15th PhD Student Conference on Macroeconomics

EconomiX-CNRS and the Doctoral School EOS (Université Paris Nanterre, France) are organizing the 15th PhD Student Conference on Macroeconomics.

The conference will be held on Wednesday May 20th, 2026 in Nanterre, France, in the surrounding of Paris.

We encourage applications from all PhD students engaged in research related to Macroeconomics, including theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented work. The aim of the conference is to foster a collegial environment for the exchange of ideas and research experiences.

The program will include several sessions covering the main areas of Macroeconomics. Priority will be given to papers with original contributions and empirical applications that address a relevant economic question within the aforementioned topics. All papers will be discussed by two different discussants: one participating PhD student and one senior academic discussant from EconomiX or other universities and research institutions.

All papers must be written in English and submitted through EconomiX website.

Important dates and submission procedure:

• Submission deadline: March 25th, 2026
• Acceptance decision : April 15th, 2026
• Presenting authors registration: End of April 2026
• Conference: May 20th, 2026

Sessions and covered topics:

• Exchange rates and international monetary system;
• Monetary policy and inflation risk;
• Vulnerabilities and dependencies in supply chains, trade economics;
• Climate economics and energy transition, sustainable finance;
• Economic growth, international business cycles, inequalities;
• Financial stability, banking economics;
• Macro-based behavioral economics;
• International macroeconomics: other topics

Scientific Committee:

Inessa Benchora (University Paris-Saclay); Hamza Bennani (University of Nantes); Christophe Blot (University Paris Nanterre & OFCE); Pauline Gandré (University Paris Nanterre); Jean-Yves Gnabo (University of Namur); Antonia López-Villavicencio (University Paris Nanterre & Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona); Hugo Oriola (University Paris Nanterre); Erica Perego (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore & CEPII); Margarita Rubio (University of Nottingham).

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