Call for papers: International Political Economy in a world on fire
Events this year are forcing us to reexamine some of our foundational understandings of international political economy. How do markets constrain and influence political leaders who don’t play by conventional rules? In a ‘postneoliberal’ era, can the institutions that have governed the global economy for decades survive, let alone rise to new challenges? How are global economic relations being recast by climate change, technological disruption and the new protectionism? Closer to home, what future for IPE scholarship in a higher education sector under unprecedented strain? How can we meet demands for decolonisation, equality, and justice against a backdrop of financial turmoil, threats to freedom of speech, and constraints on free movement?
IPEG’s 2025 workshop will be a moment to regroup and take inspiration from each other, in furtherance of our collective project to study the exercise of power and resistance in global economic relations.
We invite researchers, practitioners, and activists to contribute with their research and insights. IPEG welcomes work in progress presentations as well as fully formed papers.
Please submit your abstracts of no more than 200 words through our online form. The deadline for submissions is 16 June 2025. You are also welcome to submit panel proposals of 4 to 5 presenters. Please include the panel title, theme and abstracts for each presentation. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 30 June 2025. The event will take place on the 12 September 2025 at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton.
Registration is free for BISA members, but those with conference funding will have the option to pay a voluntary contribution towards organisation costs. This will enable us to offer travel funding to supplement the expenses of early career researchers* and others whose travel funding has been withdrawn. Please indicate on the online form if you would like to be considered for this.
*Early career researchers include PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and staff on fixed-term contracts.