The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) Africa Working Group (AWG) in partnership with the African Economic History Network (AEHN) presents the 2026 pre-conference for the AEHN 19th Annual meeting. This year’s conference is hosted in collaboration with Unit of Economic History at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Participants accepted for the YSI pre-conference will therefore, […]
This three-day professional gathering will bring together municipal and regional representatives, institutional actors, digital infrastructure providers, researchers and monetary innovators from across Europe to explore one central question: How can new monetary infrastructures strengthen territorial resilience and public innovation? Thousands of complementary currency projects are active worldwide today. Yet most policymakers have never heard of […]
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 Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
Conflict has been central in the long and chequered history of state-making in Africa. The creation of artificial borders, new monetary regimes and trade patterns from the 1500s occurred not without conflict and resistance amongst and between various population groups. The colonial plunder of African resources and relegation of Africans to the margins of the […]
Political Economy of Development Reading Group Are you working on questions of development through a Political Economy lens? Or simply interested in how power, institutions, and political forces shape economic development? This monthly virtual reading group (every first Monday of the month) brings together young scholars working on Political Economy and development from across institutions […]
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 Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
Motivation The Latin American Real Estate Society (LARES) is an academic organization extended to the market, aimed at encouraging the development of diverse studies within the field of Real Estate, including urban and regional studies, cities, urbanization, and major trends and disruptions that reshape human space. In 2026, the 25th International LARES Conference will take […]
Overview The 16th Conference on Social Studies of the Economy (XVI Jornadas de Estudios Sociales de la EconomÃa, JESE 2026) will take place from November 9 to 12, 2026, at the Interdisciplinary School of Higher Social Studies (EIDAES) of Universidad Nacional de San MartÃn (UNSAM), in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference is organized by the […]
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 Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
About the Project The YSI East Asia Working Group invites graduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and early-career researchers to apply for our Pre-Conference Workshop in Manila. The pre-conference creates an interdisciplinary, peer-to-peer environment to investigate the economic challenges and growth trajectories of the East and Southeast Asian region. In line with YSI's goals, we are creating […]
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 Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
Project Description: First AMHE Summer School This project is the inaugural edition of the First Summer School of the Mexican Association of Economic History (AMHE), organized by the AMHE, the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), and the Young Scholar Initiative (YSI). Theme and Scope The main theme for this first edition will be "ECONOMIC […]
