• YSI Webinars for the UN Rio Conventions: “Why do climate negotiations fail? From different points of view”

    Virtual Project

    Since 1992, the World Community, served by the United Nations System, is fully committed to addressing three key environmental challenges: climate change, desertification, and biodiversity loss. Served by the Three Rio Conventions, as they are now known, with their respective Secretariats:   UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNCCD: United Nations Convention to […]

  • YSI @ IAFFE 2025 Pre-Conference

    University of Massachusetts Massachusetts Avenue, Amherst, Hampshire County, United States

    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 […]

  • Methodological Pluralism in Critical Finance Research (3-4 July 2025)

    Goethe University Frankfurt Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    After a decade and a half of rapid expansion under the shadow of the 2008 crisis, critical finance scholarship has developed a remarkably pluralist research agenda. Topics range from financial hegemony to subordination, from sustainable to digital finance, from asset managers to hedge funds, from central to shadow banking, and more. Scholars have studied the […]

  • Decolonizing our Imaginaries: Critical Approaches to Cooperative Studies

    HEC University of Montreal, Hélène Desmarais Building Rue De la Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    Introduction In 2025, the international cooperative community will celebrate a special milestone as it designates the second International Year of Cooperatives in less than 20 years. This unique designation highlights cooperatives' pivotal role in promoting socio-economic development, sustainability, and community resilience worldwide. The ICA CCR Young and Emerging Scholars (YES) Network, together with the working […]

  • Stablecoins Uncovered: Regulation, Innovation, Evidence, and the Future of Digital Money

    Virtual Project

    An exclusive interview series dedicated to exploring the dynamic world of stablecoins and their transformative impact on finance. This series delves deep into the latest policy changes, groundbreaking innovations, and evidence shaping the future of digital money. Discussions center on stablecoins—what they are, how they work, and why they matter for the evolving financial landscape. […]

  • YSI Day @ EPOG 2025

    Isola di San Sèrvolo Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

    EPOG (Economic POlicies for the Global transition) is a master’s programme created in 2012 with the support of the European Commission under the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Course label. Over the past decade, it has trained more than 300 outstanding students in political economy, emphasizing critical and institutionalist approaches. Following the success of the YSI-day at […]

  • Money as if Finance Mattered 2

    University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

    Approaches to money and finance in economics typically discount core dynamics: monetary models often abstract from finance (e.g., monetarist or new Keynesian), while financial models tend to ignore the temporal and structural role of money (e.g., Wicksellian traditions). When money is addressed, it is frequently framed in narrowly domestic terms that privilege fiat authority while […]

  • 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 […]

  • Transformative Cooperative Law Research: Early Career Researchers Agenda and Priorities for and Post 2025

    HEC University of Montreal Rue De la Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    The problems of restrictive, non-conducive and fragmented cooperative policies and legal frameworks have, for a long time, been reported in most developing countries. These have, in one way or the other, affected cooperative enterprises operations and ultimately sustainability. Laws, in some countries, have existed for a long time without any substantive changes. Besides, the role […]

  • Global Law and Political Economy Summer Academy

    Roccella Ionica Roccella, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    The Summer School offers an interactive, non-hierarchical, and focused mentorship and skill-building experience for students and faculty. It engages critically with the diverse considerations of political-economy-law while fostering democratic dialogue with local cultures. The program spans three days: Day 1: Roundtable and writing workshop sessions (workshops modelled on IGLP format); Day 2: Case study focused […]

  • 2nd Edition of The Political Economy of Ecological Change and Economic Security in the Global South

    Centre of South Asian Studies Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    2nd Edition of The Political Economy of Ecological Change and Economic Security in the Global South The urgency of the climate crisis cannot be overstated, particularly given its disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities in the Global South. As climate change accelerates, these communities face extraordinary challenges threatening their ecological stability, economic security, and fundamental human […]