• Young Scholars Workshop on Cooperatives and The Digital Economy

    Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort and Spa Off Malindi Road, Mombasa, Kenya

    Introduction On the occasion of the Digital Africa Rising Conference, we propose to hold a 6-hour workshop for young scholars to share their varied experience on the theme “Leveraging Digital Technologies for Transformative Change in Collectives: Exploring Platform Cooperativism in Africa”. The workshop will be in-person and mainly focused on career development paths for scholars […]

  • International Seminar on Economic Theory and Policy 2024 Inflation and the exchange rate in Emerging Economies.

    Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas - UNAM Circuito Mario de la Cueva, Ciudad de la Investigación en Humanidades, C.U., Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

    Basis Participation is open to academics and students specializing in the field on topics related to the Theory of Inflation: - Causes of inflationary imbalances - Measures to contain and reduce inflationary processes - Consequences of inflationary processes on economic development - The impacto f the exchange rate on international rate - The relationship between […]

  • Early Career Researchers Series

    Early Career Researchers Series
    Virtual Project

    Early Career Researchers Series, building on the success and intellectual foundation of our previous project, "Expanding the Frontier of Economics 1.0," we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new webinar series. Objective The primary objective of this webinar series is to explore and expand the boundaries of economic thought, with a particular focus […]

  • CEPR-YSI Economic History Job Market Workshop

    Department of Economics Economic History - University of Southern Denmark Campusvej, Odense, Denmark

    The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) are excited to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming Economic History Job Market Workshop, to be held on November 8-9, 2024, at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense in association with the Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG). Workshop Objective: […]

  • YSI @ UNFCCC COP29 Azerbaijan

    YSI @ COP29 Azerbaiyan
    Baku Stadium , Azerbaijan

    The purpose of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to convene Member Countries every year to determine ambition and responsibilities and identify and assess climate measures. The 21st session of the COP (COP21) led to the Paris Agreement, which mobilized global collective action to […]

  • Canceled Reading Thandika Mkandawire

    Reading Thandika Mkandawire
    Virtual Project

    Our reading group on the works of Thandika Mkandawire invites anyone interested in African development, heterodox economics, and critical perspectives on policy-making. Mkandawire, a Zimbabwean/Malawian economist and social scientist, is renowned for his critique of mainstream development policies and for advancing alternative approaches that consider the unique socio-political landscapes of African countries. His work addresses […]

  • 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-Desajuste Workshop @ the G20 Social

    G20 Social Venue Downtown Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    The YSI workshop at the G20 Social will delve into the intersection of justice and sustainability within the context of Brazil’s G20 Presidency. Exploring Brazil’s role on the global stage, the event will examine the challenges for fostering sustainable development. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, participants will analyse current initiatives and propose strategies to advance justice and […]

  • YSI Workshop on Smart Specialization for Sustainability @ NARSC 2024

    New Orleans Marriott Canal Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, United States

    The Young Scholar Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI/INET) Urban and Regional Economics Working Group (URE-WG) welcomes submissions to the ‘YSI Workshop on Smart Specialization for Sustainability’, as part of the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Annual International Conference 2024, in New Orleans - Louisiana. Recent years have emphasized the need […]

  • Postponed Zimbabwe’s Reconfigured Political Economy: Implications in Research, Theory, and Public Policy

    Institute for Public Affairs in Zimbabwe 25 BATH STREET, HARARE, Zimbabwe

      Description Since about 2000, especially with the Fast-Track Land Reform Program (FTLRP), then a few years later ‘indigenization policy’ Zimbabwe's political economy has undergone a very complex and multifaceted transformation. This complex transformation was characterized by Professor Raftopoulos as the ‘re-configured political economy’ and the political economy that has unraveled since then is dominated […]

  • Imaginación política desde los territorios frente a la crisis multidimensional

    Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences Ensenada, Ensenada, Argentina

    *** SPANISH *** En esta confluencia de crisis sociales y ecológicas, ya no podemos permitirnos ser poco imaginativos;  ya no podemos permitirnos prescindir del pensamiento utópico. Estas crisis son demasiado serias y las posibilidades demasiado amplias  para ser resueltas por los modos habituales de pensamiento, las mismas sensibilidades que produjeron estas crisis en primer lugar.(Murray Bookchin, 1982) En la […]