19th EAEPE Summer School 2026:

Global Geographies of Thought in Economics, Law, and Political Economy

In collaboration with the Law and Political Economy Collective (LPE-C), Institute for New Economic Thinking’ Young Scholar Initiative (Finance, Law, and Economic Working Group), University of Manchester iGLPE (Initiative for Global Law and Political Economy), University Roma Tre (Department of Economics)

Dates: 08.07.2026 – 10.07.2026

Venue: Department of Economics, Roma Tre University

Application deadline: 18 May 2026

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Description:

This summer school aims to map some of the methods and theories involved in research related to economics, law and political economy. What rhetorical economies and conceptual grammars are available? How do they engage each other? What do they foreground and background? Where do they share or differ in style or logic? What are the economies of this academic knowledge-production (i.e., its institutional arrangements, implicit professional codes)? How might different disciplinary toolkits be productively put into conversation? Are certain practices, words or themes key to understanding our current world of struggle? Participants interested in these types of questions across disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

To understand a situation, to bring ‘context’ to any events, to make sense of confused information, implies geographic concepts at work – distance, location, movement, time. Governance reflects competing ideas over how different locations are connected, what timeframes govern movement, what sorts of units should be put in play. Different traditions, priorities, and networks clash; the literature and professional sensibilities of the disciplines are a key site of struggle.

Topics:

What sociological facts are useful to understand the movement and success of particular academic literatures or ideas?
Which cross-disciplinary discussions have not succeeded (and why), and where would productive cross-disciplinary work take place now (and what does that look like)?
How do fields such as economics, law and political economy shut down (or encourage) cross-disciplinary ideas or new ideas in the discipline?
Is governance more helpful to think about in vertical or horizontal terms, and how do these spatial framings matter?
What space-time maps may be useful for better understanding our worlds of struggle among experts in economics, law and political economy?

Participation

This summer school is open to PhD students and early career researchers working across fields such as economics, law and political economy. Academics will collaborate with participants in master class sessions, writing workshops and roundtables. The discussion will use the lens of geographic concepts loosely as a prompt to explore conversations to map the methodologies and theories involved in global law and political economy literatures.

There are no fees for participation. Daily catering will be provided, along with one social dinner. Accommodation will be covered for approximately 10 participants. Scholars from Africa, South America and Asia are especially encouraged to apply, in the spirit of new voices and new perspectives.

To apply for the summer school and funding, we ask you to provide a short letter of motivation for your participation in the event (max. 400 words), a CV, and an abstract of research that you would like to present (max. 500 words). Accepted participants will be expected to provide a text of up to 6000 words by mid-June for writing workshop sessions. Depending on the availability, participation as a listener only might be possible.

Organising Committee:

Paolo Lazzara (Roma Tre University)
Franziska Klein (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands)
Jakob Nitschke (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
John Haskell (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
Luigi Salvati (University of Messina, Italy)
Christina Mosalagae (Institute for New Economic Thinking – Young Scholar Initiative, United States)
Pasquale Tridico (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)