7th Workshop of the Political Economy Working Group — Call for Papers
The Political Economy Working Group is pleased to invite you to a workshop on Wednesday, 22 January 2027, at UCLouvain-Saint-Louis Brussels. Founded during the ABSP Congress in February 2024, this group aims to contribute to the advancement and growth of the field of political economy in Belgium.
We are delighted to welcome Pr. Sean McDaniel as the keynote speaker for this workshop!
The workshop will be divided into two parts:
- Morning session: open to all PhD students wishing to present the progress of their research, whether in the form of a thesis project, an article, or a chapter.
- Afternoon session: open to all researchers interested in presenting a publication or work-in-progress related to the various key themes driving our Political Economy Working Group, including European economic and budgetary governance, fiscal, monetary and financial integration and regulation, the political economy of the green and just transitions, transformations of the state and state–market relations, financialisation and neoliberalism, investment policies and planning, industrial relations and welfare states, austerity and the politics of economic adjustment, and the evolution of applied economics within states and international organisations.
Contributions are welcome in either French or English. Presentations should generally be delivered in English.
Organizers: Ariane Gemander (ULB), Norman Vander Putten (UCLouvain-Saint-Louis Bruxelles), Zoé Evrard (UCLouvain), and Zeineb Mezghani (UCLouvain-Saint-Louis Bruxelles)
Next steps
To propose a presentation for the morning or afternoon sessions, submit a title and abstract of no more than 400 words via this form by 15 November 2026. If you wish to present in the PhD morning session, please indicate this clearly in your submission.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 December 2026.
Manuscripts (working papers, chapters, or drafts) will be requested by 11 January 2027, in order to give discussants and other participants sufficient time to prepare. We recommend manuscripts of between 5,000 and 10,000 words.
