In 2024 WINIR will sponsor a second international conference of the Forum for Institutional Thought on the theme of “Institutions & Survival”. This event will be held at the University of Bialystok in Bialystok, Poland, with the aim of showcasing the latest developments in institutional economics to an audience of research and teaching staff, PhD students, politicians, activists, and entrepreneurs from Poland and abroad.
Five articles have made the shortlist for the 2023 Elinor Ostrom Prize, which will be announced at the WINIR Conference on Institutional Innovation & Evolution in Catania, Italy (20-23 September 2023. The award will be announced at WINIR 2023 in Catania, Italy.
This year’s WINIR Young Scholars Pre-Conference Workshop will feature an exciting range of papers from brilliants young scholars from around the world.
The sessions accepted for WINIR 2024 — which deal with a range of topics in economic history and contemporary society, including power, religion, communities, commons, and corporations — are just one indication of a rich programme with papers spanning multiple disciplines and perspectives.
As usual, the papers accepted for WINIR 2024 cover a broad range of institutional themes and perspectives, spanning a variety of disciplines and relying on a variety of approaches and methodologies.
WINIR YOUNG SCHOLARS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON BRIDGING DIVIDES (PITTSBURGH, USA, SEPTEMBER 2024) — Institutional theory can be used as a starting point to help us look at how societies with deep cultural and political differences can coexist peacefully and thrive amidst the challenges posed by globalization and technological revolutions. It can help us scrutinise existing governance and social arrangements to manage growing disparities, exacerbated by information technology, immigration, and cultural exchanges, leading to a crisis in political and governance frameworks.
WINIR YOUNG SCHOLARS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGY & INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE (CATANIA, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 2023) — Technological development has become a driving force in shaping and transforming societies, revolutionizing their structures, processes, and governance mechanisms. The complex dynamics between technology and institutional change is today a vital area of interdisciplinary research, involving economics, geography, law, sociology, philosophy, politics, among other disciplines.
WINIR WORKSHOP ON REGULATION & THE COMMON GOOD (SHEFFIELD, UK, OCTOBER 2023) — For better or for worse, in a range of policy areas, justifications for regulation are framed in the language of market failure or its counterpart government failure. By contrast, the point of departure of much socio-legal scholarship is the recognition that societal issues cannot be reduced to this dichotomy.
Videos of the keynotes given by Virgil Storr, Deirdre McCloskey, and Richard Langlois, along with a video of the remembrance session featuring Ludwig Lachmann’s former students, were produced by the event’s generous sponsor.
Browse the full academic programme of the WINIR Conference on Polycentric Governance & the Challenges of the 21st Century. Download the conference brochure. Click links to download papers (members only).