2012 Charles Street Symposium: Call for Papers

Global forum for young economists will explore the topic of risk and uncertainty in economic theory and the real world

The Legatum Institute is pleased to announce the first Charles Street Symposium, an annual global forum for leading young economists. The Charles Street Symposium will host some of the most accomplished early to mid-career economic scholars from around the world to address current economic policy challenges.

The inaugural Symposium will be held 10-12 June, 2012 at the Legatum Institute in London. Scholars under 40 years of age are invited to submit papers and to apply to participate. This year's symposium will include presentations by Tyler Cowen (George Mason University) and Randall S. Kroszner (University of Chicago).

Theme

Each Charles Street Symposium will be organised around a core theme, focusing on areas of great relevance to public policy that are often inadequately addressed with conventional economic modelling.

This year’s theme is “Uncertainty and Risk in Economic Life.”

Criteria for Applicants

Scholars under 40 years of age are invited to submit abstracts of no more than 500 words proposing to address the issue above. Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to dalibor.rohac@li.com. All submissions should be received no later than 17 February, 2012.

Submissions must include:      

• Author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone number and e-mail address
• Title of paper
• Abstract of no more than 500 words, outlining the main arguments that will be made in the paper and a brief exposition of the methods that the author intends to use

By 24 February, authors of the most promising submissions will be invited to prepare a scholarly paper on the topic outlined in their abstract and present it at the Symposium. The deadline for the receipt of the full papers is 30 April, 2012.

The abstracts of the papers will be made available online at www.li.com. The authors will retain the right to publish, post on servers, redistribute to lists and use any component of their papers in other works, at no fee.

About the Legatum Institute

Based in London, the Legatum Institute (LI) is an independent non-partisan public policy organisation whose research, publications, and programmes advance ideas and policies in support of free and prosperous societies around the world. LI’s signature annual publication is the Legatum Prosperity Index, the world’s only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and subjective wellbeing.

For further information please contact Chloe Sanham at the Legatum Institute.