YSI 2017 regional convenings and results of CRC Election

Election Results

We are happy to inform you about the outcomes of the YSI Community Report Committee elections. The elections were competitive with a number of candidates within a few votes from each other. 158 members voted. Congratulations to Melissa Vergara Fernandez (49 votes) and Danilo Spinola (47 votes). They will join Asgeir Torfason, Maria Schweinberger and Marcos Reis to form the committee. We are grateful to all candidates for running in this election.

The committee will start its work immediately and present its report at the next YSI plenary in 2018.

YSI Regional Convenings 2017

This year, YSI will host regional convenings across three continents to bring together our working groups.

EUROPE
YSI @ Trento Festival of Economics
Trento, Italy, 1-4 June

AFRICA
Decolonizing Africa? The Economic History of Development
Bloemfontein, South Africa, 8-9 June

LATIN AMERICA
Globalization and the Developing World @ IEA World Congress
Mexico City, Mexico, 17-21 June

DOWN UNDER
YSI Summer Pool! @ Big Splash Economics starring Steve Keen