The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution

The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution: Bridging Interdisciplinary Perspectives – Call for Papers

The Keynesian Working Group is happy to announce a call for papers for the YSI Workshop on The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution: Bridging Interdisciplinary Perspectives. We invite you to submit your abstract and, later, an article or a draft presenting the current state of the research for the Workshop hosted by the University of Siena, Italy, on December 14-15th.

The YSI Workshop will pitch into a burgeoning area of research that encompasses economists, political economists, and other social scientists. This interdisciplinary field delves into the complexities of contemporary economic challenges faced by advanced and developing economies. The Workshop will bring together young scholars researching matters related to the political economy of growth and distribution models and demand regimes to explore the political and economic relations underlying macroeconomic policy and patterns of growth and stagnation in contemporary capitalism. The event will be held at the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

The Workshop, “The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution: Bridging Interdisciplinary Perspectives”, will be an excellent occasion for graduate students and young researchers to present their work and receive feedback from colleagues. This opportunity will allow young scholars to exchange ideas and discuss their research and potential collaborations.

Topics
We encourage proposals for theoretical and empirical papers on multidisciplinary themes related (but not limited) to the growth and distribution models, demand regimes, growth drivers, political economy of the green transition, political economy of gender, comparative capitalism, financialization, stagnation and financial instability, currency hierarchy, power and growth coalitions, social blocs and class conflict, and further contributions at the intersection of post-Keynesian economics, comparative political economy, and international political economy.

Confirmed keynote speakers are:
Lucio Baccaro. Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and an Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva. Previously, he held teaching positions at Case Western Reserve University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Geneva and was a senior research officer at the International Institute for Labour Studies of the International Labour Organization (ILO). His research interests are comparative political economy, industrial relations, and growth models.
Engelbert Stockhammer. Professor of International Political Economy at King’s College London. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has previously held positions at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Kingston University London as well as visiting positions in Germany, France and Turkey. His research interests include macroeconomics, growth regimes, financialisation and financial instability. He has published more than 80 articles in peer-refereed academic journals (link), co-edited several books, including Wage-Led Growth. An Equitable Strategy for Economic Recovery (Palgrave 2013) and is currently leading a project on The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation.
Fabio Petri. Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy. He has published works on capital theory, Sraffian economics, and Marxian economics, topics on which he is a recognized specialist and on which he has been called to contribute in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, the Elgar Companion to Classical Economics, the Handbook of the History of Economic Analysis. Recently retired, he continues to teach advanced theory of value and distribution in the PhD program at the University of Siena. His main research interests include The theory of value, capital and distribution, the theory of aggregate investment, Sraffian and Marxian economics, and comparative economic systems.
Riccardo Pariboni. Associate Professor at the University of Siena, Italy. After three years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics of Roma Tre University, he was appointed Visiting Professor at the Freie Universität in Berlin and then joined the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne) as a Postdoctoral Fellow. His research interests are growth theory, income distribution and Post-Keynesian Economics, but he has also worked on environmental issues and labour market dynamics.

Important dates
Abstract submission by October 14.
Acceptance notification by October 21.
YSI Workshop The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution: Bridging Interdisciplinary Perspectives December 14-15, 2023.

How to Apply
Young scholars can apply to the call for abstracts here. If selected, you will be invited to present your work. Selections will be made based on merit. Selected students can expect to receive accommodation, participation in the social dinner, and a partial travel stipend.

Contact us for any further queries:

Vinícius Centeno – v.centeno@student.unisi.it
Guilherme Morlin – guilherme.morlin@ec.unipi.it