Upcoming Workshops

News and Announcements

Summer Hours

The Department of Economics will be on summer hours as of Monday, May 2, 2011. Office hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Fourth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) - Call for Papers

The Fourth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) will be held at the University of Catalina, Italy, July 28-20, 2011. The ECINEQ conference will provide a forum for analysis of inequality, welfare and redistribution issues, at both the theoretical and the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in this field. The deadline for submission of papers is April 30, 2011.

Global Studies Conference - Call for Papers

The purpose of the Global Studies Conference is to serve as an open forum for exploring globalization from many perspectives in a wide variety of locations. This year's theme is Latin America and Globalization: Emerging Societies and Emancipation. The conference will be held July 18-20, 2011, at the JW Marriot, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The deadline for submission of papers is May 17, 2011.

Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability - Call for Papers

The Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will be held January 10-12, 2012 at Robson Square, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. This aim of this multidisciplinary conference is to develop a holistic view of sustainability in which environmental, cultural and economic issues are inseparably interlinked. The deadline for submission of papers is May 19, 2011.

45th Annual Conference of the CEA - Preliminary Conference Program

A preliminary program for the 45th Annual Conference of the CEA to be held at the University of Ottawa June 3-5, 2011 is now available. For those that have not submitted a paper, but would like to attend, registration at reduced rates is available until May 20, 2011.

RCEA Workshops in Canada - Call for Papers

Papers are invited for the following two workshops, sponsored by Wilfrid Laurier University, The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis in Canada (RCEA-Canada) and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Italy, to be held in the Department of Economics, Ryerson University, Toronto.

Labour Markets and the Macroeconomy will be held October 14-15, 2011. The one-page abstract submission deadline is May 31, 2011.

Developments in International Monetary and Financial Economics will be held October 20-21, 2011. The one-page abstract submission deadline is July 10, 2011.

Conference on Health, Aging, and Human Capital - Call for Papers

The RAND Bing Center for Health Economics, RAND’s Labor and Population Unit, and the Journal of Human Capital will host a two-day conference on Health, Aging, and Human Capital at the RAND Headquarters in Santa Monica, CA, December 2-3, 2011. Theoretical and applied papers addressing the topic of health and aging and/or the relation between health and productivity over the life course and across generations are invited. Participants are also invited to submit their papers for possible publication in the Journal of Human Capital. The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 15, 2011.

NBER Universities' Research Conference - Call for Papers

The National Bureau of Economic Research will hold a Universities' Research Conference on Insurance Markets and Catastrophe, May 11-12, 2012 in Cambridge, MA. Priority will be given to empirical research or theoretical work with empirical applications. Submissions from researchers early in their careers and from non-NBER affiliates is also encouraged. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2011.