YSI @ IAFFE 2025 Pre-Conference

Poster Session “Social Justice through Solidarity: Cultivating solidarity within feminist economics”

The 2025 IAFFE Pre-Conference will take place on July-2 before the Conference (from July-3 to July-5) at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, United States. The theme of the 2025 IAFFE Annual Conference “Social Justice through Solidarity: Cultivating solidarity within feminist economics” encourages us to build on the possibilities implied by thinking about solidarity: 

• Why is solidarity important in the work of feminist economists? 
• What’s the relationship between solidarity and concepts like intersectionality or coalition-building? 
• How can we contribute to redressing historical injustices (e.g. slavery, genocides, or colonialism)?  
• What are the dynamics that get in the way of solidarity, and how can feminist economists help overcome those barriers? 
• What would a feminist economics lens add to the analysis of the solidarity economy? 
• How can feminist economists incorporate insights from the work on the commons, cooperatives, social profitability, or mutual aid, for instance, especially drawing on the work of women of color, Indigenous women, and women from the Global South? 
• How does solidarity scale at the macroeconomic level? How does taking solidarity into account change the way we think about microeconomic interactions?

This YSI Gender and Economics Working Group Poster Session is designed to provide an opportunity for young scholars to present their work (in diverse formats and states: papers, drafts and  work in progress document;  videos, podcast, etc) and discuss it among peers in a forum which brings together young and senior feminist scholars from around the world. 

We invite all young researchers who might be interested in presenting a contribution to apply by submitting an abstract (300 words max), describe how it relates to the conference theme and share your motivation for participating. 

We seek to generate intergenerational, interdisciplinary and interregional networks to share lessons learned about how we might use solidarity to advance social justice through feminist economics. With that in mind we welcome contributions from scholars of different disciplines and young economists with diverse career paths in advocacy and policy making dealing with the above questions in their academic development. 

Participants will have the chance to present their work in a poster during the pre-conference. 

As this is an in-person only event and, to encourage young scholars and early careers participation, some selected participants, prioritizing those based in the region, could be eligible for financial support for travel and accommodation during the conference. Please indicate the need for funding in the application. Note that acceptance of a proposal does not imply a funding commitment and that the stipends could only be used for travel expenses but do not cover the registration fees that each participant should afford on their own.