Dear all,
Please find below the call for papers for 2 panels that YSI will be organsing at the AHE conference.
Panel 1 (in-person at SOAS / hybrid): Re-framing economic crises: Towards a more radical approach"
The YSI Economic Development Working Group (EDWG) and the Gender and Economics Working Group (G&E) invite young scholars to submit papers for presentation at the YSI panel on "Re-framing economic crises: Towards a more radical approach" at the 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE).
Conference theme: Crises in capitalism or crises of capitalism – Current issues and transformative solutions
Panel topic: Re-framing economic crises – Towards a more radical approach
In line with the main theme of the conference, this session aims at opening up the discussion about how to overcome the crises from different perspectives and schools of thought. To engage with these issues, we invited submission from the young scholars focusing on, albeit not limited to, the following topics:
Economic analyses of the care/reproduction crisis
Theoretical and empirical analysis of the consequences of the crises (Marxist, Post-Keynesian, Structuralist, Feminist, etc.)
How public policies differ in the Global South
The consequences of the crises to the informal labour market
The role of household and firms’ indebtedness
Submissions: For consideration, please submit papers / work in progress around 5000-12,000 words-long, with an abstract of 300 words by 15th April 2022. Selected paper presenters will be notified by 20th April 2022.
Project details:
https://ysi.wisdmlabs.net/project/620bdd14befac01848363500/event/620be322befac018483636de
Date and Location of the conference: 6th – 8th of July. The conference is organized in a hybrid format. The in-person venue for the 2022 conference is SOAS University of London. YSI can cover flights and accommodation for selected participants if they wish and are able to travel.
Panel 2 (online): The role of heterodox economists in achieving a People's Vaccine
We have extended the deadline for abstract submissions for the EDWG YSI session at the AHE Conference till the 3rd of April. You can find the info below:
https://ysi.wisdmlabs.net/project/6202a924befac01848339f1f/event/6217a5babefac01848398d3e
This Call for Papers invites proposals on any topic including (but not restricted to):
Vaccine inequity and structural inequalities
TRIPS and Covid-19 vaccines
Alternatives to curbing the financialization of big pharma
Knowledge commons and medical innovation
We especially encourage submissions from scholars who are underrepresented in Economics, such as women, people of colour, and people from the Global South.
Submit an abstract (no more than 300 words) by the 3rd of April 2022.
Please do apply!
Best,
Surbhi