The School of Economics is hosting a workshop, sponsored by the Royal Economic Society, on Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics: Organisations, Institutions and the Mind.
The workshop will take place on 24-25 June 2019 at the University of Kent, and will bring together internationally leading and junior academics from the fields of Political Economy, Organisational Economics and Development Economics working on questions relating to identity, norms, motivation, belief formation and their effect on the functioning of institutions and organisations.
Confirmed speakers include Professors Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex), Maitreesh Ghatak (LSE), Lakshmi Iyer (University of Notre Dame), Gilat Levy (LSE), and Dilip Mookherjee (Boston University).
Research presented at the workshop will include work that touches upon issues of direct policy relevance today, such as the effective functioning of political institutions in developed and developing countries, motivating workers in the public sector, changing cultural practices that entrench social inequality or economic inefficiency.
A call for papers for the workshop is now open. Submissions from early career researchers are especially welcome. Funding for accommodation (up to two nights) and travel (from within Europe) will be provided for one participant per accepted paper. The closing date for submissions is March 15, 2019. Papers should be sent to Amrit Amirapu at A.Amirapu@kent.ac.uk.
For further information, see https://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/research/micro-group/events/workshop-24-25-jun-19.html
