Workshop in Economics of INnovation, Geography and Science (WINGS#1)

The Workshop in Economics of INnovation, Geography and Science (WINGS#1), building on the legacy of the Workshop in Economics of INnovation, Complexity and Knowledge (WICK), is a workshop for doctoral students and early carrer (young) researchers, jointly organized by the PhD in Innovation for the Circular Econmy (University of Turin) and the YSI. The previous editions attracted about 20 young researchers in Economics and Social Sciences from all over the world. The renowned format and edition will take place on December 11–12, 2025, at the Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis”,  University of Turin, in Turin (Italy).

The aim of the workshop is to bring together young researchers from different disciplines and provide them with an opportunity for discussion of both full and early works. Participants will also have the opportunity to receive helpful feedback from distinguished faculty members and external scholars.

The main topics of the Workshop are Economics of Innovation, Geography, Science and Complexity.  The focus of the event is on Economics of Science, Innovation and Technology, Evolutionary Economics, Economic Geography,  and their policy implications.

The workshop will bring together methodologically heterogeneous works from Econometric contributions to Complex Network Analysis and computational methods. The plurality of the approaches and the broad pool of knowledge covered in WINGS#1 is embodied by the members of our Scientific Committee who are active participants of the event, together with senior scholars, who regularly come as discussants during the sessions of the workshop.

Participants may apply for a presentation session. The participants will have 30 minutes to present their work. A senior researcher is going to lead a 10-minutes discussion of the paper/research projects after the presentation. To apply for the workshop, the submission of an extended abstract of the paper/research proposal is required (maximum 1000 words), and  full paper or an advanced  resentation will be required before the Workshop, to allow the senior researcher prepare the discussion.

As usual, the young researchers will also have the opportunity to attend lessons from renowned scholars in the field. This year, we are glad to host as keynote speakers Prof. Francesco Rentocchini (University of Milan and EC JRC), Prof. Elvira Uyarra (University of Manchester) and Prof. Valeria Costantini (University of Roma Tre).