Information about the most recent Annual EAEPE Pre-Conferences is available below.
Pluralist Perspectives on Digital Technologies and Societal Transformation
The 11th Annual Pre-Conference for Young Scholars
Athens (Greece), September 23, 2025, directly before the Annual EAEPE Conference
organized by
EAEPE and INET YSI Philosophy of Economics Working Group
EAEPE seeks to institutionalize and deepen the involvement of and the exchange with young scholars and student initiatives at the association’s annual conference. One of the key forums for young scholars at EAEPE is the annual pre-conference that comprises a series of workshops by distinguished scholars, accompanied by social space to interact and network. Organized by a team of young scholars, the pre-conference was first launched in Genova (2015). This year, EAEPE and the Philosophy of Economics Working Group of the INET YSI are putting their forces together to organize the 11th pre-conference workshop which will be held on 23 September 2025 in Athens.
We are pleased to announce the following talks:
Environmental Intelligence: AI for a Diverse Society
By Sabina Leonelli (Technical University of Munich)
Political economy vs. evolutionary perspectives on (digital) technology and innovation
By George Liagouras (University of the Aegean)
Media Discourses, Digital Capitalism, and the Struggle for Socio-Ecological Futures
By Hendrik Theine (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
The purpose of this year’s EAEPE YSI pre-conference workshop is to explore pluralist perspectives on digital technologies, and to bring them together on a common ground. Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are reshaping our society at an unprecedented pace, sparking debates and discussions across disciplines and opening up spaces to analyze existing social challenges in a new light. But the discourse surrounding digital technologies is too fragmented in different strands of disciplines such as standard economics, political economy approaches, and Science and Technology Studies (STS) without a common framework clear of ambiguities. Bridging these perspectives is both timely and necessary. The pre-conference speakers and participants will reflect on how different strands of disciplines can be integrated or contrasted to provide a more nuanced understanding of digital technologies and their role for societal transformation.
Following the talks, participants will have the chance to participate in group discussions. Furthermore, there will be a get-together session where young scholars will introduce themselves and their research interests and get the chance to get feedback from and pair up with other young and senior scholars. Coffee break, lunch, and a social dinner will provide further space to connect and warm up for the main conference.
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate at EAEPE’s main conference.
Application/Registration to the Pre-Conference & Registration fees
You can apply for the pre-conference during the registration process for the main conference. Please register for the main conference by choosing the ‘PhD registration for members.’ After you ‘proceed to check out,’ you will be directed to enter your information and answer some questions. Among them is ‘apply for the pre-conference?’ where you should click on ‘yes.’
The reduced rate (90 euro) for PhD students covers the costs of coffee breaks and lunches during the main conference. Participation in the pre-conference (including all meals and social dinner) is free of charge for those who registered for the main conference.
Pre-conference application opens on May 27, 2025, and closes on June 28, 2025. You will receive a notification of acceptance per email by the pre-conference organizers around July 10.
Financial support
A limited number of fee waivers are available for students and young researchers without funding opportunities. Applicants must provide a written statement of their supervisor or a faculty member of their study or PhD program confirming that they do not have financial support. Students without a paper presentation in the main conference need to submit a short motivation letter, explaining how participation could potentially benefit their academic development. Fee waiver applications are submitted through the EAEPE fee waiver application, which will open before the end of May. For further information on please see EAEPE’s page.
In addition, thanks to the INET YSI support, we have some limited stipends available to partially cover the travel expenses of young scholars who do not have support from their home institutions. To apply, please send a short application letter before June 20, 2025, to eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Important deadlines
Pre-conference application: May 27 – June 28
Fee waiver application: to be announced on EAEPE’s page
Stipend application: due June 20
Decisions on stipend requests: July 1
Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the pre-conference.
For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Anna Hornykewycz, Johanna Rath, and Merve Burnazoglu – at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Power of economics without power in economics?
organized by EAEPE and Philosophy of Economics Working Group of the INET YSI
12th September 2023, Leeds, UK
in advance of the
35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
13th – 15th September 2023
What is the Pre-Conference for Young Scholars?
EAEPE seeks to institutionalize and deepen the involvement of and exchange with young scholars and student initiatives at the association’s annual conference. One of the key forums for young scholars at EAEPE is the annual pre-conference that comprises a series of workshops by distinguished scholars, accompanied by social space to interact and network. Organized by a team of young scholars, the pre-conference was first launched in Genova (2015). This year, EAEPE and the Philosophy of Economics Working Group of the INET YSI are putting their forces together to organize the 9th Pre-conference Workshop which will be held on September 12th in Leeds, UK.
What we planned for this year
This year’s Pre-Conference Workshop will center around the topic of power: Power relations dominate most social and economic processes. Despite its significance, however, the concept of power is either neglected or limited in standard economics. This leads to blind spots regarding the link between capitalism and crises, like the climate crisis, the future of work and gender inequality. Moreover, the power dynamics in access to and within the discipline of economics reinforce and favor the entrenchment in existing ideas and, therefore, provoke an epistemological crisis in economics. How, then, can economics be powerful in understanding, explaining and, ideally, tackling the multiple crises of our time without embedding the concept of power in its analysis?
Programme
The Pre-Conference Workshop will host a day of inspirational talks by invited speakers to address the dimensions of power in relation to ecology, the future of work and gender. We are pleased to announce the following talks:
- On Power and Ecology: Franklin Obeng-Odoom (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science)
- On Power and Gender: Melissa Langworthy (Independent Researcher and Senior Gender Expert for EU-GCC Political Dialogue, Cooperation, and Outreach program)
- On Power and the Future of Work: Charlie Dannreuther (Leeds University, School of Politics and International Studies)
Following the talks, participants will have the chance to part-take in group discussions on the future of the discipline of economics, the role of power therein and potential approaches to jointly analyze power relations, crisis tendencies and economic outcomes. Furthermore, there will be a get-together session where young scholars will introduce themselves and their research interests and get the chance to get feedback from and pair up with other young and senior scholars. Coffee break, lunch, and a social dinner will provide further space to connect and warm up for the main conference.
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate at EAEPE’s main conference as well.
Registration to the Pre-Conference
Participation in the pre-conference (including all meals and social dinner) are free of charge for those who registered for the main conference.
During the registration process for the main conference, you can select participation at the pre-conference. Please register for the main conference by choosing the conference fee for PhD/Master students. This is reduced rate (99 euro) for PhD/Master students who are EAEPE members and covers the costs of coffee breaks and two lunches during the main conference. There is a Special Rate Membership for PhD and Master students.
Pre-conference registration opens on May 15, 2023, and closes on June 15, 2023. Please note that registration is not a confirmation of participation, but an application. You will receive a notification of acceptance per email by the pre-conference organizers around June 20.
Financial support
A limited number of fee waivers are available for students and young researchers without funding opportunities. Applicants must provide a written statement of their supervisor or a faculty member of their study or PhD program confirming that they do not have financial support. Students without a paper presentation in the main conference need to submit a short motivation letter, explaining how participation could potentially benefit their academic development. Fee waiver applications are submitted through the EAEPE fee waiver application, which opens on May 15 2023 and closes on May 31 2023.
In addition, we have some limited financial funds available to partially cover the travel expenses of young scholars who do not have support from their home institutions. To apply for, please send a short application letter before May 31st, 2023 to eaepe.preconference@gmail.com.
Important deadlines
- Pre-conference registration/application: May 15 – June 15
- Fee waiver application: May 15 – May 31
- Stipend application: May 31
- Decisions on participation/fee waiver/stipend requests: June 20
Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the pre-conference.
For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Merve Burnazoglu, Anna Hornykewycz, Mattia Pettena and Johanna Rath – at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Contact: eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Download Pre-Conf Call!
Towards an Automated and Digitalized Economy and Society
6 September 2022
Naples, Italy
at the 34th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
What is the Pre-Conference for Young Scholars?
The EAEPE seeks to institutionalize and deepen the involvement of and exchange with young scholars and student initiatives at the association’s annual conference. One of the key forums for young scholars at EAEPE is the annual pre-conference that comprises a series of workshops by distinguished scholars, accompanied by social space to interact and network. Organized by a team of young scholars, pre-conference was first launched in Genova (2015). This year, we invite young scholars to join the 8th pre-conference that will be held on September 6th in Napoli, Italy.
What we planned for this year
Automated decision-making systems, and automation in general, increasingly take over the tasks that previously belonged to humans. They mediate many social, economic, and political processes; therefore, their impact on different areas requires critical investigation. This year, EAEPE Pre-Conference will host a day of inspirational talks by invited speakers to address the impact of automation on our economies and societies. Following the talks, a workshop will take place about imagining our future in such automated societies, their challenges, and potential solutions to them. There will then be a get-together session where young scholars will introduce themselves and their research interests and get chance to get feedback from and pair up with other young and senior scholars. Coffee break, lunch, and a social dinner will provide further space to connect and warm up for the main conference.
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate at EAEPE’s main conference as well.
Registration to the Pre-Conference
Please register for the main conference by choosing the conference fee for PhD/master students by July 1st 2022:
https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=conference_registration
To register, you need to be a paid up EAEPE member. There is a special membership rate for PhD/master students.
During the registration process you are able to select particpiation at the pre-conference.
Registration fees: Participation in the pre-conference is free of charge for those who registered in the main conference. The reduced rate for the main conference is 90 euro to cover the costs of five coffee breaks and two lunches during the main conference.
Financial support: A limited number of fee waivers are available for students and young researchers without funding opportunities. Applicants must provide a written statement of their supervisor or a faculty member of their study or PhD program confirming that they do not have financial support. Students without paper presentation in the main conference need to submit a short motivation letter, explaining how participation could potentially benefit their academic development. Fee waiver applications are submitted through EAEPE website where you will need to select ‘Student Waiver’ from a drop-down menu:
https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=fee_waiver_application
Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the pre-conference. For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Merve Burnazoglu, Olga Mikheeva, Mattia Pettena, Grazia Errichiello, and Marco Amendola – at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Preliminary schedule
6 September 2022 (Tuesday)
Welcome words by Pre-conference Team & Participants’ introductions
Confirmed Talks (more to be announced)
“Consent and its disconsents to AI at work: Which humans in command?”
By Phoebe Moore (University of Essex School of Business, Management & Marketing)
“Digital platforms at work: Platform-mediated labor and its challenges”
By Katarzyna Gruszka (Institute for Ecological Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business)
“The heterogeneous effects of digitalization on macroeconomic developments – a comparative perspective”
By Claudius Graebner-Radkowitsch (Europa University Flensburg & Institute of Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy of the Johannes Kepler University Linz)
Workshop in groups & Plenary
“(Re-)Imagining an Automated Society: Challenges and Solution Proposals”
Dinner with all participants and speakers
Contact: eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Download final Pre-Conf Call!
Triple Crisis and the Alternative Futures: Research meets Policy
1 September 2021 ONLINE
at the 33rd Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
2 – 4 September 2021 ONLINE
What is the Pre-Conference for Young Scholars?
The EAEPE seeks to institutionalize and deepen the involvement of and exchange with young scholars and student initiatives at the association’s annual conference. One of the key forums for young scholars at EAEPE is the annual pre-conference that comprises a series of workshops by distinguished scholars, accompanied by social space to interact and network. Organised by a team of young scholars, pre-conference was first launched in Genova (2015). This year, we invite young scholars to join the 7th pre-conference that will be held online and in an entirely different format as compared to its previous editions.
What we planned for this year
This year we will host a simulation exercise to discuss and propose alternative futures, in terms of research and policy relevance, as possible ways out of the ongoing ‘triple crisis’ of modern capitalism. The financial, climate, and health crises reveal the multitude of cracks in how our societies are organised and governed. In addition, the COVID health crisis made many inequalities and disparities particularly visible. Tackling these problems requires a lot of re-thinking, including how research- and policy-making communities interact.
We are pleased to have two senior policy experts with us this year:
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Mafini Dosso (European Commission’s Joint Research Center)Mafini Dosso, PhD, works as an economist and policy analyst at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission in Seville, Spain. The JRC provides scientific evidence to inform the EU policy cycle in various fields of decision making. Mafini is leading the project ‘Smart Specialisation Strategies with sub-Saharan Africa’, with an exploratory science for policy activity on Rwanda. It mainly aims at the identification of the pre-requirements in terms of policy, governance, and evidence for the development of a smart specialisation roadmap in Rwanda (an innovative and informal African economy). Mafini has about 10 years of experience, working at the science and policy interface on topics such as innovation and industry dynamics, technological change, intellectual property, smart specialisation, innovation networks and value chains, industry 4.0, and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda of the UN. Initially, she was dedicated to the elaboration of R&D statistics and analyses on the worldwide leading innovating firms. During the last five years, Mafini has been producing evidence to support the African Union-European Union cooperation in the area of STI and to improve the evidence basis on the specific dynamics of innovation systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Her latest co-edited book gathers more than 25 authors from Africa and Europe to discuss the issues of Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa. |
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Richard Kozul-Wright (UNCTAD)Richard Kozul-Wright is Director of the Globalisation and Development Strategies Division in United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He has worked at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Cambridge UK and has published widely on economic issues including, inter alia, in the Economic Journal, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, The Journal of Development Studies, and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. His latest book is the Resistible Rise of Market Fundamentalism (with Paul Rayment) and he has also edited volumes on Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy, Economic Insecurity and Development, Securing Peace, Climate Protection and Development, and Industrial Policy. Most recently, he co-edited, Transforming Economies: Making Industrial Policy Work for Growth, Jobs and Development, with the International Labour Organization (ILO). |
How you can contribute
To simulate this interaction we invite young scholars and early career EAEPE members to submit their proposals on how they would contribute to this exercise. Please submit your letter of interest (200-300 words) with some brief information about yourself, your research area, and one concrete suggestion on how would you advice policy-makers in a particular area/domain towards an alternative future: an alternative healthcare, research infrastructure, community-oriented banking, climate-related education, or racial and gender non-discrimination, or development strategies and global governance. Remember that policy-makers are very interested in your proposal and therefore please make it brief but informative.You will have the chance to develop it further during the actual exercise. The policy makers sit on various levels – local, national and supranational (EU) – so you may address any jurisdiction of your choice. Submissions should be sent via email to the Pre-Conference Team (eaepe.preconference@gmail.com) by 15 August 2021 (extended).
What will happen during the pre-conference
Format-wise, the Pre-Conference will kick off with a few inspirational talks led by senior experts that will set the ambitious tone of the overall simulation exercise. Participants then will be allocated to interdisciplinary teams in order to expand ideas and formulate concrete policy proposals for an alternative future(s). The teams will have the task to structure proposals following scientific reasoning/method while directly addressing given socio-economic problems/challenges. Groups will reconvene at the joint plenary discussion where alternative futures will be presented and evaluated by the senior experts. Overall, this exercise aims to simulate how research and scientific evidence can be translated into policy-related expert advice. The programme will be updating, preliminary version below.
Do you need any other information?
Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the conference. For any questions, please contact the Pre-Conference Team – Merve Burnazoglu, Olga Mikheeva, Madeleine Böhm, Anne Schoenauer and Marco Amendola – at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate at EAEPE’s main conference as well.
Application to the Pre-Conference
Please submit your letter of interest (as indicated above) to eaepe.preconference@gmail.com and register for the pre-conference workshops through the EAEPE website (by choosing Only Pre-Conference Registration for the Annual EAEPE Conference) by August 15, 2021 (extended).
Registration fees
Participation in pre-conference is free of charge but admission is based on letters of interest (see above).
Schedule of the 2021 pre-conference
1 September 2021 (Wednesday – all times CET)
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome words by pre-conf team and local organizers of EAEPE conference
13:15 – 14:30 Plenary ‘Alternative futures’ – senior experts setting the scene
Speakers:
- Mafini Dosso (Economist and Policy Analyst at Growth and Innovation division of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center)
- Richard Kozul-Wright (Director of the Globalisation and Development Strategies Division in UNCTAD)
14:30 – 14:45 comfort break
14:45 – 16:00 3-4 Thematic committees each drafting policy recommendations (breakout rooms)
16:00 – 16:15 comfort break
16:15 – 17:30 Plenary and discussion: Thematic committees present their work and policy experts present their feedback
Contact: eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Download final Pre-Conf Call!
A Critical Assessment of the Faces of Inequality
1st September 2020,
Pre-Conference will be held ONLINE
in advance of the 32nd Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 2 – 4 September 2020
The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) seeks to institutionalize and deepen the involvement of and exchange with young scholars and student initiatives at the association’s annual conference. One of the key forums for young scholars at EAEPE is the annual pre-conference, a series of workshops by distinguished scholars, accompanied by a social environment to interact and network. Organised by a team of young scholars, the pre-conference was first launched in Genova (2015). This year, we invite young scholars to join the 6th pre-conference that will have to be held online due to the pandemic.
The workshops aim at generating interactive discussions and, therefore, the participants are expected to actively contribute to the discussions. This year we will have the honour to host the following invited speakers to discuss various faces of inequality:
09:30 – 10:30 Welcome words and the introduction session on inequalities by the pre-conference team
10:30 – 11:30 Workshop I: Giulia Zacchia (Sapienza University) “Accounting for Diversity and Measuring the Faces of Inequality”
11:30 – 12:00 BREAK
12:00 – 13:00 Workshop II: Susan Himmelweit (Open University) “Gender Inequalities and the Economy”
13:00 – 14:00 BREAK
14:00-15:00 Workshop III: Miriam Rehm (University of Duisburg-Essen) “Income and Wealth Inequality”
15:00-15:30 BREAK
15:30-16:30 Workshop IV: Franklin Obeng-Odoom (University of Helsinki) “The Political Economy of Global Migration Crisis”
16:30-17:30 Closing roundtable on inequalities with all the lecturers
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate at EAEPE main conference as well. Please see the Call for Papers for the main conference.
Registration to the Pre-Conference 2020
Please apply here for the workshops (https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=preconference_application) and register for the pre-conference through the EAEPE website (https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=conference_registration) by August 15, 2020. To register, you need to be a paid up EAEPE member –membership for students and young researchers is €25/year. In order to avoid last minute cancellations and to cover part of the costs, such as the IT tools to run the pre-conference online, there is a discounted online registration fee of €25 payable upon web registration. This fee gives you access to both the pre-conference and the main conference. In case of only attending the pre-conference (excluding the main conference), the registration fee is €15.
Financial support
There is a main conference and pre-conference fee waiver policy for a number of students and young researchers without other funding opportunities. Applicants must provide a written statement of their supervisor or a faculty member of their study confirming that they do not have financial support. In addition, applicants with a paper presentation at the main conference need to upload their full paper for their consideration for the fee waiver. Those without a paper presentation at the main conference need to submit a motivation letter, explaining how participation could potentially benefit their academic development. Fee waiver applications are submitted through the EAEPE website (apply here: https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=fee_waiver_application) where you will need to select ‘Young Scholar’ from a drop-down menu by June 25, 2020.
Please note that the applications for pre-conference and fee waiver imply two separate applications with two different deadlines.
We are looking forward to your participation and lively discussions! Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the conference. For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Merve Burnazoglu, Izaskun Zuazu, Elisa Terragno Bogliaccini, and Olga Mikheeva –at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com
Download CfP for the Pre-Conference at EAEPE2020!
Young Scholars Pre-conference
11 – 12 September 2019, in Warsaw, Poland.
The pre-conference will be organised in a series of workshops aiming at generating interactive discussions and, therefore, the participants are expected to actively contribute to the discussions. The workshops will last from three to six hours. Participants will be able to attend 2-3 workshops from the list below:
- Slavo Radošević (University College London): Technology upgrading, growth and convergence/divergence in Europe: Revisiting last 30 years
- Dóra Piroska (Corvinus University of Budapest): The East-West Regulatory Divide in European Finance
- Claudius Gräbner (Johannes Kepler University Linz & University of Duisburg-Essen): The Political Economy of Economic Complexity: Models, Data and Policy I-II
- Jakob Kapeller (University of Duisburg-Essen & Johannes Keppler University Linz): Philosophy and Economics: Epistemology, Ontology and Performativity
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate at EAEPE’s main conference as well.
More detailed information about pre-conference, deadlines and fees you will find here:
https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=eaepe2019_preconference
For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team –Olga Mikheeva, Merve Burnazoglu, Madeleine Böhm – at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com.
Venue
The conference will take place in the main building of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH – Szkoła Główna Handlowa), Al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland, phone: 48-22-564 6000.
Contact
Download 2nd CfP for EAEPE2019!
Young Scholars Pre-conference
30th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Nice, France, 6 – 8 September 2018
Pre-Conference: 5 – 6 September 2018
The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) seeks to institutionalise and to deepen the involvement of and exchange with young scholars (YS) and student initiatives at the Association’s Annual Conference. One of the key forums for young scholars at EAEPE is the annual pre-conference, a series of workshops by distinguished scholars, accompanied by social space to interact and network. Organised by a team of young scholars, pre-conference was first launched in Genova (2015) and this year will be in its 4th edition. The number of participants has been constantly growing and therefore in 2018 pre-conference team has introduced a motivation letter as part of the registration / admission process.
The workshops will last between three and six hours and will be held over a period of two half days (September 5th afternoon and September 6th morning). Participants will be assigned a few reading materials prior to the pre-conference to facilitate the workshops and to help sustain the network. The workshops aim at facilitating interactive discussions and, therefore, participants are expected to actively contribute to the discussions. Participants will be able to attend 2-3 workshops from the list below:
- Erik Reinert (Tallinn University of Technology & The Other Canon Foundation): Thorstein Veblen: Economist for an Age of Crisis
- Agnès Labrousse (Université de Picardie – Jules Verne): Historical institutionalism in economics and beyond: methodological and epistemological principle
- Özlem Onaran (University of Greenwich): The interaction between economic growth, demand and distribution and economic policy in Europe
- Alessandro Caiani (Università degli Studi di Pavia): Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent Modeling
More detailed schedule is available here.
All pre-conference participants are warmly invited to participate in EAEPE’s main conference as well.
Young Scholar Papers at the main conference
Young Scholars and students are invited to present research papers in the regular paper sessions at the main conference. Conference sessions are organised according to EAEPE’s Research Areas, to a special conference topic, and a number of special sessions. Presentation topics might be related to the conference theme Evolutionary foundations at a crossroad: Assessments, outcomes, and implications for policy makers (please see General Call for Papers) or to any of the usual topics covered by EAEPE’s Research Areas. Abstract submission needs to be done through our website and closes on 15 April 2018. You will need to create a user account to submit an abstract. Please see the Conference CfP for further instructions.
The Herbert Simon Prize
Young scholars are encouraged to submit their research paper for consideration for the Herbert Simon prize. The prize is awarded for the best conference paper of scholars younger than 35 years. The best three papers shortlisted for the prize are invited to give a presentation in a high-profile special session.
Application to the Pre-Conference
Please apply for the pre-conference workshops through the EAEPE website by July 15 , 2018. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. To apply/register, you need to be a paid up EAEPE member. Membership for students and young researchers is €25/year and gives you access to the Journal of Institutional Economics, besides other benefits. During the application, you will be asked to upload a short motivation letter (300 words) and select your choice of parallel workshops.
Registration fees
In order to avoid last minute cancellations and to cover part of the costs (catering, conference material, rooms, etc.), there is a registration fee of 90€ payable upon web registration. This fee gives you access to both pre-conference and main conference.
Financial support
Submission of fee waiver applications closed on May 31 but there is a limited amount of travel stipends available to young scholars who (1) do not have institutional financial support (2) who will participate in the pre-conference and (3) who have a paper accepted for presentation at the main conference. Shall you apply for a travel stipend, please explain your reasoning and financial situation in the Motivation Letter. Notifications about travel stipends will come together with acceptance letters, i.e. will be issued on a rolling basis throughout June-July.
We are looking forward to your participation and lively discussions in Nice! Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the conference. For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Madeleine Jonsson, Olga Mikheeva, Madeleine Böhm, Merve Burnazoglu, Krisztina Szabó and Mira Toumi – at eaepe.preconference@gmail.com.
Young Scholars Pre-Conference
29th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Budapest, Hungary: 19-21 October 2017
Pre-Conference: 18-19 October 2017
The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) welcomes young scholars of all levels (students – early Post-Docs) who are involved in or want to learn more about pluralist, heterodox, real world-oriented, and/or interdisciplinary research. Young scholars are invited to submit papers for presentation at the annual meeting, but could also participate with own paper presentations. In addition, we invite interested students and young researchers to join us for the Young Scholars Pre-Conference.
Young Scholars Pre-Conference
Prior to the annual EAEPE conference in Budapest in October 2017, young researchers and students are welcome to attend seminars and workshops in a series of pre conference workshops. The workshops will last between three and six hours and will be held over a period of two half days. Participants will be assigned a few reading materials prior to the pre-conference to facilitate the workshops and to help sustain the network.
The promotion of young researchers in the arena of critical pluralistic, non-orthodox and interdisciplinary research in today’s world is of prominent importance. As teaching and research outside ‘mainstream’ economics continues to be exceptional in most European countries, it remains important for us to organize and promote such seminars, workshops, and coordinated trainings. EAEPE as a longstanding pluralist association and a prominent actor in this field is thus an excellent support institution for young scholars in order to promote new economic thinking.
Pre-Conference Keynote Lecture on Wednesday, Oct 18, 12pm
Wilfred Dolfsma (Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development, Loughborough University, London):
Government Failure: Institutions and Development
Workshops and Lecturers at the Pre-Conference, Wednesday, 18 October (afternoon) & Thursday, 19 October (morning)
- Catherine Laurent (National Institute of Agricultural Research): Pluralism and Inter-Disciplinarity
- Alessandro Caiani (Marche Polytechnic University): Agent-Based Stock Flow Consistent Modelling
- Rainer Kattel (University College London & Tallinn University of Technology): Development Economics
- Rinus Penninx (University of Amsterdam): The Migrant Question in Europe
- Andrea Petö (Central European University): Feminist Economics
| Wednesday, October 18 | |
| 12:00 – 13:30 Keynote Speech by Wilfred Dolfsma | |
| 14:00 – 17:00 parallel workshops (I) | |
| Pluralism and inter-disciplinarity by Catherine Laurent | AB-SFC Modelling I by Alessandro Caiani |
| 17:30 – 20:00 parallel workshops (II) | |
| Development Economics by Rainer Kattel | AB-SFC Modelling II by Alessandro Caiani |
| Thursday, October 19
9:00 – 10:30 parallel workshops (III) |
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| Long Story Short: The Migrant Question in Europe by Rinus Pennix | Feminist Economics by Anreas Petö |
| 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break (Hall) | |
| Long Story Short: The Migrant Question in Europe by Rinus Pennix | Feminist Economics by Anreas Petö |
Keynote
Government Failure: Institutions for Development by Wilfred Dolfsma (Loughborough University London)
Institutions are important for (economic) development, and government is responsible for setting many of them. In setting formal institutions relevant for economic activities, a government can fail – and this will be explained. In addition, however, a government can set formal institutions that aim at other domains that inadvertently impact the economy in a negative manner. What is more, informal institutions impact the economy as well.
Workshops
Pluralism and inter-disciplinarity by Catherine Laurent (French National Institute for Agronomic Research)
A convergent set of observations demonstrates the difficulties met by scientists to produce interdisciplinary knowledge adequate to answer -at the relevant scales- the questions raised by sustainable development. On the other hand, recent advances regarding the plurality of science (e.g. Cartwright 1999, Keller et al 2006) have shown that all disciplines include different theoretical approaches. An explicit recognition of the plurality of theoretical approaches within each discipline (economics, ecology, sociology…) changes the way to consider interdisciplinarity. It may allow the scientists to better control the conceptual implications of their collaborations across disciplines and the policy makers to better understand the specific blind spots associated with each theoretical approach and its results. The presentation will illustrate the stakes of this debate. It will be based on the case of the collaboration between ecology and economics. It will include a short review of the ways to define the notions of “discipline” and “interdiscipline”, an insight into the plurality of theoretical approaches within ecology and economics, and a discussion of the consequences of this pluralism for the collaboration between scientists and for policy making.
Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent Modelling by Alessandro Caiani (Marche Polytechnic University)
The workshop aims at introducing students to the logic, methodology, and practice of Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent macroeconomic modelling. We will first discuss the main features, advantages, and limitations of the two methodologies taken in isolation, and the possible synergies arising from their combination. A brief overview of the main contributions in the nascent AB-SFC literature will then serve to introduce the logic of AB-SFC modeling, and the challenges ahead. The second part of the workshop will be practice-oriented, being geared around the live construction of a simplified AB-SFC model. Through this laboratory students will start to learn how to design, develop, analyse, and display these models using R, an open source programming language and data-analysis software
Development Economics by Rainer Kattel (University College London & Tallinn University of Technology)
The workshop is centred over ‘high development theory’ and classical development economists, P. Rosenstein-Rodin, A. Hirschman, R. Nurkse, G Myrdal, H. Singer, R. Prebish, and their intellectual legacy in development economics. Whether or not these ideas were translated into respective policy decisions, either successfully or not, will be also part of the discussion in relation to the role of technological change in economic development, financing of development, terms of trade, patterns of economic growth and the role of state therein. The workshop will also touch upon contemporary relevance of classical development theories in regards to developing and emerging economies as well as issues of economic integration.
Long Story Short: The Migrant Question in Europe by Rinus Penninx (University of Amsterdam)
This workshop will provide participants with a historical, comparative, and analytical understanding of migration and integration in Europe, and of the core questions that are frequently asked today. A range of topics are presented in three sub-sessions, each of which will last an hour:
- Post-war migration and migration regimes in Europe,
- Conceptualizing integration and analyzing integration policies,
- Migrant workers in Europe and the role that trade unions play in their integration.
Feminist Economics by Andrea Petö (Central European University)
The workshop offers hands on exercises using qualitative and quantitative methods how to spot what gender does in social relations. It starts with a short introduction to different gender studies methodologies and continues with analysis of examples. Participants are encouraged to bring their own puzzling excerpts/data/examples for the workshop.
Young Scholar Papers at the Main Conference
Young Scholars and students are invited to present research papers in the regular paper sessions at the main conference. Conference sessions are organized according to EAEPE’s Research Areas, to a special conference topic, and a number of special sessions. Presentation topics might be related to the conference main theme The Role of the State in Economic Development: State Capacity, State Autonomy and Economic Development (please see General Call for Papers) or to any of the usual topics covered by EAEPE’s Research Areas. Abstract submission needs to be done through our website and closes on 15 May 2017. You will need to create a user account to submit an abstract. Please see the Conference CfP for further instructions.
The Herbert Simon Prize
Young scholars are encouraged to submit their research paper for consideration for the Herbert Simon Prize. The prize is awarded for the best conference paper of scholars younger than 35 years. Please note that you need to submit your paper to the conference and for the prize separately.
Registration for (PhD) students without fee waiver application
To register for the pre-conference and general conference, please do the following:
- Log in to your EAEPE user account or create one (http://eaepe.org/?page=user_account&op=login). To be able to register for the pre-conference, you need to be an EAEPE PhD member (if you are a student, please choose this category as well;http://eaepe.org/?page=membership&side=become_a_member). PhD membership is 25€/ year.
- Once your user account is linked to a PhD membership, please go to the registration website (http://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=registration). Registration is a two-step process and takes you through registration for the conference first, for the pre-conference second. The registration fee of 90€ entitles you to attend both events.
- Once you register for the conference, you will be sent an email that invites you to register for the pre-conference. Alternatively, you will now find pre-conference registration available in your EAEPE user account.
- If you do not wish to attend the pre-conference, simply drop pre-conference registration. If you don’t wish to attend the general conference, please indicate this in the pre-conference registration (there is a box you can check). Upon pre-conference registration, you will also be asked to indicate the workshops you wish to attend.
Registration for (PhD) students with fee waiver application
To apply for a fee waiver and later register for the pre-conference and general conference, please do the following:
- Log in to your EAEPE user account or create one (http://eaepe.org/?page=user_account&op=login). To be able to register for the pre-conference and to apply for a fee waiver, you need to be an EAEPE PhD member (if you are a student, please choose this category as well;http://eaepe.org/?page=membership&side=become_a_member). PhD membership is 25€/ year.
- Please go to the „Fee waiver application“ before 31st August 2017 (http://eaepe.org/?page=fee_waiver_application). You will need to provide a written statement of their supervisor or a faculty member of their study or PhD program (or similar) confirming that they do not have financial support. In addition, participants with a paper presentation at the main conference need to upload their full paper. Fee waivers will be awarded according to the quality of the papers. Students without paper presentation need to submit a motivation letter, explaining how participation could potentially benefit their academic development. Given this procedure, participants who apply for a fee waiver cannot register for pre-conference and conference before September.
- You will be notified about the acceptance or rejection of your fee waiver application during the month of August. You can now proceed with your registration as described in steps 3) and 4) above;http://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=registration. Participants with fee waivers will find, when logged in to their user accounts, the option to register for 1€ (a zero payment is not possible with our online registration system). It is absolutely sufficient to register for both events in September. If you have been denied a fee waiver, you can still register using the 90€ PhD fee, which will remain available until registration closes.
If you have any questions regarding the pre-conference, please write to Madeleine_boehm@yahoo.com. If you have any questions about the fee waiver, the registration processes or your participation at the main conference, please write to svenja.flechtner@uni-flensburg.de.
Should you have any question or clarification requests for the local organization at Corvinus University of Budapest, please contact the local organizers at eaepe2017@uni-corvinus.hu
Important Dates
- May 15: Abstract submission for papers at main conference closes
- June 31: Notification of acceptance; registration opens
- August 31: Deadline for fee waiver applications
- August 31: Deadline for Herbert Simon Prize
- September 15: Conference registration closes for authors to be included in the conference program
- September 15: Registration for pre-conference closes; full paper submission deadline on EAEPE website
We are looking forward to your participation and lively discussions in Budapest! Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the conference. For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Madeleine Böhm, Merve Burnazoglu, Olga Mikheeva, Madeleine Jonsson, Adam Kerenyi, Charles Dannreuther, Krisztina Szabó and Steffen Bettin – at madeleine_boehm@yahoo.com. If you have questions about your participation at the main conference, please write to EAEPE Young Scholars officer Svenja Flechtner (svenja.flechtner@uni-flensburg.de).
The Pre-Conference enjoys financial support by the Institute for New Economic Thinking Young Scholars Initiative (INET YSI) and the FEED Charity.
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1st Call: EAEPE Young Scholars Pre-Conference 2016
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28th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Manchester, UK: 3-5 November 2015
Pre-Conference: 1-3 November 2015
The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) seeks to institutionalize and deepen the involvement of and exchange with young scholars (YS, students – early Post-Docs) and student initiatives at the association’s Annual Conference. Building upon the lively discussions at the previous conferences in Cracow (2012), Paris (2013) Cyprus (2014) and Genova (2015), we invite participation to the following formats.
Young Scholars Pre-Conference
Prior to the start of the regular conference, YS are invited to participate in different workshops with leading scholars of their respective fields. The pre-conference keynote speech will take place on the evening of Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016, followed by a social welcome event. The workshops will be held on Wednesday 2 Nov the whole day and Thursday 3 Nov in the morning, before the regular conference will start in the afternoon. Participants will be able to attend 2-4 workshops. Workshop outlines and a preliminary schedule will be available on the pre-conference website soon. Lecturers and workshop topics are:
- Pre-Conference Keynote Lecture: Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford):The future of economics: an interdisciplinary perspective
- Alessandro Caiani (Marche Polytechnic University):Stock Flow Consistent Models – An Introduction to Theory and Technique
- Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University): An introduction to agent-based modelling for policy analysis
- Jakob Kapeller (Johannes Kepler University Linz): Epistemology and Philosophy of Economics
- Anastasia Nesvetailova (City University London): Financialization
- Jens Maeße (University of Giessen): Discourse practices in economics
- Jayati Ghosh (Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi): Critical perspectives on development economics (workshop title tbc)
Young Scholar Papers at the Main Conference
YS are invited to present research papers in the regular paper sessions at the main conference. Conference sessions are organized according to EAEPE’s Research Areas and to a special conference topic. Presentation topics might be related to the conference main theme Industrialisation, socio-economic transformation and Institutions (please see General Call for Papers) or to any of the usual topics covered by EAEPE’s Research Areas. We also welcome research projects initiated by student groups and session proposals. Abstract submission needs to be done through our website and closes on 15 May 2016. You will need to create a user account to submit an abstract. Please see the Conference CfP for further instructions.
The Herbert Simon Prize and High Profile YS session
Young scholars are encouraged to submit their research paper for consideration for the Herbert Simon prize. The prize is awarded for the best conference paper of scholars younger than 35 years. The best three papers shortlisted for the prize will be invited to present their paper in a high-profile special session. Please note that you need to submit your paper to the conference and for the prize separately.
Special session: Meet the Prez and GenSec
As in past years, EAEPE President Nathalie Lazaric and General Secretary Pasquale Tridico are interested in maintaining the dialogue with YS and representatives from European student organizations initiated in past years, in order to discuss topics of mutual interests and foster cooperation. Details about the format will follow. Representatives from European student organizations should indicate their interest to join via mail to Svenja Flechtner (svenja.flechtner@uni-flensburg.de) until 1 September 2016.
Application to the Pre-Conference and Conference
Please register for the pre-conference workshops through the EAEPE website. Registration opens on 18 June and closes on 1 October.
To register for the Pre-Conference workshops it is necessary to register for the main conference with one of the two following members’ special rates:
- PhD/Masters students – 90 €
- Accepted fee waiver – 1 €
After registration you will find a link in your user account for the Pre-Conference Registration in the left side navigation!
Registration Fees
In order to avoid last minute cancellations and to cover part of the costs (catering, conference material and rooms etc.), there is a YS registration fee of 90€ payable upon web registration, including both pre-conference and main conference. Participants must also be paid-up EAEPE members.
Fee Waivers
There is a fee waiver policy for a limited number of students and early-career researchers with papers accepted for presentation at the main conference. To be eligible for the fee waiver, you need to be a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD student and have an accepted abstract at the main conference.
Applications for fee waivers have to be made through the fee waiver application website between 30 June and 31 August. Please submit your full paper and a written statement from your supervisor or a faculty member of your study or PhD program (or similar), confirming that you do not receive financial support for participation at the conference. Decisions will be based upon the quality of your conference paper and be made in early September. You can make your conference (and pre-conference) registration after decisions have been made, there will be sufficient time. (Registering earlier, you would be asked to pay the conference fee upon registration.)
Please note that the fee waiver application is different from the annual EAEPE-Simon Young Scholar Prize. For more information concerning the latter, please see here: http://eaepe.org/?page=awards&side=eaepesimon_prize&sub=rules
Important Dates
- May 15: Abstract submission for papers at main conference closes
- June 30: Notification of acceptance; registration opens
- August 31: Deadline for Herbert Simon Prize and fee waiver applications
- September 14: Conference registration closes for authors to be included in the conference program
- October 1: Registration for pre-conference closes; full paper submission deadline on EAEPE website
We are looking forward to your participation and lively discussions in Manchester! Please check our website for more detailed information and updates about the conference. For any questions, please contact the pre-conference organizing team – Madeleine Böhm, Claudius Gräbner, Till Kellerhoff, Andrew Morton, and Svenja Flechtner – at preconf2016@eaepe.org. If you have questions about your participation at the main conference, please write to EAEPE Young Scholars officer Svenja Flechtner (svenja.flechtner@uni-flensburg.de).
The Pre-Conference enjoys financial support by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and the Foundation for European Economic Development (FEED).
