The following sessions were submitted and accepted as such.

Updated 26 August 2025.

Business Firms at a Crossroads: Rethinking Governance, Power, and Responsibility

Convenor: Tanweer Ali (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)

Tanweer Ali (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “A Historical Perspective: The Corporate Governance Discourse and the Rise of Shareholder Value”

Blanche Segrestin (MINES ParisTech, France) “Corporate Governance Beyond Control: Insights from New Legal Corporate Forms”

Carliss N. Chatman (Southern Methodist University, United States) & Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (Hofstra University, United States) “Total Governance Through Activism”

Christina Sautter  (Southern Methodist University, United States) “Corporate Disenfranchisement”

 

Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Risk in the Global South

Convenor: Nikhilesh Sinha (Hult International Business School, United Kingdom)

Nikhilesh Sinha (Hult International Business School, United Kingdom) “Reconceptualising Entrepreneurship: Risk Burden and Micro-Entrepreneurship in the Global South”

Jonathan Greenacre (Boston University, United States) “Institutions and M-Pesa in Kenya”

 

Institutional Legacies, Land, and Labour in Socio-Economic Development

Convenors:  Lucie Mařanová (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) and Tanweer Ali (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)

Šárka Laboutková (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) & Vít Šimral (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) “Tracing Corruption: Historical Patterns and Institutional Legacies in Post-Habsburg Central Eastern Europe”

Christopher Hess (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) “Labour Markets, Bondservants, and Household Structure in the Lower Yangzi Region, 1650-1950”

Yunyufei Luo (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) “Conditional Sales in Late Imperial China: a Case Study of Yongtai County, Fujian, 1539 to 1942”

 

Institutional Strategies and Corporate Evolution

Convenors: Lucie Mařanová (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) and Tanweer Ali (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)

Lucie Mařanová (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “Cooperative Sugar and Raging Textile: Industry Strategies in 19th Century Austria-Hungary”

Václav Cejthamr (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “Behind the Showroom: Conflicts, Challenges, and Growth in Laurin & Klement’s Early Dealerships”

 

Institutions and Culture I

Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)

Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus University and IFN, Denmark) and Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business and IFN, Sweden), “Human Freedom and Congruent Values”

Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg, Germany), Mahdi Khesali (University of Hamburg, Germany), & Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy), “Explaining the Change of Fundamental Values and Norms”

Katarzyna Metelska Szaniawska (University of Warsaw, Poland), Anna Lewczuk (University of Warsaw, Poland) & Tymoteusz Metrak (University of Warsaw, Poland) “Economic Consequences of Respecting and Violating Constitutions Revisited Using a New Set of Indicators”

Annemiek Schilpzand (University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands) & Johan Graafland (University of Tilburg, Netherlands) “How Income and National Culture Moderate the Relationship between Happiness and Income Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis”

 

Institutions and Culture II

Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic).

Luděk Kouba (Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic) and Michal Mádr (Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic) “What is the Future of the European Welfare State? Cultural Determinants of the Demand for Income Redistribution”

Inês Gregório (Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal) and André Azevedo Alves (Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal) “EU Funds and Rent-Seeking in Peripheral Contexts: The Case of Portugal”

John Meadowcroft (King’s College London, United Kingdom) “The Emergent Order of British Slavery “

 

Institutions and Populism

Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)

Robbert Maseland (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands) “Revolution of the Meritless? The Rise of Populism and the Institution of Meritocracy”

Jacek Lewkowicz (University of Warsaw, Poland), Jan Fałkowski (University of Warsaw, Poland) & Zofia Miarczyńska (University of Warsaw, Poland) “Understanding Populism: Public Perception of Political Claims”

Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) & Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus University and IFN, Denmark) “Populism, Ideology, and Human Freedom”

Ekkehard Köhler (University of Siegen, Germany) & Marius May (University of Siegen, Germany) “What Happens If You Ask Your Legislator about Police Violence? Experimental Evidence on Political Elites’ Responsiveness Before the US 2020 Elections”

 

Institutions of Governance

Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)

Jerg Gutmann (University of Hamburg, Germany), Tolga Er (University of Hamburg, Germany) & Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg, Germany) “Is Judicial Independence Good for Business?”

Andrew Young (Texas Tech University, United States) “A Transaction Cost Theory of Constitutional Change”

Johan Graafland (Tilburg University, Netherlands) & Esther van Vliet (Tilburg University, Netherlands) “The Impact of Monarchy on Happiness: The Moderating Role of Democracy”

Nabamita Dutta (University of Wiscononsin–La Crosse, United States), Aditya Anil (University of Wiscononsin–La Crosse, United States), Khang Duong (University of Wiscononsin–La Crosse, United States) & Adam Stivers (University of Wiscononsin–La Crosse, United States) “Breaking Barriers: Gender Law and Female Entrepreneurship”

 

Networks and the Rule of Law

Convenor: Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)

Marco Faillo (University of Trento, Italy), Elisa Flori (University of Trento, Italy), Sara Lorenzini (University of Trento, Italy), Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy) & Massimiliano Vatiero (Universita di Trento, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Italy) “Networks and the Rule of Law: A Conceptual System”

Aylin Aydin-Cakir (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), Amanda Driscoll (Florida State University, United States) & Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) “How does Court-Curbing affect Public Trust in the Judiciary?”

Fabio Padovano (Université de Rennes 1 & University of Roma Tre, France) & Ilaria Petrarca (Bank of Italy, Italy) “A Theory of the Cyclical Production of Laws and Decrees”

 

Margins Under Pressure: Institutional Change, Social Inclusion and Societal Well-Being in Sicily Across Time

Convenor: Maria Olivella Rizza (University of Catania, Italy)

Christian Marino (University of Catania, Italy) “Resilience Without Reform: Charitable Institutions, Political Power, and Social Well-Being in The Case ofthe 1693 Val di Noto Earthquake”

Lorenzo Coccoli (University of Catania, Italy) “Reconfiguring Welfare Through Conflict: Institutional Transformations and Social Well-Being in the Case of the Reclusorio della Purità of Catania (18th–19th Century)”

Maria Olivella Rizza (University of Catania, Italy) “Center and Periphery of Slow-Moving Institutions: the Casa don Puglisi as an Institutional Laboratory”