By Jens Prüfer
Spring is in the air, and calls for papers are being spread.
1. IOEA (Institutional and Organizational Economics Academy) in Cargèse (Corsica - France), May 12-16, 2025.
- Background: the oldest summer school in institutional and organizational economics (22nd edition!)
- Target group: Ph.D. students, Post-doctoral fellows and researchers in Economics, Management, Political Science, Sociology, Law and other social sciences.
- Lecturers: Morten Bennedsen (U. Copenhagen), Elisabeth Clemens (U. Chicago), Cary Coglianese (Penn Carey Law), Ricardo Dahis (Monash U.), Benjamin Marx (Boston U.), Simon Porcher (Paris Dauphine-PSL U.), Jens Prüfer (Tilburg U.), Jan Aart Scholte (Leiden U.), Brian Wu (U. Michigan), Giorgio Zanarone (U. Lausanne)
- Workshop organizers: Alan Benson (U. Minnesota), Joseph Emmens (Barcelona School of Economics), Álvaro La Parra-Pérez (Weber State U.), François Libois (Paris School of Economics), Lizhi Liu (Georgetown U.), Catherine Magelssen (London Business School), Daniela Scur (Cornell U.), Arthur Silve (Laval U.), Timothy Yeung (CEPS), Guanchi Zhang (Vermont Law and Graduate School)
- Director: Eric Brousseau: (University Paris-Dauphine - PSL)
- Deadlines: There are 3 deadline, but better apply early: March 17, March 31, April 14
- Details: https://www.ioea.eu/ioea2025
2. 11th Workshop on Relational Contracts at BFI at the University of Chicago, September 19-20, 2025.
- Background: This workshop provides a forum for researchers to meet, present papers, and discuss recent developments in relational governance, informal relationships, and dynamic contracts, which are key to design and manage organizations.
- Target group: economists and lawyers working on on relational contracts and contract governance as well as work from those writing in the area of contracts and social networks.
- Organizers: Lisa Bernstein (University of Chicago), Daniel Barron (Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management), Matthias Fahn (University of Hong Kong), Marta Troya Martinez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and New Economic School), Giorgio Zanarone (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne).
- Deadline: mail a draft or an extended abstract to this email address (relationalcontracts@gmail.com) by April 30th.
- Details (on previous events): https://relationalcontracts.net/
3. Conference on Narratives and Culture in Historical Perspective at London School of Economics and Political Science, 20-21 June, 2025
- Background: This conference organised by LSE's Hayek Programme and the University of Bologna explores the intersection of political economy, culture, and narratives from a historical perspective. The organizers invite submissions which bridge these themes, employing theoretical and empirical approaches grounded in political economy and economic history. Submissions that apply innovative methods using text analysis tools are particularly encouraged. Both full papers and extended abstracts are welcome. The conference will also include a session for PhD students to present their work.
- Keynote Speakers: Raquel Fernández and Noam Yuchtman
- Organisers: Adam Brzezinski, Carmine Guerriero, Melanie Meng Xue
- Deadline and details: The deadline for submission is 31 March 25. Decision notifications will be sent by 14 April 2025. To submit a paper, see details here.