• Postponed States and Markets reading group

    States and Markets reading group
    Virtual Project

    This reading group will begin with Giovanni Arrighi's "The Long Twentieth Century" and meet every other Wednesday. Through Arrighi's analysis of how state power and capital accumulation have intertwined across historical cycles, we can better understand the ongoing transformations in global political-economic relations. After completing Arrighi's work (approximately 6 encounters), we'll collectively decide how to […]

  • Panel Discussion on Sustainability through Innovation and Equity: A Global Dialogue on Economics and Sustainability

    University of Sussex Falmer Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

    Overview This panel discussion will bring together emerging scholars from diverse regions to explore the intersections of sustainability transitions, innovation economics, and decolonizing perspectives. It will be hosted as part of the 10th-anniversary celebration of the International NEST (Network for Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions) Conference, held at the University of Sussex, UK in […]

  • Economic History Graduate Webinar – Spring 2025

    Online

    We are launching a new YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar edition next Spring. As in previous editions, we provide a platform for young researchers to present their ongoing work and get feedback from senior scholars. The online format has made exchanges among people from different regions and research areas possible, offering early-stage researchers an important venue.  If […]

  • Money and Finance Reading Group

    Money and Finance Reading Group
    Virtual Project

    This reading group has been created to amplify and deep our knowledge on money and finance from a wide perspective that can embrace the complexity of money’s nature, thus, the complexity of the financial system and its dynamics. Moreover, as it was cleverly unveiled by Émile Zola in his book L’Argent, the first book discussed […]

  • YSI workshop @ the 59th Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association

    Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal, Montreal, Canada

    The workshop aims to bring together young scholars in North America whose work engages in critical thematic issues broadly relating to economic development and heterodox economics. The workshop consists of one panel under the following theme: Contemporary issues in Heterodox and Development Economics. Key areas of focus include structural inequalities, such as those related to income, gender, […]

  • YSI @ Turin Festival of Economics

    Turin Turin, Italy

    YSI will be attending the fourth Turin International Festival of Economics from 30 May - 1 June 2025. We will dedicate the mornings to a variety of young scholar sessions and have ample time to enjoy the Festival. The festival sessions will take place all over the centre of Turin. The Festival program will be available […]

  • YSI: Financial and Economic Networks @NetSci

    Congress center (MECC) Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands

    Overview: The Session on Financial and Economic Networks is a focus session of the International School and Conference on Network Science (NetSci 2025), taking place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from June 2nd to 6th, 2025. This session, scheduled as part of the conference program, provides a unique platform for researchers and scholars interested in financial […]

  • 16th PKES PhD Student Conference (supported by YSI)

    University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland Campus Mosquito Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    The PKES PhD Student Conference, co-organised by the Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES), the Young Scholar’s Initiative and the University of Hertfordshire, invites advanced PhD students working in pluralist economic traditions - such as post-Keynesian, Marxist, structuralist, institutionalist, feminist, and others - to present their ongoing research. Participating students will submit a draft chapter of […]

  • Money View Reading Group

    Money View Reading Group
    Virtual Project

    The Money View Reading Group reads and discusses writings on money, banking, and finance. We are a self-directed group. Anyone interested in money and banking can read the readings, join us for discussions, or suggest future readings. We meet for 90 minutes via Zoom on Tuesdays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]

  • YSI Local Hub Netherlands

    Huszár Hooikade, Delft, Delft, Netherlands

    Come join the third social gathering of the YSI Local Hub Netherlands at Huszár in Delft, roughly a 5 minute walk from Delft Central Station. We’ll have some drinks and food for participants. This is a friendly, open space to meet like-minded people, exchange ideas, and spark collaborations that could shape the future of economic […]

  • Satellite Events @ Fifth Young Scholars Conference On Structural Change And Industrial Policy In Africa

    University of Johannesburg , South Africa

    Meet up locally to dial into the virtual conference with your peers follow the conference live discuss your thoughts with peers bring questions/comments to the panels via zoom lunch will be catered!   Satellites: University of Johannesburg (South Africa) 4-5 June, from 10:00-16:00 SAST Organized by Phumzile Ncube of the University of Johannesburg Location: Auckland Park […]

  • Deconstruction of Economy, Economics and Deconstruction II (seminar)

    Librairie Utopia Rue Frédéric Sauton, Paris, Île-de-France, France

    This seminar seeks to bring the philosophical perspective of deconstruction – beginning with Jacques Derrida – into dialogue with the field of economics, aiming to foster a reciprocal questioning. The use of economic terminology is a programmatic feature of deconstructive thought. Its very hallmark, “différance,” is defined as an “economic notion.” If deconstruction seeks to […]