments continues and raises critical questions on the classically expected patterns of capitalist development. On the other hand, even the labour absorbed in the capitalist segments, in both the economies of the global North and the global South, is increasingly employed under precarious contracts and low wages.
This working group aims to platform discussions on the broad question of labour under capitalism. The questions motivating this discussion include, but are not limited to the following:
We welcome the submission of proposals for presentations on these and other topics in the Political Economy of Labour.
For further inquiries, please contact: Surbhi Kesar at sk156@soas.ac.uk or Jon Las Heras Cuenca at jon.lasheras@ehu.eus.
Political Economy of Industrial Development (PEID) Working Group "Industrial Development and the Socio-Ecological Crisis"
The Political Economy of Industrial Development (PEID) Working Group invites proposals for individual papers or panels on themes related to the Politics of Contemporary Late Development, Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, Green Transition and Green Industrial Policy. Proposals addressing the political economy implications of what current global political economy currents mean for specific national economies will be particularly welcome.
Specifically, we would welcome papers and panels focusing on the following issues:
We welcome panel proposals and single paper proposals. If you are proposing a panel, all papers need to be submitted individually via the link below and sent also by email to the working group coordinator with the titles of all papers. If you have any questions, please contact the Working Group Coordinators Lorenza Monaco (l.monaco@ucl.ac.uk), and Pritish Behuria (pritish.behuria@manchester.ac.uk).
Agrarian Change Working Group
A sense of urgency animates the study of agrarian social formations in this conjuncture of post-pandemic restructuring, the global climate emergency, continued extractivism, and the very real threat from extreme right-wing populism.
A multi-layered crisis of production, reproduction, environment, politics and ideology is unfolding as neoliberal capitalism continues to fail to deliver on its promises. For some years already, international organizations, politicians and state officials of different allegiances have recognized the mounting social inequalities. Some call for new forms of market regulations with a return to a degree of state intervention, while right-wing populisms engage in sustained efforts to accelerate capital accumulation at all costs through the mobilization of pseudo-nationalist and racist discourses, in many cases allying themselves with agribusiness interests. Agrarian Political Economy faces the challenge of providing critical analysis of the dynamics and contradictions of this conjuncture.
In rural settings across the globe, while there are talks of closed cycle production, circular economy, the return to shorter commodity chains, and even de-globalisation, this crisis far from leading to the emergence or consolidation of alternatives to neoliberalism has not challenged the power of agribusiness, the dominance of their global commodity chains, or the financialisation of agriculture. We are also witnessing grabs of different kinds (land, water, forests), not only linked to agriculture, but also to extractive industries and the so-called green economy. These accumulation strategies have a direct but also contradictory impact on agrarian class relations. Capitalist agrarian classes consolidate themselves while petty commodity producers, peasants and rural labourers reproduce themselves under ever more precarious conditions, which requires more than ever to have one foot in the non-agrarian economy. Both outmigration from agriculture and the continued increase in migrant agricultural labour are part and parcel of these processes. This is in turn changing social reproduction, not only by further increasing the feminization of labour but also increasing the pressures on women’s unpaid labour within households and across generations. However, some sectors of the subaltern agrarian classes have managed to insert themselves in agribusiness-led commodity chains through different economic and political strategies, benefiting from the high prices of food. With Covid and the immediate and global impacts of the ongoing wars and invasions, it is clear that many existing inequalities have been exacerbated, with significant differences depending on gender, ethnic or racial identities, while global agribusiness as a whole appears to be consolidating further. But in contrast to what had happened during the previous crisis of neoliberalism in the 1990s, land struggles and demands for land reforms seem to have faded away from the international agenda – though agrarian struggles are still winnable, as the successful struggle against government-led agribusiness takeover and undermining of agrarian livelihoods in India has shown.
This raises important questions about the processes of integration into global capitalism, peasant resistance, social conflicts in the countryside, territorial reconfigurations, semi-proletarianisation, and surplus populations. Are the global and local movements promoting sustainable farming practices and food sovereignty and/or indigenous autonomy leading to more sustainable ways of protecting and managing natural resources? Are these alternatives capable of mounting a challenge to neoliberalism, agribusiness, extractivism, and right-wing populism? Will urban and rural poor be priced out of access to sufficient food, again? Politically, the recurrent crises and instability have led to calls for, and promises of, greater role for the state in regulating economic life – but to what effect?
The agrarian change working group invites submission of proposals for individual papers, and thematic panels. Submissions are open to all aspects of agrarian change but we especially encourage contributions on the following themes:
For questions and additional information contact: Leandro Vergara-Camus lvc@uontario.ca and Jens Lerche jl2@soas.ac.uk
Teaching Political Economy Working Group
The Teaching Political Economy working group welcomes proposals for individual research papers, panels and other presentations.
Whilst we feel that the case for teaching political economy and economic pluralism more generally has been made, we would welcome contributions on a wide range of topics and themes, including but not limited to the following:
We are especially keen to hear from early career academics, PhD students and students involved in activist organisations focusing on promoting debate on the future of economics and political economy in theory and practice.
For questions and additional information contact: Kevin Deane kevin.deane@open.ac.uk and Lorena Lombardozzi ll27@soas.ac.uk
Moving Beyond Capitalism Working Group
The Moving Beyond Capitalism Working Group invites you to submit proposals for individual papers or themed panels, discussing anything related to moving beyond capitalism. Possible topics include (just as examples) theoretical discussions about a post-capitalist society or a transition to it; considerations of the success and failures of 20 century national attempts to do so such as the Soviet Union, China, Yugoslavia, and Cuba; current 21st century nations claiming to be trying to do so such as China, Vietnam, and Cuba; various institutions of the SSE (Social and Solidarity Economy) that present themselves as anti-capitalist; the relation between fighting identity oppression and fighting class exploitation in the fight to transcend capitalism; the role of a “vanguard party” (and what its nature would be) in the fight to transcend capitalism; etc. For more on the Moving Beyond Capitalism Working Group, see our home page at https://iippe.org/working-groups/moving-beyond-capitalism-working-group/.
For questions and additional information contact: Al Campbell al@econimcs.utah.edu.
Submission Details for all:
The proposal submission platform is now open and will close on, February 15, 2025. Click the link below to go to the instructions for submitting a proposal, read them carefully to not spoil the proposal, and then the link the WHOVA proposal submission platform is embedded in the instructions. The instructions are here.
Submission Deadline for all groups: 15 February 2025
2-4 October 2025 | University of Macerata (Italy)
New technologies and automation made some jobs redundant and further increased economic inequality. The advent of artificial intelligence seems destined to accentuate the already strong trend towards a massive replacement of human labour by machines and software. Technological unemployment is rising steadily: according to several studies, more and more workers are currently doing jobs that technology will replace in the next few years.
Despite the trend of automation reducing the demand for labour and the share of labour in national income, history provides a fascinating counterpoint. The growth of the last 200 years, marked by numerous waves of automation technologies, has seen a largely stable labour share and a growing demand for labour (Acemoglu and Restrepo 2018). The changing idea of labour, its meaning, and the related social, economic, and philosophical analyses help unravel this apparent paradox, offering a rich historical perspective that enlightens us about the evolution of labour. The globalization of production, the spread of lean production methods, and the so-called "fourth industrial revolution" are mutually reinforcing phenomena that shape the dynamics of global capitalism. New business models increasingly rely on just-in-time or just-in-sequence production. Whereas the literature about Industry 4.0 often focuses on automation, its revolutionary scope lies in interactivity, connectivity, and data collection and analysis. It is this property that makes relocation easier. The dominant narrative is that the state must facilitate the integration of local firms into global chains, ensure an appropriate environment for firms to innovate, and prepare the workforce with the skills required by new technologies, among other policies. However, while most theoretical approaches focus on assessing firms; performances, strengths, and weaknesses in the current context, scant attention has been directed towards analysing the impact on the labour process. For example, the changes in technique based on integrating Industry 4.0 technologies with lean production incur a substantial labour cost, manifesting as increased work intensity. In Marxian terminology, they have increased the relative surplus value extraction rate.
Following this trajectory, labour has become a subordinate variable in the current mechanisms regulating the production of wealth, the social redefinition of its role, and the overcoming of the existing order. History interdisciplinary approach can help us better understand a technical innovation impact on the labour market and social changes. The transformation of labour has brought about modifications in many aspects that have also been studied - constantly or in new and emerging ways - by the history of economic thought. Among these, the following strands are certainly worth highlighting, all of which
are welcome to the conference debate:
The Italian Association for the History of Economic Thought (AISPE) invites individual scholars or academic communities from the economics area and other interested areas to submit proposals for the conference. The conference, designed as a dynamic forum for intellectual exchange, offers a unique opportunity to engage in a meaningful discussion on the general topic of labour transformation. We highly value your expertise and look forward to your contributions, which we believe are integral to the success of this conference. However, we are also open to receiving papers on broader issues related to
the history of economic thought. An abstract of 500 words for a paper and a maximum of 1000 words for a session should be submitted to the Scientific Committee (aispe.conference2025@unimc.it) by 30 April 2025.
AISPE encourages young researchers, both male and female, under the age of 40 to participate in the competition for the best paper presented at the Annual Conference. The winner will receive a prize of 500 euros. Please submit your CV and the final version of your paper to aispesegreteria@gmail.com by September 10, 2025. Note that papers with more than two co-authors will not be accepted unless all co authors are under 40. The winner will be announced at the meeting on October 3, 2025.
Scientific Committee
Organizing Committee
Stefano Spalletti and Roberto Lampa (Co-directors); Michele Fabiani, Daniela Giaconi and Gianmarco Oro (Members)
Important dates
Submission Deadline: 31 March 2025
June 12-14, 2025 - Università degli Studi del Molise, Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio, via Duca degli Abruzzi 67, 86039 Termoli (CB)
Economies and Territoriesfrom the history of economics perspective
Recent events, from the 2020 pandemic crisis to growing geopolitical instability, accompanied by trade tensions across countries, are prompting a re-evaluation of the spatial and regional dimensions of economic activities. Phenomena such as reshoring, nearshoring, friends-shoring, and the re-discovery of national borders are contemporary examples of Adam Smith’s invisible hand, which ‘encouraged’ merchants to keep their capital at home for greater security, thereby advancing, according to Smith’s metaphor, both their own interests and the public good.
Conflicts, political tensions, and climate change challenges are reshaping the global economy with relevant implications for regional economies, which have been increasingly interconnected through trade, investment, and financial flows. The search for lesser dependence on foreign markets in terms of supply chains and market outlets, particularly with reference to strategic sources such as energy, is today at the center of policymakers’ concerns.
The implications of economies’ interdependence have been widely investigated in the history of economic thought. In the 17th century, the mercantilists focused on the relationships between colonies and the mother country to ensure the power of the latter, while Smith (1776) and David Ricardo (1817) emphasized the advantages for all countries of free trade through international specialization. By contrast, Karl Marx (1848) interpreted the cosmopolitan character of the capitalistic system in terms of the bourgeoisie’s exploitation of the world market with the destruction of national industries by new industries that no longer work up indigenous raw materials.
As well as a territory shapes its economy, the opposite is also true, as in the case of megacities and the increasing urban population and agglomeration economies, as highlighted in Alfred Marshall’s theory (developed in the late 19th century) of industrial districts. Spatial dimensions and economic geography theories focusing on economic clustering and concentration in specific regions have been recently rediscovered by Paul Krugman’s (1991) core-periphery model. The new economic geography he inaugurated has its precursors in Walter Christaller’s central-place theory (1933), Walter Isard’s regional science and industrial location theory (1956), as well as J. Vernon Henderson’s (1956) urban system theory.
The development of industrial centers with respect to rural areas also involved migration phenomena, all of which are related phenomena testifying to the multidimensional connections of territories and economies. New economic geography encompasses the shift in economic and political power and the redistribution of resources and opportunities across regions. Such transformations drive the movement of people from one place to another with a significant impact on the spatial economy in terms of population distribution, and particularly the de-population of some areas, as well as the dynamics of economic development and social and cultural changes. Refugee migration, labor migration, rural-to-urban migration, climate migration, and digital nomadism are among the phenomena that characterize our complex times. The growing disparities across regions are another related topic. Territorial and regional inequalities and the North and South divide are not new. Despite economic policy efforts, from post-World War II planning to recent cohesion policies, significant disparities remain, for example, within Italy and across the European Union countries, also exacerbated by recent geopolitical tensions, thereby raising questions about the economic policy effectiveness.
The 2007 Treaty of Lisbon assigned the European Union the mission of promoting territorial, economic, and social cohesion. Since then, investments in infrastructure, incentives for business development, and initiatives to improve education and training have been implemented. An effort re-affirmed by the European Union post-pandemic funds. The European Union’s Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund have been instrumental in financing projects that enhance connectivity, innovation, and economic diversification. The European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility provides a further significant opportunity to address regional disparities, with Italy, as one of the largest beneficiaries.
Addressing sustainable economic development within this context also requires a focus on environmental and digital transitions alongside efforts to reduce regional inequalities for cohesive growth across Europe. Territorial dimensions of economic activity and the disparities in economic development across different regions offer numerous insights into addressing economic development problems, regional inequalities, population and migration dynamics, and policies from the history of economics perspective and from an interdisciplinary approach. The core-periphery model, in particular, can be fruitfully applied not only to explain economic development but also to explore boundaries between economics and other social sciences and today’s organization of economics into a mainstream (core) and heterodox (periphery) structure.
Submissions
The 22nd STOREP Annual Conference aims to foster a debate on all the issues related to “Economies and Territories from the History of Economics Perspective”, and welcomes sessions and research papers, framed in a historical or theoretical perspective. The Conference also aims to bring together scholars and leading experts from various fields within the social sciences domain – such as economics and history of economic thought, economic history, sociology, law, demography, and geography – and from diverse regions, with particular encouragement for scholars from the Global South.
Possible focuses of interest include, but are not limited to:
Paper proposals are welcome in all fields adopting historical and/or theoretical approaches from multiple perspectives (Marxian, Post Keynesian, Neo-Ricardian, Neo Schumpeterian, Institutional, Austrian economics, Stock-flow consistent and agent-based modeling, input-output analysis). Empirical approaches (both quantitative and qualitative) are considered, provided that they are appropriately framed in a historical or theoretical perspective.
STOREP invites proposals for special sessions organized in collaboration with other scientific associations, NGOs, and policy-making institutions. As in the past, the 22nd STOREP Conference will jointly organize initiatives and special sessions with the Institute for New Economic Thinking, the “Young Scholars Initiative”, and with students and researchers of the international network Rethinking Economics.
Proposals, registration, and special issues
Abstract and session proposals must be uploaded on the submission website of the conference – i.e. via the web-based platform “Conference maker”. To submit, please create an account by providing basic contact information and selecting a user ID and password. If you have previously registered for a conference through Conference Maker, you can login with your existing user ID and password. Detailed instructions can be found here. Submitters must add any co-authors after the proposal is submitted, by clicking on “Add/modify authors”.
Registration: All participants are required to become STOREP members or renew their membership. Detailed instructions can be found here.
The Review of Political Economy (ROPE) will consider selected papers presented at the STOREP Conference for publication. Participants are required to submit their papers to ROPE within six months after the Conference. Manuscripts submitted through this procedure will undergo the standard peer review process. STOREP is also pleased to announce that several academic journals have expressed interest in publishing Conference papers.
“Host/Guest Discipline”: Demography
Since 2023, STOREP has invited scholars from a ‘guest discipline’—a neighboring field of study—to explore its historical relationship with economics. These discussions include its current impact on economics and its potential contribution to the development of a new transdisciplinary behavioral science in the future.
In 2025, the STOREP conference hosts Demography. Since Robert Malthus’s population law, economics has integrated demographic considerations from both macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives. Research has explored connections between population size, economic growth, and resource exploitation, alongside the evolution of labor markets and demographic dynamics. Aging populations, migration, and human capital formation exemplify the interdependence of the two disciplines in addressing global economic and social challenges.
STOREP 2025 warmly welcomes abstract and session proposals from all areas of demography.
Important dates
Important dates for young scholars: Scholarships and Awards (details below)
Young Scholars Awards
(1) STOREP provides two Awards of 1000€ each (so as to make it possible to reward both history-of-economic-thought articles and more policy-oriented papers) for the best articles presented at the Annual Conference by young scholars under 40 years of age. Applications, including CV and the final version of the papers, must be sent to segretario@storep.org by December 31, 2025. Only papers co-authored by a maximum of two researchers, both meeting the eligibility criteria for ‘Young’ scholars, are eligible for the Award. Previous award winners from any of the three preceding rounds are not eligible to apply. Papers must not have been previously published or under review in a scholarly journal at the time of the conference.
(2) Scholarships for young scholars (under 40 years of age, non-tenured). In order to be eligible, the applicant is required to send to segretario@storep.org a Curriculum Vitae and an extended abstract (2,000 words ca.) on any topic relevant to the history of political economy, by March 20, 2025. The final version of the papers must be uploaded by April 2, 2025. Applicants will be notified of the evaluation process no later than May 10, 2025. Winners will be awarded free STOREP Conference registration, including the association’s annual membership fee and, if possible, a lump-sum contribution towards travel and accommodation expenses.
June 9-11, 2025 | Queen Mary University of London
Co-organised by the School of Economics and Finance, the School of Business and Management and supported by Computational and Quantitative Methods research group and Queen Mary’s Digital Environment Research Institute. WEHIA 2025 represents a unique opportunity to present and discuss the latest research on various aspects of the economy as a complex system made up of heterogeneous interacting agents. The Workshop is intended to foster diversity in the approach and in the methodology used to analyze economic issues. For all further details, please visit the conference website.
Main Topics
Organising Committee
Paper Submission
Contributions should be submitted in the form of extended abstracts (max 2 pages). To submit your contribution you need to fill in this form and send the abstract in PDF format to wehia2025@qmul.ac.uk. The first page of the submitted material must contain authors’ affiliations and, at least, three keywords. In case of co-authored research, the submitter will be assumed to be the presenter, unless differently specified. Only one paper per presenter is allowed. Deadline for submissions: March 7, 2025 Notification of acceptance: Early April 2025
Registration and Fees
Participants who wish to present a paper must register and pay the submission fee by early May 2025. Fees have not been determined yet. Details will be posted on the conference website.
There will be the following tiers:
1 For definition see here: https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-bank-country-classifications-by-income-level-for-2024-2025
Special Issue
The Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination will publish a special issue dedicated to a selection of papers accepted to WEHIA 2025. The submission deadline will be announced
subsequent to the conference.Contact Please direct all questions to wehia2025@qmul.ac.uk .
For further details, please visit the conference website: WEHIA 2025 Website.
Submission Deadline: 7 March 2025
27-30 June 2025 | University of Richmond in Richmond, VA, US
The History of Economics Society will hold its 52nd annual meeting from June 27 to 30, 2025 at the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA.
The conference website is now open for submissions of paper and session proposals and for conference registration: 2025 HES Conference Webpage
We are pleased to announce our 2025 plenary speakers: Professor Masazumi Wakatabe, of Waseda University, who served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan from 2018 to 2023; Bart Wilson, Professor and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Economics and Law and Director, Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University; and immediate past HES president, Ross Emmett, Professor of Economic Thought, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL) and Director, Center for the Study of Economic Liberty, SCETL, Arizona State University, who will give the presidential address. The opening reception will take place at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on Friday, June 27 from 6-8 p.m.
We invite individual paper proposals and encourage proposals for full sessions.Scholars who will require visas to travel to the US are encouraged to submit proposals in advance of the deadline for consideration by the local organizing committee.
An early bird registration fee of $150 will be available until April 15, 2025, midnight US Central time. The fee for regular attendants registering after this date will be $200. Deeply discounted registration, reception, and banquet fees are available for students and scholars with insufficient institutional support. For more details, please access the conference website.
YOUNG SCHOLARS
The HES provides support for several Warren J. and Sylvia J. Samuels Young Scholars to present papers at the conference, in the form of free registration, banquet and reception tickets, three nights lodging at the conference hotel, and a year's membership in the society. A Young Scholar must be a current PhD candidate or have been awarded a PhD in 2022 or later. Those interested in having their paper considered for the Young Scholars program will be able to indicate this when submitting their paper proposal through the conference website and will be contacted subsequently with more details about the program.
Submission Deadline 1 March 2025
26–27 September 2025 | York University, Toronto, Canada
Claims about the importance of Marxism typically and understandably focus on its historic role in analyzing political, social and economic life. This conference will assess the impact and importance of Marxism in the context of the wider intellectual realm, and how central theory is to its very existence. We seek papers by scholars from across disciplines, including but not limited to anthropology, economics, human geography, political science, social psychology, sociology and others, including Area studies and interdisciplinary fields. Their papers should demonstrate the intellectual power of Marxist thought, especially in relation to the serious problems and issues facing humanity.
The collection of the conference papers will offer a chance for interdisciplinary analyses with the goal of strengthening Marxist thought. We believe that Marxism cannot be an intellectual island and that it must be in a critical and productive dialogue with non-Marxist bodies of work. We invite participants to compare Marxist and non-Marxist approaches to a wide range of issues, and to articulate how being informed by a Marxist approach can produce a unique, important, and essential analysis of pressing political, economic, social-cultural and ecological issues that are generally missing outside of Marxism. We believe that this will serve to help clarify the power of a Marxist analytical frame.
The conference will be an in-person, two-day event. In a comradely spirit, presenters should participate in the entirety of the conference. We especially encourage young, working class, and marginalized scholars to present their research at the conference. We expect to publish many of the papers presented at the conference in the form of one or two edited books and/or special issues organized for Left journals. Organized by the Marxist Studies in Global and Asian Perspectives (MSGAP) Research Group at York University Contact the Organizing Collective at msgap[at]yorku.ca For further Information please visit the website.
Deadlines:
• Submission of abstracts (250 words): Saturday, 15 March 2025 (please submit here)
• Abstracts acceptance by the conference organizing collective: Tuesday, 15 April 2025
• Email submission of drafts of the papers: Saturday, 30 August 2025
• Conference registration: From 05 May to 15 August 2025 (Details coming in Summer 2025)
• Email submission of final drafts of the papers: 15 November 2025
17-20 June 2025 | Tartu, Estonia
The IAREP 2025 Conference on Behavioural Insights in Research and Policymaking will take place on 17-20 June 2025 at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia.
This interdisciplinary conference of the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology welcomes researchers, policymakers, and professionals from fields such as economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, and political science. We invite you to submit your extended abstract or session proposal and join us for discussions on how behavioural science can address complex challenges in areas like health, climate, and finance.
Conference Highlights
Important Dates
We kindly ask you to share this information with your colleagues, doctoral students, and anyone who might be interested in submitting their work or participating in the event. For further details, including the call for papers, submission guidelines, travel tips, and registration, please visit our website: iarep2025tartu.com. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us at iarep2025@ut.ee.
Submission Deadline: 2 February 2025
Call for papers for a special issue in Historical Social Research, edited by Daniel Mayerhoffer (University of Amsterdam), Jan Schulz (University of Bamberg) and Daria Tisch (MPIfG Cologne)
Across different social groups and countries, individuals perceive the extent of economic inequalities such as wealth inequality spectacularly wrong. This applies to estimating their view of their own wealth relative to the society they live in but also to the overall situation in this society, i.e., the level of economic inequality, and its consequences for individual life courses. Perceptions of wealth are crucial as they can influence attitudes towards redistribution, shape public support for policy measures, and affect social cohesion. Although the literature provides evidence for the existence and the relevance of these misperception phenomena, perceptions of wealth (inequality) are yet understudied empirically as well as theoretically across disciplines.
The special issue seeks to consolidate diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to provide a comprehensive understanding of how perceptions of economic inequality, with a particular focus on wealth disparities, are formed, maintained, and challenged. By offering insights into the mechanisms driving these perceptions, we aim to better understand their role in shaping individual behaviour and collective policy decisions. We welcome contributions that engage with the complex interplay between perceived and actual inequality, as well as the channels through which perceptions shape policy preferences, institutional dynamics, and societal outcomes. Submissions from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome, including theoretical contributions and studies using diverse methodological approaches such as experimental studies, qualitative research, survey-based analyses, computational methods, or mixed-methods designs.
We invite theoretical and empirical research as well as methodological contributions and review articles. Possible topics include, but are not limited to
At the full-paper stage, submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process, combining cross-review and double-blind external review.
How to Submit
Extended abstracts and manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal's submission guidelines and submitted to Microsoft Forms: https://forms.office.com/e/scqbJdzBbG
Commitment to Equity and Inclusion
We encourage especially submissions by structurally marginalised people in global academia, including people with disabilities, people of colour, FINTA+ (Female, Inter, Trans, A-Gender people), and first-generation academics.
About the Outlet
Historical Social Research (HSR) is an international, peer-reviewed English-language journal for the application of formal methods in the social sciences. The scope of the journal includes quantitative research and computer-assisted qualitative research in the social sciences and historical sociology. The journal explicitly endorses interdisciplinary work, in particular involving fields such as philosophy, economics, and the information sciences. HRS also serves as the official journal of the QUANTUM association (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research). Historical Social Research is published by GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany. HSR offers full and open access to all articles through its website. The journal is abstracted and indexed in SocINDEX, Social Science Citation Index, Scopus, Sociological Abstracts, Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO), International Political Science Abstracts, Social Research Methodology Database, and the Social Science Literature Information System. All articles are also accessible through JSTOR.
Important Dates and Path to Publication in the Special Issue
26-28 June 2025 | University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
As in previous editions, we particularly encourage submissions of new work on the following topics:
Paper Submission
Prospective speakers should submit a PDF file of their paper or an extended abstract of around one page to workshop.behavioralmacro@uni-bamberg.de . If you are a graduate student (M.Sc. or PhD), please also indicate if you would be interested in presenting your work in a poster session. Notification of acceptance will be given by the end of April 2025.
The call for papers in PDF format is available here.
Deadline: 31 March 2025.
24-25 April 2025 | AAU Business School, Aalborg, Denmark
At a time of unprecedented polycrisis — climate change, geopolitical tensions, economic inequality, financial instability, and debt distress in emerging economies — this conference will explore how Post-Keynesian economic approaches can provide much-needed insights and solutions.
This conference warmly welcomes papers in all areas of Post Keynesian economics, with a particular interest in submissions on the economics of the low-carbon transition, stock-flow consistent modeling, and economic methodology.
As a highlight, selected papers from the event will be published in special issues of both the Review of Political Economy and the European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies. Additionally, a dedicated Ph.D. students' day on April 23 co-organized with the Young Scholars Initiative will offer young scholars the chance to present their research and receive valuable feedback from discussants.
The distinguished keynote speakers for this event are Annina Kaltenbrunner, Peter Skott, Maria Nikolaidi, Malcolm Sawyer, Geoff Tily, and Roy Rotheim.
Submission deadline: 15 February 2025.
The Journal of Philosophical Economics (J Philos Econ) in collaboration with The Working Group on Economic Philosophy and Ethics in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DG Phil) plan to publish a special section on The Past of the Futures: Inquiries Through the Lens of Economic Philosophy under the editorship of Michaela Haase, Ingrid Becker and Verena Rauen.
Paper presentations on the topic of this call are invited for the Annual Meeting of The Working Group on Economic Philosophy and Ethics, taking place from September 18–20, 2025, in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and the Symposium on the Economists’ Philosophy Day (Online) on November 20, 2025. Authors may submit abstracts to both events.
The submission window closes on January 18, 2026. For details see https://jpe.episciences.org/public/Past_of_Futures_CfP.pdf.
Deadline: 25 April 2025
9 September 2025 | Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czechia
The WINIR Conference on Institutions, Entrepreneurship & Shared Prosperity will be held at the Prague University of Economics and Business in Prague, Czechia, on 10-12 September 2025.
Early-career researchers exploring the intersections of institutional theory, innovation, and entrepreneurship are invited to submit their work to the WINIR Young Scholars Pre-Conference Workshop on Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Institutions that will be held in Prague on 9 September 2025. The Workshop aims to advance scholarly understanding of how institutions shape and are shaped by innovation and entrepreneurship, with a focus on the pressing global challenges of sustainability, inequality, and economic transformation.
The theme situates institutional theory at the heart of debates around post-growth paradigms in the Global North, sustainable development imperatives in the Global South, and the role of entrepreneurship across public, private, and cooperative sectors in driving social and environmental change. The Workshop seeks to explore how institutional dynamics influence and are influenced by the ways societies produce, consume, and thrive, fostering innovative and sustainable pathways for the future. Contributions should engage institutional methods and perspectives to examine entrepreneurship and innovation across diverse contexts.
We welcome submissions addressing – but not restricted to – one or more of the following thematic areas:
Institutions, Innovation, and Resilience –How institutional frameworks influence innovation ecosystems across diverse contexts, institutional voids in emerging markets and their impact on entrepreneurial innovation, along with the role of governance structures and policy frameworks in fostering resilience. Relevant submissions could include comparative analyses and sector-specific case studies that illuminate these institutional dynamics.
Entrepreneurial Responses to Institutional Pressures – How entrepreneurs navigate and respond to complex institutional environments, research on entrepreneurial initiatives that challenge institutional contradictions, institutional entrepreneurship as a driver of systemic change, and analyses of informal entrepreneurship in under-institutionalized settings. Theoretical and methodological advances in studying institutional entrepreneurship also relate to this theme.
Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship – The ways in which entrepreneurial activity addresses global sustainability challenges and promotes social inclusion. This includes studies of institutional frameworks enabling sustainable entrepreneurship, innovative business models incorporating sustainability principles, and impact measurement methodologies. The theme encompasses research on institutional networks and collaborative approaches for scaling sustainable solutions.
Entrepreneurship Beyond the Private Sector - This may include research on the entrepreneurial state's role in innovation and market creation, entrepreneurship as a catalyst for governance reform, and cross-sectoral collaborations. The theme encompasses studies of how entrepreneurial approaches reshape public institutions and drive systemic change across sectors.
We also invite submissions that relate to institutions, innovation and entrepreneurship but which do not fit neatly into any of the four themes above.
Eligibility and Submission Guidelines
Applicants working in economics, law, sociology, anthropology, development studies, and other related disciplines are encouraged to apply. Eligible applicants should either be enrolled in a doctoral research programme or have graduated no more than three years before 31 March 2025. Successful applicants will be invited to present their research to a supportive audience of peers and senior scholars and receive constructive conceptual and methodological critique.
Priority will be given to first-time attendees at the WINIR Young Scholars conferences.
Submission Instructions
Submissions should be sent using the designated form. Please follow these instructions closely:
The deadline for submissions is 15th February.
September 29 - September 30 | Dept. of Political Science, Roma Tre, Roma, Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, 00145
Description
The recent shocks in the global economy and geopolitics triggered unprecedented reactions by the European institutions, that accelerated a widespread call for a comprehensive rethinking of the scope, instruments, and collective decision-making mechanisms of economic governance in the European Union. Hence, institutional and academic debates on the urge: to increase the European budget and single out European-wide public goods; to increase EU-own resources in view of an autonomous supranational fiscal capacity; to engage in a European industrial policy, implement common investments to face the digital and green transition and contrast climate changes; and to address the need for greater European security and defense sovereignty. In short, to acquire a global actorness.
Although these issues sound very topical today, most of them were already raised and discussed on several occasions in the long history of European integration: the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 was endowed with autonomous fiscal capacity, later watered down; in 1953 the treaty for a European Defense Community was signed, but never ratified; in 1956 the Spaak Report pushed for a European industrial policy and European-wide investments, as did the Delors’s White Paper of 1993 (pointing precociously at a digital and green transition), both without success; several attempts at establishing a European Monetary Fund systematically failed; the McDougall report in 1977 suggested the enlargement of the supranational budget and the outlining of a few European public goods, which ignited a debate on own resources, both later ignored; in the last two decades academics have suggested the euro would become an international currency, comparable to the dollar, which nevertheless did not happen, etc. Tracing the reasons for the failure of these projects and the motivations that led to their abandonment in favor of different perspectives is essential to understanding the challenges that await the European Union in the years ahead. The current system is the outcome of the several paths – taken and not taken – by the European integration process in the past, with their conflicting intellectual forces, economic backgrounds, and national interests. The need for a full historical analysis of such crossroads is more necessary than ever, also to shed light on the current public and academic debates, biased by an increasing radicalization of dominant narratives, in turn serving specific ideologies and interests. The goal of this workshop is to pierce through the veil of narratives, exploring the untaken roads of European economic integration, with their related intellectual background.
A few scholars in the history of economics, economic policy, and international relations have attempted to enquire into some aspects of past crossroads, especially those that appear to be relevant for todays’ debates. Such commendable attempts, lacking any coordination strategy, did not manage to surface either academic or public debates. They failed precisely in enhancing critical thought and a historical perspective on European economic integration. Hence, there is a need for a joint, scholarly effort.
Abstract Submission Guidelines:
Submit an abstract within 1,000 words. The abstract should ideally fall under one of the themes. When reviewing the abstracts, we will look for theoretical considerations/ assumptions, research questions, methodology, nature of evidence used to draw conclusions, and findings. We encourage PhD scholars in the final year of writing up their doctoral work, postdoctoral scholars, and early career scholars (within 5 years of their PhD) to submit their abstracts for consideration.
Financial Support:
A limited number of travel and accommodation stipends are available for young scholars in the final year of their PhD and within seven years of completing their PhD. The travel stipend may not be enough for intercontinental travel.
Organizational details
The two-full-day workshop is not only open to – but warmly welcomes – the participation of young scholars from all areas of research dealing with the untaken roads of European economic integration (from perspectives, for example, of political science, international relations, contemporary history, etc). The workshop will involve 10 young scholars who will have the opportunity to present their papers and enjoy a conversation with peers and senior scholars and 3 senior scholars, who will deliver one keynote speech each. Each presentation/keynote speech will enjoy a time slot of 30 minutes, plus 30 minutes of Q&A session.
Important dates:
Organisers
Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and its Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), Dept. of Political Science, Roma Tre, AUSE (University Association for European Studies), and AISPE (the Italian Association for the History of Economic Thought). For any further information, please contact us; het@youngscholarsinitiative.org, sattwick@gmail.com, yakufl@gmail.com Host at Dept. of Political Science, Roma Tre: Prof. Fabio Masini, and Albertina Nania (albertina.nania@uniroma3.it)
Submit an extended abstract within 1000 words. The abstract should ideally fall under one of the themes. When reviewing the abstracts, we will look for theoretical considerations/ assumptions, research questions, methodology, and findings. For further information please visit the website.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
3 June 2025 | De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire
We are excited to share the call for papers for the 16th annual PhD student conference on the 3rd June 2025, 10:00-18:00 BST, co-organised by The Post-Keynesian Economics Society (PKES), the Young Scholar Initiative (YSI) Keynesian Economics Working Group and the University of Hertfordshire Business School.
The conference will be held in person at the De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire. It gives students the opportunity to present a chapter of their PhD dissertation and receive detailed and structured feedback from a senior researcher from PKES in a friendly environment.
We invite applications from students who are in a later stage of their PhD and who work on topics relevant to Post-Keynesian and pluralist economics more broadly. We actively encourage submissions from students who are underrepresented in economics research. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as women, black or ethnically minoritised students, those with disabilities, or members of the LGBTQ+ community. Should we receive more eligible applications than we can accommodate, these students will be given priority.
Students can also submit their work to be considered for the Mark Hayes Prize which will be awarded to an outstanding paper presented at the PhD conference that furthers the advancement of Post-Keynesian and heterodox economics. In addition, YSI will offer partial stipends for accommodation and national as well as international travel for selected young scholars who will present at the conference.
For more information please click here.
Application Deadline: 7 March 2025
June 2 to June 6, 2025 | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
We are pleased to announce the Second Edition of the Summer School of Applied Economics for Latin America (EVEAAL) 2025, an academic initiative designed for graduate students and researchers interested in exploring and applying innovative methodologies in applied economics.
This edition of EVEAAL will focus on Agent-Based Model (ABM) and Stock-Flow Consistent (SFC) macroeconomic modeling, two critical approaches for analyzing and addressing the challenges posed by the green and ecological transition. These methodologies provide robust analytical tools to tackle the complex economic and environmental issues facing Latin America.
The course will take place in person from June 2 to June 6, 2025, at the Graduate Studies Division of the Faculty of Economics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in Mexico City.
The program will consist of two parallel modules: one dedicated to agent-based (AB) methodology and the other to stock-flow consistent (SFC) methodology. Both modules will be interconnected through dialogue sessions, fostering the integration of these perspectives. This event will be conducted primarily in English; however, some sessions will be held in Spanish.
To ensure a high-quality learning experience, participation will be limited, allowing for personalized attention to participants’ questions and enriching the learning process. Upon completing the course, participants who attend at least 80% of the sessions will receive a certificate of participation.
There will be partial transportation funding for both national and international participants. If interested, it is necessary to indicate this in the form.
The deadline to submit your application is April 15, 2025.
DAS MIT DER TABELLE WIRD SO NICHT KLAPPEN; BITTE ANDERS LÖSEN - DONE
University of Leeds, UK | 1-3 April 2025
Call for participants
Summary of the workshop
We are inviting applications to attend our annual (hybrid) training workshop on research methods, taking place on 1-3 April, 2025 in-person in Leeds, UK and online. The workshop is open to anyone currently registered a Ph.D. on any economic topic, from anywhere in the world. We strongly encourage applications from women and ethnically-minoritized groups. Students who have previously attended are not eligible to apply. The workshop is free to attend plus we can offer limited travel support to those attending in-person. Learning in our interactive sessions will be supported by pre-reading and dedicated video recordings by leading scholars. To apply, candidates should complete all sections of the form here as fully as they can. Applications will be evaluated in terms of the strength of the case they make for wanting to attend the workshop, and the applicant’s need to attend (and its potential benefit). Applications tend to fall down if they say too little or are too vague. The final deadline for applications is 18 February, 2025. Successful candidates will be informed within 10 working days of that date. Please direct any queries to Dr. Andrew Mearman, University of Leeds: a.j.mearman@leeds.ac.uk
Further details are available down below. Please encourage your PhD students to apply and please share this invitation.
Full description of the workshop
Applications are open for places at the annual Association for Heterodox Economics postgraduate workshop on advanced research methods in economics. The workshop will be conducted in English. The workshop is open to anyone* studying a Ph.D. on any economic topic, from anywhere in the world. We strongly encourage applications from women and ethnically-minoritized groups.
The workshop is free to attend plus we can offer limited travel support to those attending in-person.
Learning in our interactive sessions will be supported by pre-reading and dedicated video recordings by leading scholars.
Workshop topics include:
Session leaders (alphabetical by family name):
Please do not apply if you are not currently registered on a PhD programme. *Students who have previously attended are not eligible to apply.
To allow in-person interaction but also retain a broad representation of students, the workshop will be held for the first time in a hybrid format, with some participants in-person and some online. It will be held over three short days, running from 10:30-15:30 UTC. Please bear in mind these timings: if you cannot realistically attend the whole workshop, please do not apply as you may be reducing the opportunities for others who can.
To apply, please complete the form here. Please complete all sections of the form as fully as you can. Applications will be evaluated in terms of the strength of the case you make for wanting to attend the workshop, and your need to attend (and its potential benefit).
The final deadline for applications is 18 February, 2025. If your application is successful, you will be informed within 10 working days of that date.
Please direct any queries to Dr. Andrew Mearman, University of Leeds: a.j.mearman@leeds.ac.uk
Application Deadline: 18 February 2025
24-27 June | Durham, UK
The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University will host its annual Summer Institute following our research workshop format on June 24-27, 2025. We invite scholars (doctoral students and those with recently awarded PhDs) to apply.
The goal of the Summer Institute is to allow young scholars working in the history of economics (broadly defined) to improve their manuscripts and to receive practice in presenting their work. Successful applicants will participate in multiple sessions each day, each lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes. In each session a participant will have 20 minutes to present their paper, followed by group discussion on ways to improve both the substance of the paper and its presentation. Successful applicants will be hosted at the AC Hotel Durham (breakfast provided) and reimbursed for travel as outlined below.
Scholars will arrive on Tuesday, June 24th in time to attend a welcome dinner. Sessions will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. Participants will depart the morning of Friday, June 27th. This will allow those who wish to attend the History of Economics Society meeting in Richmond, Virginia, which takes place from June 27-30, to do so. For further information please visit the website.
Application Deadline: 16 March 2025
6-8 February 2025 | Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) is excited to announce its inaugural conference, set to take place February 6th to 8th. This groundbreaking event will bring together leading scholars, organizers, and students to explore alternative perspectives in economic theory and practice. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in thought-provoking discussions, attend insightful presentations, and build an empowering network with peers who are passionate about challenging conventional economic paradigms. Join us for this landmark conference as we pave the way for a more inclusive and dynamic understanding of economics.
Feb 6 | THURSDAY
How does Your Work Embody Heterodoxy? | 5 – 7 PM
* Reception | 7 – 9 PM
Feb 7 | FRIDAY
The Political Economy of Karl Marx | 9 – 11 AM
Inflation, Austerity, and Class Conflict | 11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
* Lunch | 1:30 – 2:45 PM
The Political Economy of Occupied Palestine | 2:45 – 4:45 PM
Community Organizing and Class Consciousness | 5 – 7 PM
* Dinner | 7 – 8:30 PM
Feb 8 | SATURDAY
The Political Economy of Piero Sraffa | 9 – 11 AM
Approaches to Economic History and the History of Capitalism | 11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
* Lunch | 1:30 – 2:45 PM
Probabilistic Political Economy | 2:45 – 4:45 PM
The Exploding Crises of Care and Climate under Capitalism | 5 – 7 PM
* Dinner | 7 – 8:30 PM
REGISTER HERE! https://forms.microsoft.com/r/6KwrLycYZv CONTACT at che@utulsa.edu
June 16-20, 2025 | Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, US
The 2025 Levy Institute Summer Seminar is geared toward graduate students and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers. Through lectures, hands-on workshops, and breakout groups, the seminar is designed to give participants an opportunity to engage with the work of Institute Distinguished Scholars Hyman Minsky and Wynne Godley alongside new developments and research directions in Modern Money Theory (MMT), all in the context of critical emerging economic policy questions.
A preliminary list of seminar faculty includes: James K. Galbraith, L. Randall Wray, Rogerio Studart, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Scott Fullwiler, Yan Liang, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Yeva Nersisyan, Fadhel Kaboub, Eric Tymoigne, Gennaro Zezza, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima.
This year, participants will have an opportunity to workshop their research at the seminar—a limited number of applicants will be selected to present their papers during breakout sessions and receive feedback from fellow participants and seminar faculty. If you are interested in sharing your work in: endogenous credit and state theories of money; Minskyan finance and financialization; stock-flow modeling; fiscal/public policy; climate finance; monetary sovereignty in the global south; balance of payments constraints; industrial policy and development; the job guarantee and economic security; fintech; or related themes, please submit an abstract for consideration.
N.B.: Applicants are *not* required to propose or present papers to attend the seminar.
Participants will also attend the 32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference, which is taking place June 16th (Day 1 of the seminar).
Applications are open and due by March 1st.
23-27 June 2025, Oxford, UK
Running since 2017, The Oxford Summer School in Economic Networks seeks to create a stimulating and friendly environment to bring students from varied disciplines together to learn about theories, techniques, quantitative methods, applications and impacts of network theory within economics.
We are excited to host world leading academics, scientists, and global policy makers to guide lectures, engage with students and host workshops on topics relating to network theory and economics. These will include topics of social networks, games and learning, financial networks, economic complexity, urban systems and innovation.
The keynote for 2025 will be Aaron Clauset (University of Colorado Boulder). Our amazing line-up of confirmed speakers include Elisa Omodei (Central European University), Christian Diem (University of Oxford), Marta Gonzalez(UC Berkeley), Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford), Zoltán Elekes (HUN-REN KRTK), Renaud Lambiotte (University of Oxford), Hyejin Youn (Seoul National University), Rama Cont (University of Oxford), Elsa Arcaute (University College London) and Fabian Braesemann (University of Oxford).
The Oxford Summer School in Economic Networks is hosted by the Mathematical Institute and the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School.
The school is in person only. No lectures will be streamed. Lectures and tutorials will be held in the Department of Statistics (24-29 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LB) and Lady Margaret Hall College (Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6QA).
2025 Dates
Eligibility
The school is targeted towards postgraduate students (Masters/PhD) from Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, Geography, Development and Public Policy; students from other disciplines and interested early career professionals are also invited to apply.
We occasionally admit outstanding undergraduate students with strong quantitative experience in economic networks. You will need some quantitative/computational background including familiarity with university level linear algebra and dynamical systems, and some coding experience. Some existing experience with network analysis is typical.
Application
In order to apply, you will need to submit a 1 page CV and a short motivation letter to attend the summer school. The application form can be found here. The deadline for submission is March 3rd 2025. Note: if you would like to be considered for early admission due to visa timelines (only for those needing a visa) we will consider these from Jan 15, 2025. Please fill in the form and contact n.oclery at ucl.ac.uk directly.
Fee
The fee for the school, which includes tuition and social events only, is £400. The fee will be payable within 2 weeks of acceptance (specifically, receipt of payment link). The fee is unfortunately strictly non-refundable as we have fixed costs to pay. We are non-profit and all of your fees go directly into the school costs. Social events typically include a welcome drinks reception, a semi-formal dinner, a walking tour of Oxford and punting (rowing) on the river in small groups. Travel and accommodation is not included in the fee, and is organised by students themselves. Meals (except for the dinner) are also not included, but there are plentiful affordable options in the vicinity of the school.
Organising Committee
The organising team includes Neave O'Clery (Chair, UCL, MI, OMS), Xiaowen Dong (Co-Chair, Oxford-Man, EngSci), Laura Mazzarino (UCL), Jishan Duan (UCL), Gavin Rolls (Northeastern University London) and Justin Wang Ngai Yeung(Northeastern University London).
Contact:
More information can be found here, and you can also contact with the organizers at economicnetworks@maths.ox.ac.uk.
Application Deadline: 3 March 2025
Villa Mondragone, Rome | 18-20 June 2025
Why a School
The discipline of economics occupies a central role in the social sciences. Its conclusions are a key reference in public discussions. From a theoretical point of view, however, the foundations of the discipline appear far from being unambiguously established. Its basic prescriptions rest on assumptions which still deserve to be more fully understood and explicitly discussed. The MGTA initiative attempts at reexamining a very classic theme in economic thought, the tension between markets and governments, from the perspective of contemporary economic theory.
This year's summer school will focus on power.
While power is abstracted away in the fictional world of perfectly competitive markets, asymmetric bargaining power, market power, and political power are pervasive phenomena in actual economies. Market outcomes are shaped by power inequalities, with both distributive and efficiency implications. For instance, the market power of firms affects how much consumers have to pay for goods and services and how much money the recipients of capital income can make. But it also affects, dynamically, technological progress and growth: market power may stifle innovation.
Government interventions may be required to redress major power imbalances but policies themselves are not designed in a vacuum as government decisions are affected by powerful actors in the political sphere, as well as by (powerful) vested interests. But power may matter, normatively, beyond its effect on efficiency and distribution: major power imbalances between economic actors may be disputable per se, as they undermine fundamental relational values. Thus, a focus on power provides an interesting counterpoint to the distributive focus that dominates normative analyses in economics.
This year's summer school will discuss the notion of power in its many dimensions, focusing on ways to conceptualise (and model) power in economics, the effects of power in goods markets and in the labour market, the normative implications of power asymmetries, the gendered dimension of power, possible interventions to mitigate unequal distributions of power.
The school aims at offering a critical review of all these issues. We will alternate traditional lectures by academics who have contributed to different areas of contemporary economic theory, with discussions around the presentation of recently published texts. In particular, the school aims to provide an opportunity to contrast contemporary economic theory with recent developments in political philosophy.
Programme
The school is organized over three days at Villa Mondragone, in Monteporzio Catone.
Preliminary Programme
JUNE 18th
9:15h-9:45h: Wake-up Coffee
9:45h -10:00h: Welcome
10:00h-11:30h: H. Moulin (University of Glasgow)
11:30h-11:50h: Coffee break
11:50h-13:20h: C. Bayer (University of Bonn)
13:20h-15:15h: Lunch
15:15h-16:45h: A. Rubinstein (New York University)
Book “No Prices No Games! Four Economic Models"
JUNE 19th
9:15h-10:00h: Wake-up Coffee
10:00h-11:30h: S. Lukes (New York University)
11:30h-11:50h: Coffee break
11:50h-13:20h: N. Vrousalis (Rotterdam University)
Book “Exploitation as Domination"
13:20h-15:15h: Lunch
15:15h-16:45h: P. Pettit (Princeton University)
JUNE 20th
9:15h-10:00h: Wake-up Coffee
10:00h-11:30h: R. Pande (Yale University)
11:30h-11:50h: Coffee break
11:50h-13:20h: T. Valletti (Imperial College)
13:20h-15:15h: Lunch
15:15h-16:45h: M. Bombardini (University of California Berkeley)
Applications
We expect to accommodate a maximum of seventy participants at the school. Interested participants should apply by filling the registration form. The deadline for applying to the school is April 7th, 2025. Acceptance decisions will be communicated by April 23rd, 2025 (non EU-citizens who may need to apply for VISA can contact us if they need an earlier answer).
To ensure effective participation, and to guarantee that the available seats will actually be filled, the school requires a registration fee of 250 euros. However, we are pleased to announce the availability of several scholarships that will guarantee exemption from the tuition for selected applicants .
THE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN AT THE NEXT LINK.
Organisers and Contacts
Scientific Organisers
Andrea Attar - CNRS-TSE and University of Rome Tor Vergata
Felix Bierbrauer - Köln Universität
Roberto Veneziani - Queen Mary University of London
Local Organisers
Eloisa Campioni - University of Rome Tor Vergata
Andrea Piano Mortari - University of Rome Tor Vergata
Guillaume Pommey - University of Rome Tor Vergata
Contacts
phone: +39 06 7259 5601
e-mail: MGTA@ceistorvergata.it
Application Deadline: 7 April 2025
July 7-11, 2025 | University of Vienna
Since 2001, the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle hold an annual summer program dedicated to major current issues in the natural and the social sciences, their history and philosophy: univie: summer school – Scientific World Conceptions (USS-SWC). The title of the program reflects the heritage of the Vienna Circle which promoted interdisciplinary and philosophical investigations based on solid disciplinary knowledge.
As an international interdisciplinary program, USS-SWC brings graduate students in close contact with world-renowned scholars. It operates under the academic supervision of an International Program Committee of distinguished philosophers, historians, and scientists. The program is directed primarily to graduate students and junior researchers in fields related to the annual topic, but the organizers also encourage applications from people in all stages of their career who wish to broaden their horizon through cross-disciplinary studies of methodological and foundational issues in science.
Find more information about the application here.
Lecturers: Kevin Hoover & Jennifer Jhun
Guest Lecturer: Marcel Boumans
Course Description 2025
The History and Epistemology of Econometrics
Models and their econometric estimation play an increasingly important role in modern economic and political life. From macroeconomic policy and financial regulation to public health and climate policy, models contribute to shaping policies. The generation of ever more data is likely to support the proliferation of models and econometrics. Research resources in academia focus on the theoretical foundations of the underlying model and on the statistical methods of econometrics; much less attention is devoted to the epistemological challenges of the underlying concepts, the normative challenges of the everyday work with econometrics, and the application of its results in policy decisions and evaluation.
The objective of this program is to increase attention amongst philosophers of science, academic economists, and empirical economists in policy institutions (eg, central banks) to these issues.
The course is also structured around a particular point of view – namely, that economics is a science of models and that most of the main features of econometrics relate generally to the role of models in science.
Topics
Application
Cost of the program: Euro 450,00 tuition fee for students + Euro 21.20 for university services
(Please contact us about the fee in case you are not a student.)
Please submit:
Please also let us know whether, in case of admission, you are willing to share your email address with the other participants to get in contact with each other. At the end of each summer course we are taking a group picture that will be uploaded on our website (see General Information) - please let us know whether you give your consent for that or not.
There is an exchange programme with Duke University, please contact us for further details in case you are a Duke student.
Lodging: We are currently working on lodging at student dormitories. If available, the costs will be approx. Euro 450,00.
Application Deadline: 15 February 2025
The Union for Radical Political Economics is pleased to announce the 2025 David Gordon Memorial Lecture
https://urpe.org/announcement/2020-david-gordon-memorial-lecture/
The 27th Annual David Gordon Memorial Lecture will be delivered via webinar, on Friday 31 January 2025, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern US time/5:00 p.m. London time.
Please register here: https://forms.gle/hrtGxyH7awXPF4QY8
Imperialism in Marx, the Marxist Tradition, and Today
Speaker: Dr. Radhika Desai, University of Manitoba
Discussant: Dr. Michael Hudson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Session Chair: Dr. Zhongjin Li, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Abstract: The centrality of imperialism to left discourse today is attested to by the proliferation of writing on the subject. This paper argues, however, that unless certain fundamental, and long standing misapprehensions about Marx’s analysis of capitalism—a contradictory value production among Marxists themselves are addressed, the contributions of Marxism and its key figures, including Marx and Lenin, to the understanding of imperialism historically and at the complex conjuncture at which it stands today, cannot be appreciated. Building on the theoretical ground clearing I conducted in proposing geopolitical economy as a new, Marxist, approach to understanding the international relations of the era of capitalism, one in which the dialectic of imperialism and anti-imperialism is the central driver, I propose to outline how a proper Marxist understanding of imperialism may proceed.
The David Gordon Memorial Lecture is an invited lecture presented annually at the Allied Social Science Association meetings by an economist whose work follows in the tradition of David Gordon’s contributions (in 2025, in solidarity with the UNITE-HERE strike in San Francisco, the DGML has been rescheduled as a webinar). Not all David Gordon Memorial Lectures have been published in the RRPE, but those that have been are listed here.
Please register here: https://forms.gle/hrtGxyH7awXPF4QY8
Please join us for a webinar to explore new ideas and insights from a recent special Issue of Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy on “Shaping Provisioning Systems for Social-Ecological Transformation.”
We will delve into how provisioning systems—the ways we collectively organize our livelihoods—can enable well-being within planetary limits. After an introduction from Maurie Cohen in his capacity as editor of SSPP and Richard Bärnthaler (University of Leeds, and one of the special issue’s co-editors), we’ll hear three thought-provoking presentations, followed by a joint discussion.
Ian Gough (LSE) will introduce the concept of production corridors, emphasizing the need to distinguish between essential, excess, and in-between production as a complement to demand-side strategies for sufficiency.
Halliki Kreinin and Doris Fuchs (RIFS - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam) will discuss structural barriers that hinder sustainable provisioning and provide entry points to tackle them.
Colleen Schneider (WU Vienna) will explore the socio-political nature of monetary systems, emphasizing the critical role of the state in enabling transformation.
Join us to connect, learn, and contribute to the conversation about creating better provisioning systems for people and the planet.
The webinar is sponsored by Taylor & Francis and takes place on 30 January.
Register here now: https://invt.io/1exbwyou6up.
Best regards and I hope to see you at this timely event!
The Hierarchies of Development podcast offers long format interviews focusing on enduring global inequalities. Conversations focus on contemporary research projects by critical scholars and help us understand how and why structural hierarchies persist. Join hosts Ingrid Kvangraven (KCL) and Basile Boulay (EADI) for this series of discussions on pressing issues in the social sciences. This podcast is a joint production between King’s College London, the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes and the Developing Economics blog.
Please find a link to the Podcast here.
We are delighted to announce our most recent episode of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast. This month, we chat with Professor Kayoko Misaki (Professor of Economics, Shiga University) about her recent book, Léon Walras’s Economic Thought: The General Equilibrium Theory in Historical Perspective.
Have a listen!
The legal-economic nexus podcast intends to broaden listeners appreciation of different approaches to understanding the economy.
The hosts (Eric Scorsone and Sarah Klammer) interview Peter Murrell of the University of Maryland and Peter Grajzl of Washington and Lee University to discuss their important work on measuring the history of legal change and evolution and its impact on the economy.
To hear the actual season of the podcast, please click here.
Job title: PhD position Financial Economics of Slavery
The position is within the NWO-funded project “Collateral damage: The financial economics of slavery”. This project aims to understand an underexposed aspect of slavery: the financial economics involved. Did the availability of finance, and the use of enslaved people as collateral, stimulate the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the use of slave labor on plantations? Did finance have long-term consequences for the enslaved people and their freed descendants? The project will apply advanced empirical methods (e.g. structural estimation) in finance and economics to study these questions in the context of Surinam and the adjoining colonies of Demerara and Essequibo in the 18th and 19th centuries. New data will be collected and combined with existing databases to provide new insights into how financial systems affected slavery and the lives of enslaved people. The aim is to contribute to societal debates about the causes, immediate effects, and long-term consequences of slavery. For recent work in this area, see: https://www.cambridge.org/(...)12FD1072E06F7DC2D00C and https://papers.ssrn.com/(...)?abstract_id=4155944
The PhD position is embedded in the research programme Economics, Econometrics and Finance of FEB’s Research Institute. The project will be supervised by Abe de Jong, in cooperation with Tim Kooijmans (RMIT) and Peter Koudijs (NYU).
Qualifications
The minimum requirements for the PhD candidates are to have a background (MSc, MA, Research Master) in Finance, Economics and/or Economic History, and a command of English (fluent) and Dutch (basic).
We require candidates to have strong quantitative skills and aim to find students with a demonstrated affinity with colonial history. The ideal candidate (i) is ambitious, highly motivated and wishes to make a career in research, (ii) wants to contribute to academic research and the societal debate on trans-Atlantic slavery, and (iii) has a background in economic history and experience with 18th/19th century archival sources.
Application
The application package consists of the following separate documents
1. A motivation letter (1 A4 max) and a short academic reflection on the PhD project (1 A4 max).
2. Your cv.
3. A scan of your diploma including transcripts.
4. Proof of English and Dutch language skills (native speakers without a language certificate can submit an explanation).
5. Other relevant documents (e.g., a research paper or thesis).
The documents 1-4 are compulsory and incomplete application packages will not be taken into account. An assessment may be part of the procedure, consisting of psychological tests and an interview. Starting date: preferably 1 September 2025 (other starting dates in 2025 can be discussed). If you are interested, you can apply by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).
Deadline: 6 February 11:59pm 2025
Job title: Economist specialised in macroeconomics or fiscal policy
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) is an independent research institute in the field of applied economic research focussing on Central, East and South East Europe. The institute has been operating successfully for over 50 years and enjoys an excellent international reputation. We offer our clients and stakeholders economic studies, forecasts and economic data.
To strengthen our team of economists, we are currently looking for an Economist specialised in macroeconomics or fiscal policy.
Main Tasks
Requirements
What we offer
Start: May 2025
Closing date for applications: 23rd February 2025
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) invites nominations for its 2025 Alice Amsden Book Award for an outstanding scholarly book that breaks new ground in the study of socio-economics. Eligible books must have a 2023 or 2024 first edition publication date and cannot be edited volumes.
Only current SASE members are invited to nominate a book for the prize, and authors are welcome to nominate their own work (to become a SASE member, go here: Join SASE! – SASE). To nominate a book, please send BOTH an electronic copy (that can be shared with all committee members) to sasebookaward@sase.org, as well as a hard copy to each of the Committee members. Both the hard copies and the electronic copy must be received by the 21 February deadline. You must include a brief nomination letter that states how the book contributes to SASE’s intellectual mission. Please note: All books/submissions must be in English, and have a first edition publication date of 2023 or 2024. Also note that achieving diversity and inclusion is a priority for SASE. Please direct any questions to SASE Executive Director Annelies Fryberger, saseexecutive@sase.org or to Committee Chair Elizabeth Thurbon e.thurbon@unsw.edu.au.
For further information click here.
Nomination Deadline: 21 February 2025
In memory of Prof. Egon Matzner, the Egon-Matzner-Award for Socio-Economics was established in 2012. It will be conferred for the thirteenth time in 2025 in the course of the IFIP annual conference from 11th to 12th September 2025 in Vienna.
Egon Matzner (1938-2003) was Professor of Socio-Economics, Public Finance and Infra structure Policy at the Vienna University of Technology’s Department of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy from 1972 until his retirement in 1998. He is remembered by many as an innovative thinker, always with an open mind in regard to new topics in economics, especially in the fields of socio economics, public finance and infrastructure policy, with a clear political vision, and he always retained a critical distance. Professor Matzner had a great influence on several generations of planners and scientists, and was always very supportive towards talented students.
The Egon-Matzner-Award will be presented to young scientists (up to 35 years of age) for their scientific publications (in particular papers in international peer-reviewed journals). In particular, studies in the following thematic fields can be submitted:
Papers will be preferred that especially
Papers are reviewed by an international jury of renowned scholars and should have been published recently (2023-2025). The award is endowed with a premium of EUR 1,000 and can be shared, in the event of parity, by the authors of excellent publications. The submitted works should be written in English. The prize will be awarded based on the decisions made by an international jury, and will be handed over at the occasion the 2025 IFIP annual conference. Award winners are asked to present their work at the conference, and as a summary paper in the department’s open-access journal “Der Öffentliche Sektor – The Public Sector” (oes.tuwien.ac.at).
Submissions including the author’s CV have to be sent electronically to EMP@ifip.tuwien.ac.at; for further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Michael Getzner, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, Austria (Michael.Getzner@tuwien.ac.at). The deadline for submissions is 30th March 2025. The jury’s decision will be made known presumably by mid-May, 2025.
Submission Deadline: 30th March 2025
The Association for Economic and Social Analysis, in collaboration with Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture, and Society, is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 Stephen A. Resnick Graduate Student Essay Prize.
Stephen A. Resnick (1938–2013) earned his Ph.D. in economics from MIT and taught for eight years in the Economics Department at Yale University and two years at the City College of New York before joining the Economics Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1973. Resnick was an award-winning undergraduate and graduate teacher, a founding member of the Association for Economic and Social Analysis, and a founding editor of Rethinking Marxism. In collaboration with Richard D. Wolff, he pioneered an antiessentialist approach to Marxian economic and social analysis. Of their many jointly authored works, the best known are Knowledge and Class: A Marxian Critique of Political Economy (1987), New Departures in Marxian Theory (2006), and Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian (with Yahya Madra, 2012).
Submissions are invited from graduate students in any academic discipline whose work offers a novel, compelling engagement with the modes of analysis and philosophical concerns found in Resnick’s work or in the pages of Rethinking Marxism. We seek essays that explore the complex intersection of class with economic, political, psychological, and other social processes or with the intellectual, social, or political problems that continually inspire Marxian analyses.
This year’s winner will receive a $2000 award and publication of their essay in Rethinking Marxism. A list of previous winners can be found here: https://rethinkingmarxism.org/resnick-essay-prize/
To be considered for the 2025 Stephen A. Resnick Graduate Student Essay Prize, please submit a current CV and an essay of 4000-8000 words to resnickaward@rethinkingmarxism.org no later than June 1, 2025. The winner will be announced by August 1.
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Nesrine Bentemessek Kahia & Rebeca Gomez Betancourt: Walter Bagehot on central bank governance: lessons from Lombard Street (1873)
Perry Mehrling: Bagehot’s classical money view: a reconstruction
Elke Muchlinski: Bagehot and the stabilising function of central banks
Forrest Capie, Juan Castañeda & Geoffrey Wood: Tell me the truth about Bagehot: lender of last resort in Historical perspective
Emmanuel Carré & Laurent Le Maux: Lombard Street revisited? Bagehot’s rules and Bernanke’s interpretation
Andrew Odlyzko: Bagehot’s giant bubble failure
Lucy Brillant & Stefano Ugolini: Walter Bagehot, creator of the modern Treasury Bill (1877)
by Raia Apostolova | Prof Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS 2024
This book explores the ways in which two seemingly different migratory categories – the “social benefit tourists” and the “refugee/economic migrant” binary – are delineated and formed in the interaction between conditions of production, the ways in which labor power is revitalized, and the coding of their migration by different ideologemеs. The aim is not to examine them as categories at belong solely to the field of migration, but to reveal their relation to differentiated modes of reproduction of labor power. One of the assumptions here is that migration apparatuses – the knowledge structures that code and are coded by different migratory categories, administrative procedures that differentially apprehend types of movement, physical localities such as refugee camps, borders, and homeless shelters, among others – emerge as a way to capture and disperse particular forms of movement of labor power with differentiated access to labor markets, housing arrangements, and welfare.
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By Jane Holgate and John Page | Bristol University Press, 2025
Crafted for those who dare to challenge the status quo, this is a radical guide for activists. Drawing from frontline experiences in trade unions, environmentalism, animal rights, and social justice movements, the book explores essential themes from leadership to the art of negotiation. It asks crucial questions about organising and social movements in the 21st century. Avoiding easy prescriptions, the authors uniquely guide readers to where theory meets practice.
Written by two experts in activist education and community organising, this is a refreshing take on movement building, empowering changemakers of today to forge new paths towards a more just world.
Please find a link to the book here.
by Sarah Glynn and John Clarke | 2024, self-published
The capitalist system, which sees everything in terms of profit, is exploiting the planet to destruction with the same ruthless logic that it exploits workers. The threat from climate change, and from capitalism’s treatment of the planet as an infinite resource, is so large that our societies seem afraid to confront it; but when we understand that this threat comes from the same capitalist forces that dominate our everyday lives, the way forward becomes clear. The fight against the system that is destroying our planet, is the same as the fight against the system that is producing ever more mind-boggling inequalities.
This is a small book – or booklet – made up of three short chapters totalling around 9,000 words, and illustrated with quotes from a range of writers. It is addressed, primarily, to a working-class audience because most books on climate change ignore working-class concerns; because the working class will be affected first and worst, despite being least responsible; and because the people most responsible for climate change are too vested in the current system to countenance significant disruption, while the combined power of the working class is the force that can bring the world to its senses.
Please find a link to the book here.
Edited by Altuğ Yalçıntaş & Arne Heise | Edward Elgar, 2024
What narratives are underrepresented in the history of economic thought? How do economists account for freedom, justice, and democracy in non-Western cultures? How are ideas in non-English speaking countries disseminated? This book answers these critical questions with contributions by authors from underrepresented backgrounds within economics.
Decolonial Narratives in Economics offers alternative perspectives to challenge mainstream rhetoric in economics that ignores the existence and significance of colonialism in knowledge production. Moving beyond monist narratives, authors engage in a pluralist conversation on ignored scholarships in the field that have theoretical and practical significance today. Expanding the scope of decoloniality in economics, the book questions coloniality as a research practice to better understand how it operates and to develop strategies to address the ethical issues associated with it. Ultimately, this book initiates a dialogue with authors who produce decolonial narratives within or about the nations and cultures that are underrepresented in economics.
Decolonial Narratives in Economics is an essential read for students and scholars of development economics, economic history, and political, radical and feminist economies, as well as politics, sociology, philosophy and cultural and indigenous studies.
Please find a link to the book here.
by Michael D. Noel | 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing
Providing an extensive overview of the literature, the Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Competition, Regulation and Antitrust examines perspectives on the many interrelated issues in competition economics.
Showcasing over 60 surveys from global leading economic and legal scholars, this Encyclopedia looks at what competition is, what it does, when it works well and when it does not. It investigates how best to protect and preserve competition through regulation or antitrust enforcement and reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the major antitrust laws along with over 100 years of Supreme Court interpretations of them. The included case studies provide historical context and also guidance for the future from the many lessons learned.
This extensive Encyclopedia is a complete resource for economists wishing to extend their current knowledge on all aspects of competition, regulatory and antitrust issues. Policymakers and practitioners will find it an all-encompassing read for making positive future changes whilst understanding the decisions of the past.
Please find a link to the book here.
edited by Tanweer Akram, Salim Rashid | 2020, Springer Link
This open access book seeks to foster a multidisciplinary understanding of the ties between faith, financial intermediation, and economic progress by drawing on research across economics, finance, history, philosophy, ethics, theology, public policy, law, and other disciplines. Chapters in this edited volume examine themes as consequential as economic opportunities, real world outcomes and faith; values and consumerism; faith, financial intermediation and economic development in Western and Islamic societies; and the impact of faith issues on US workers, on the workplace and religion, and on the characteristics of good wealth. Though engaging with difficult questions, this book is written in an accessible style to be enjoyed by laypeople and scholars alike.
Please find a link the book here.
edited by John Komlos | Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
This edited volume explores and makes explicit the links between neoliberal economic policies and right-wing ideology. The book focuses on the case of the US while situating these trends in the global political economy.
The book brings together contributions from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating economics, political science and sociology to examine the connections between the economic precarity generated by neoliberalism and the rise of the far right. The book argues that the creation of a flawed capitalist system has left a vacuum in policymakers’ ability to understand the impact of economic policies on human welfare and mental health, and can be directly linked to a right-wing populist movement driven by the frustrations associated with the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial economy. Chapters consider the history of neoliberalism and comparative studies of socio-economic conditions, before tackling specific issues associated with neoliberal policy, such as the demise of unions, the decline in manufacturing jobs, the gig economy, trickle-down economics, income inequality and the rise of elites in America. This book will be of interest to a broad range of readers, including those in politics, economics, sociology, industrial organization and labour studies.
Please find a link to the book here.
Edited By Mona Ali and Ann E. Davis | Routledge, 2025
This collection of essays engages in the analysis of key concepts, concerns, and cutting-edge insights in radical political economy.
Offering a robust critique of capitalist institutions as well as of mainstream economics, radical political economics reveals the structures and dynamics of global capitalism. The attention to method, ideology, and institutions differentiates it from mainstream approaches to economics, which often obfuscate how capitalism actually works. While maintaining a central focus on capitalism, the analyses in this book encompass a variety of issues from racial discrimination, gender inequality, to economic development and imperialism. Capitalism is an economic system based on the exploitation of workers to generate surplus value (profit) which is then appropriated by the owners of capital. Under global capitalism, profit maximization precedes other social concerns such as protection of the environment. Political economy understands that social relations are shaped by class, race, geography, and gender. Capitalism skews social relations of production and reproduction. It perpetuates inequalities along classed, gendered, racialized, and geographic lines.
Radical political economy offers ideas and policies to change capitalism, in ways that are more beneficial for people and the planet. Incorporating insights from a range of disciplines including history, philosophy, political science, anthropology, sociology, and law, the wide range of topics, diverse set of scholars, and consideration of future political-economy formations offers readers a deeper understanding of the contours of contemporary global capitalism and post-capitalist possibilities in the twenty-first century.
Please find a link to the book here.
Edited by Sébastien Bourdin, André Torre & Eveline van Leeuwen | Edward Elgar, 2024
This timely book presents a theoretical and practical reflection on the circular economy and its potential to reduce, reuse and recycle for the world of tomorrow. Investigating how to avoid resource depletion, it provides an in-depth study into how cities and regions have engaged with this concept in an effort to enhance resource efficiency and minimise environmental damage.
An array of expert contributors emphasise the critical role of individuals and communities in transitioning toward a circular society, establishing the importance of local actions alongside stakeholder and societal engagement. The critical impact of policymaking and collaborative efforts in fostering circular economic activities is also examined, including comparisons of regional approaches and the development of inclusive strategies to address challenges. Regions, Cities and the Circular Economy further analyses the key drivers and issues when safeguarding natural resources, reducing waste and energy usage, and fostering an ecologically virtuous and socially equitable society.
This engaging book is an essential read for scholars of geography, economics and urban and city planning. It is also an excellent resource for policymakers and those making key organisational decisions at both local and national levels.
Please find a link to the book here.
Edited by Arjan Lejour | Edward Elgar, 2024.
This Research Handbook provides a broad overview of research on tax havens within the fields of economics and accounting, as well as political science and tax law. Covering both corporate income tax avoidance and personal income tax evasion, it investigates their profound impact on individuals, multinational firms, governments and the global economy as a whole.
Expert authors examine the magnitude of tax revenue losses stemming from tax havens, and identify their key characteristics and activities. Chapters analyse the many business models adopted by tax havens, including conduit countries, hidden havens and crime havens. Drawing on cross-disciplinary insights, the Research Handbook evaluates the successes and failures of policy initiatives to prevent tax avoidance and evasion. Reflecting on the increased attention paid to tax havens since the 2008/09 economic crisis, it identifies promising avenues for future research and regulation in the field.
The Research Handbook on the Economics of Tax Havens is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of economics, accounting, tax law, finance and political science. It is also an important read for policy makers seeking to reduce tax avoidance and evasion.
Please find a link to the book here.
Edited by Elina Scheja & Kee Beom Kim | Edward Elgar, 2024
Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, Rethinking Economic Transformation for Sustainable and Inclusive Development explores important environmental, economic and employment issues and policies for generating inclusive growth. Addressing the realities of ongoing climate change and biodiversity loss, it proposes solutions to these challenges.
This timely book takes a fresh interdisciplinary approach to transforming economic structures so as to increase the number of productive jobs, and examines past and current development pathways for creating a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient future. Providing policymakers and organizations with informed guidance, the expert contributors offer innovative solutions to pressing challenges, such as how developing countries can rethink policy instruments and economic steering mechanisms. They also examine how structural transformation can be used to promote growth and skills through the use of green industrial policies.
This invaluable read is a must for scholars, development practitioners and policymakers of sustainable and inclusive development looking for a comprehensive resource that can be applied today and for years to come.
Please find a link to the book here.
Edited by Frank Othengrafen, Sylvia Herrmann, Divna Pencic & Stefan Lazarevski | Edward Elgar, 2024
This incisive book examines how citizens are increasingly taking it upon themselves to change their neighbourhoods and communities, becoming co-producers, makers and pioneers who actively participate in the design of urban spaces and spatial processes. Analysing the potentials and limitations of civic engagement, it discusses how such participation has led to greater cohesion of communities against changing environments.
The book explores a diverse range of examples and case studies related to local practices in urban neighbourhoods and communities, reflecting the variability of civic initiatives in European cities and regions. Investigating critical topics such as cultural heritage, social or third places and tactical urbanism, chapters examine the relations between (temporary) civic engagement, social cohesion and resilience, urban change, urban planning and governance. As citizens’ actions and initiatives are becoming increasingly influential in cities and regions, it presents bottom-up and top-down approaches to better understand the spatial impacts and dimensions of civic engagement.
Social Cohesion and Resilience through Citizen Engagement will prove an indispensable resource for postgraduate students of urban policy, strategic spatial planning, town and country planning, urban and regional development and territorial governance. Its timely analysis of developments and planning strategies will also benefit policy makers interested in civic engagement and urban change.
Please find a link to the book here.
by Martijn Konings | 2024, polity books
How did we end up in a world where social programs are routinely cut in the name of market discipline and fiscal austerity, yet large banks get bailed out whenever they get into trouble?
In The Bailout State, Martijn Konings exposes the inner workings of this sprawling infrastructure of government guarantees. Backstopping financial markets and securing banks’ balance sheets, this contemporary Leviathan manages the inflationary pressures that its generosity produces by tightening the financial screws on the rest of the population.
To a large extent, the bailout state was built by progressives seeking to buttress the institutions of the early postwar period. The resulting tide of capital gains fostered an asset-centered politics that experienced its heyday in the nineties. But ever since the financial crisis of 2007-08, promises of inclusive economic growth have looked increasingly thin. A colossus locked in place, the bailout state disburses its benefits to a rapidly shrinking group of property owners. Against the backdrop of a ferocious post-pandemic turn to anti-inflationary policy, the only remaining way to exit the logic of the bailout, Konings argues, is to challenge the monetary drivers at the heart of capitalist society.
Please find a link to the book here.
Keijiro Otsuka | Edward Elgar, 2024
Transforming Poor Economies expertly proposes effective strategies for the development of agriculture and industry within lower income countries in Africa and Asia using insightful case studies to illustrate key findings.
Keijiro Otsuka focuses on how to achieve the first and second Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using detailed analysis of how agriculture and industry have developed to eradicate poverty and hunger. Otsuka demonstrates that ultimately success is driven by technological and managerial innovation based on learning from abroad, and investment in human capital so that major decision-makers such as farmers and enterprise managers can facilitate innovation. Otsuka further argues that the use of welfare programs to support the livelihoods of these countries are unlikely to have transformative impacts and that agricultural and industrial development results in proven poverty reduction.
Scholars of economics and development will find the book’s case studies both invaluable and informative. Practitioners and policymakers in development assistance and planning, particularly in Africa and Asia, will also find this an excellent resource for future planning.
Please find a link to the book here.
By Jawied Nawabi | 2024 Routledge
This book examines the underlying conditions that give rise to states that are effective, efficient, and bureaucratically inclusive with their developmental policies.
In spite of humanity’s significant advancements in science, technology and institutionalization of universal human rights conventions in the last seven decades, many countries are still failing to achieve successful development results. As a result, enormous levels of inequality, poverty, and malnutrition prevail. This book focuses on the role of the state in the political economy of development, tracing the socio-economic origins of effective state institutions from a comparative historical-institutional perspective. Drawing on the case studies of South Korea, Brazil, India, Spain, France, and England, the study looks at how good state institutions form, and why these are central to the socioeconomic advancement of their populations. The book contends that effective developmental states are those in which state actors are able to effectively diminish and co-opt the power of the country’s landed elites during the early years of state building. Effectively, the power balance between these two classes determines the developmental trajectory of the state. Considering agrarian reform as the foremost indispensable policy tool to open conditions for positive changes in effective taxation, education, healthcare, and strategic sustainable industrial policies, this analysis offers a significant contribution to the literature on the sociology of institutions and the political economy of development.
Please find a link to the book here.
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master: EPOG-JM | Economic POlicies for the Global bifurcation
Economic POlicies for the Global bifurcation (EPOG-JM) is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in economics, supported by the European Union. It offers a world-class integrated Master’s programme on the (digital, socioeconomic, ecological) transition processes with a pluralist approach and interdisciplinary perspectives. It involves more than 40 partners and associate partners in Europe and the world. Download the EPOG-JM leaflet.
Application process for the (2‑year) EPOG-JM Erasmus Mundus Joint Master is open. Deadline for applications: January 29, 2025, 13:00 (Paris time). Application platform here.
Application Deadline: 29 January 2025 (13:00 Paris time)
The IIPP MPA stands apart from traditional MPA programs. Our students delve into heterodox economics, focusing on value, market, state, and innovation. Moreover, they engage with unique compulsory modules on Creative Bureaucracies, and Politics, Power, and Systems Change.
For those in London, please, help spread the word to your networks about the IIPP/UCL Postgraduate In-Person Open Evening on 5 February 2025.
Learn more about this exceptional opportunity for the community here.
Job title: PhD studentship in Creative & Cultural Industries
The School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin is pleased to announce a generously funded Ad Astra PhD studentship in Creative & Cultural Industries. The award is open to both EU and non-EU candidates and includes a full tuition fee waiver, a stipend of €22,000 per annum, and €4,000 per annum for research. The award is for a maximum of four years of full-time PhD study. The studentship will be supervised by the School’s new Ad Astra Fellow, Dr Benjamin Anderson. Further information on the position is below, followed by details on how to apply.
UCD PhD Studentship in Creative & Cultural Industries
Dr Anderson is interested in receiving proposals for research studies that interrogate work and labour in creative and cultural industries. He particularly welcomes proposals that engage with one or more of the following themes:
Requirements
Responsibilities:
Should you have any questions or wish to discuss your proposal prior to application, please contact Dr Anderson at Benjamin.anderson@ucd.ie
Dr. Anderson is interested in political economy of communication/culture, critical labour theory, cultural studies, and activist research methodologies. His research concerns the working conditions, workplace cultures and pathways to worker organising in craft and creative industries. He’s particularly interested in the emerging neo-craft economy and how its discursive positioning often masks conditions of exploitation and exclusion. He is the author of a number of journal articles and book chapters on worker organising and working conditions in cultural industries. These have appeared in Labour/Le Travail, the Global Labour Journal, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and elsewhere. His research is committed to promoting the interests of workers and aiding workers’ movements in building capacity for collective organising. You can learn more about Dr. Anderson and his research at https://people.ucd.ie/Benjamin.anderson
Information on the School and How to Apply:
UCD’s School of Art History and Cultural Policy is the largest art history department in Ireland and boasts the longest-running postgraduate MA course in Arts Management & Cultural Policy in Ireland, which is also one of the most established in Europe. The successful candidate will join a thriving research community closely connected with a range of national and international museums and cultural institutions, as well as with other schools and colleges at UCD. For more information on the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, please visit https://www.ucd.ie/arthistory/. More information on UCD’s Graduate Research programme is available here: https://www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies/.
Applications will be reviewed by a committee at School level. Applicants may be requested to conduct a Zoom interview as part of the application process. Applicants will be informed of a decision by 15 April, at which point the successful candidate may formally apply for admission to UCD. Students will be expected to be available to commence study in September 2025 or January 2026.
Application Requirements: Please submit the following to Dr Benjamin Anderson (Benjamin.anderson@ucd.ie) by the closing date:
*Dr Anderson encourages prospective candidates to reach out to him prior to applying in order to assess the fit of the project with his expertise and research priorities.
Assessment Criteria:
Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:
Application Deadline: 28 February 2025
Job title: fully-funded PhD fellowships on the EU as a geopolitical actor
There are three doctoralpositions/Fellowships available at the University of Bristol. You can choose from amongst three fully-funded projects on:
For further information and a link to the application form: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/spais/study/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/eufog-application-information/
Application process
Please note that applicants must comply with the physical mobility rule: in general, you must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation (in this case the UK) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before your recruitment date.
Please confirm that you comply with this requirement in your application.
For detailed information about the EUFOG Doctoral Network and the application process, please see the EUFOG Application Guide 2025 (Office document, 89kB). To be considered for the MSCA Doctoral Fellowship, you should apply via our online application system.
Your application must include the following documents:
Application Deadline: 1 March 2025
Starting from January 1st, SCED will require a fee to submit an article to the journal, even in the case of a desk rejection.
After this announcement, a letter of dissent was sent to the editorial board.
You can find a copy of the letter here.
You can find the list of signatories here.
The Board reply is reproduced below.
A further reply to the board can be accessed and signed here.
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for your message and for sharing your concerns, which we fully understand.
The rationale for the introduction of the submission fee is, as you note, that it is necessary to address the volume of submissions that the journal receives. As the journal’s impact grows, the volume has been increasing substantially every year, with often irrelevant manuscripts, and has reached unmanageable proportions. The reduced volume will allow editors to dedicate more time and attention to each submission.
The introduction of the submission fee was not an easy decision on our part, as we share your concerns on the importance for SCED to be accessible to scholars with less resources
- younger scholars and those from emerging countries in particular. To address such concerns, we have ensured that the fee:
- Is fully refundable upon acceptance of the paper.
- Will be waived in cases of hardship of the author, which can be requested by contacting the relevant editor.
In addition, the monies collected through submission fees will be retained by the journal, and managed by the journal editors, to support the community around the journal, having especially in mind young scholars. Activities we are considering include:
- Author and Reviewer Recognition: Offering awards or certificates to highlight outstanding contributions.
- Conference Support: Funding SCED conferences or webinars to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.
- Fostering Inclusion and Diversity: Providing travel grants for early-career researchers and participants from underrepresented groups or less developed regions.
- Open Access Support: Subsidising open access publishing to make research freely available.
- Community Engagement: Creating grants for innovative projects or initiatives that align with SCED's mission.
While we are ready to concede that the solution that was found may not be ideal, we hope that concerns will be mitigated by the way in which it will be implemented. We can assure you that the submission fee will not change in any way the scientific profile, identity and editorial policy of SCED.
With kind regards,
The SCED Managing Board