The annual conference brings together international scholars and researchers of development economics and neighboring fields. Plenary sessions with keynote speakers, parallel sessions with contributed papers, and poster sessions will reflect the current state of research in development economics...

The yearly conference serves as a meeting point for development economists active in the Nordic countries, but is also targeted more generally to academic researchers in Europe and beyond, with a special aim to provide an arena for junior scholars to present their work.

We welcome submissions from junior scholars (Ph.D. students and Postdocs) in economics, economic history, sociology, and political economy. We will be especially interested in contributions that demonstrate how history impacts economies’ resilience against shocks and in papers carrying a...