The Chamber of Labor Vienna, the Chamber of Labor Upper Austria, the Austrian Society for Pluralist Economics and the INET Young Scholars Initiative host the Young Economists Conference on October 6^th and 7^th 2023 in Linz, Austria. We invite researchers in the early stages of their career (Master, prae- or post-doc) from all professions, especially economics, political sciences and sociology, to submit their work. We especially encourage female and LGBTIQ* contributors as well as researchers of color to present at the conference.

Keynote speeches will be held by Prof. Emma Dowling of the University’s of Vienna’s Institute of Sociology as well as the Technical University of Vienna’s Competence Center for Infrastructure Economics, Public Services and Social Provisioning and Prof. Jakob Kapeller of the University of Duisburg-Essen’s Institute for Socio-Economics.

The deadline for abstracts (max. 1 page) is July 10, 2023. The conference language is English. Participants will be notified of acceptance by August 2023, the deadline for the submission of (working) papers is September 1, 2023.

The conference is free of charge. Presenting participants will be reimbursed for train travel cost within Austria, accommodations are paid for as well. A restricted number of travel stipends for selected researchers from the Global South will be generously offered by the INET Young Scholars Initiative. An outstanding contribution will be awarded the Eduard März Prize of €1,000. Submission of abstracts and further information: yec(at)akwien.at

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