WINIR 2026 - Sessions
The following sessions were submitted and accepted as such.
* denotes registered author
Updated 11 June 2026.
Advances in Virginia Political Economy
Convenor: Rosolino Candela* (George Mason University, USA)
Andre Quintas* (George Mason University, USA) “’Trust me, I am not like them’: Political Signaling in a Credibility Crisis”
Alain Marciano (University of Turin, Italy) & Valentina Erasmo* (University of Turin, Italy) “Property Rights Atrophy and Endogenously Unstable Liberalism: Revisiting Sen’s Paretian Liberal Paradox through Buchanan”
Cooperatives in Place and Practice: Distribution, Equity, and Sustainable Development
Convener: Francesca Gagliardi* (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Francesca Gagliardi* (University of Hertfordshire, UK) “Cooperatives as Commons Institutions for Sustainable Development”
Ermanno Tortia* (University of Trento, Italy) “External and Internal Distributive Equity in Worker Cooperatives: A Rawlsian Perspective?”
Co-production, Institutions & Governance
Convenors: Giampaolo Garzarelli* (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Silvia Lucciarini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) & Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)
Giampaolo Garzarelli* (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Lyndal Keeton* (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) & Aldo A. Sitoe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) “The Birth and Growth of a Public Service Industry”
Silvia Lucciarini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) & Andrea Bellini* (University of Milan, Italy) “When the Commons become Cultural and Creative: City Cultural Planning Through the Lens of Co-production”
Development Dilemmas: Meso-Institutions & the Conditions for Structural Change
Convenor: Nikhilesh Sinha* (Hult International Business School, UK)
Nikhilesh Sinha* (Hult International Business School, UK) “Misidentification and Misdirection: How Microfinance Misallocates Risk”
Extending Institutional Research Using the Institutional Grammar
Convenor: Saba Siddiki (Syracuse University, USA)
Carlos Alberto Prieto Valero* (European University Viadrina, Germany) & Albrecht Söllner* (European University Viadrina, Germany) “Institutional Grammar and the Analysis of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Multi-Level Approach”
Arezoo Mirzaei* (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) & Insa Theesfeld (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) “Institutional Analysis in Governance Arrangements: A Systematic Review of the Application of Institutional Grammar”
Irene Pérez Ibarra* (Universidad Zaragoza, Spain), Alicia Tenza Peral (Universidad Zaragoza, Spain), Juan Sebastian Uribe Quintero (Syracuse University, USA) & Tomas Olivier (Syracuse University, USA) “Do Institutions Speak the Same Grammar? A Cross-Language Assessment of Institutional Grammar 2.0”
Externalities & the Corporate Form
Convenors: David Gindis* (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler* (London School of Economics, UK)
Claudia Paduano* (University of Glasgow, UK) “Externalities in the Taxonomy of the Corporate Form: The Emperor’s New Clothes for Corporate Law?”
Clara De Chirico* (University of Macerata, Italy & University of Ottawa, Canada) “A Commons-Based Legal Approach to Corporate Theory”
Constantijn van Aartsen* (Maastricht University, Netherlands) “Beyond Public and Private: An Ecological Architecture for Sustainable Law and Business”
Governing Deep Differences (I)
Convenors: Paolo Silvestri* (University of Catania, Italy), Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili* (Pittsburgh University, USA) & Paul Dragos Aligica* (University of Bucharest, Romania & George Mason University, USA)
Mirela Cerkez* (University of Bucharest, Romania), Andreea Zamfira (University of Bucharest, Romania) & Fatma Ruxandra Yilmaz (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania) “Governance structures and value heterogeneity. The case of the Turkish community in Romania”
Robert Gabriel Ciobanu* (University of Bucharest, Romania) “Institutional Agreement and Political Legitimacy in Modus Vivendi Theory and Constitutional Political Economy”
Marc Goetzmann* (Université de Tours, France) & Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger (Université Catholique de Lille, France) “Polycentricity, For and Against Cities’ Autonomy”
Governing Deep Differences (II)
Convenors: Paolo Silvestri* (University of Catania, Italy), Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili* (Pittsburgh University, USA) & Paul Dragos Aligica* (University of Bucharest, Romania & George Mason University, USA)
Eduardo J. Martinez* (University of Cincinnati, USA) & Pablo Paniagua (King’s College London, UK) “Democracy’s Attention Problem: Diagnosis and Responses”
Paolo Silvestri* (University of Catania, Italy) “Percentage Tax Designation Institutions A Model for Polycentric Governance of Public Goods”
Sara Lorenzini* (University of Trento, Italy) “Green Dreams and Workforce Realities: Renegotiating Capabilities in Polycentric Governance for Deforestation-Free Products”
Institutional Evolution & Rupture: Historical Perspectives on Economic Order & Governance
Convenor: Lucie Mařanová* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia)
Václav Cejthamr* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia) “Expropriation under Institutional Rupture: Political Risk and the Case of Electrolux in Czechoslovakia (1948)”
Tanweer Ali* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia) “Corporate Purpose Revisited: A Historical Analysis of Business Roundtable Governance Statements”
Jan Greitens* (Westfälische Hochschule, Germany) “Safeguarding the Currency: Lessons from German Historical Debates for Contemporary Challenges”
Lucie Mařanová* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia) “Institutional Foundations of Industrialization: The Transformation of the Textile Sector in the Habsburg Monarchy and Austria-Hungary (1800–1914)”
Institutions, Governance & Democratic Values in Transition Economies
Convenor: Luca Andriani* (Birkbeck Business School, UK)
Luca Andriani* (Birkbeck Business School, UK) “Do Democratic Preferences Shape Tax Contributions? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union”
Elodie Douarin* (SSEES University College London, UK) & Julie Litchfield (University of Sussex, UK) “Barrier to Entry? How the Perceived Quality of the Public Debate Impacts on the Political Participation of Women in Rural Kosovo”
Gaygysyz Ashyrov* (Estonian Business School, Estonia), Niveditha Prabakaran (Estonian Business School, Estonia) & Kaire Põder (Estonian Business School, Estonia) “Merit or Connections? Democratic Attitudes and Perceived Cronyism in Central Asian Higher Education”
Interdisciplinary Insights for Corporate Governance
Convenors: David Gindis* (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler* (London School of Economics, UK)
Silvie Rohr* (University of Hamburg, Germany) “Corporate Purpose as Anticipatory Strategic Action”
Philip Gavin* (University College London, UK) “Board Fiduciary Responsibility and Political Polarisation”
Massimiliano Vatiero* (University of Milan, Italy), Magalì Fia (University of Bologna, Italy) & Lorenzo Sacconi (University of Milan, Italy) “Sen’s Capability Approach and the New Philosophical Foundation of Corporate Governance”
Nina Boeger* (City St George’s, University of London, UK) “The Independent Enterprise: Owned but in No One’s Pocket”
Methodological Innovations in Institutional Grammar: From Coding Rules to Computational Analysis
Convenor: Amineh Ghorbani* (Deft University of Technology, Netherlands)
Kaninik Baradi (Deft University of Technology, Netherlands), Clara Egger (Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands), Paola Fezzigna (Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands) & Amineh Ghorbani* (Deft University of Technology, Netherlands) “Enhancing Institutional Analysis through Automated IG 2.0 Coding”
Alicia Tenza-Peral (University of Zaragoza, Netherlands), Ismael Lare-David* (Aragon Agrifood Institute, Spain), Laura X. Estévez-Moreno (Aragon Agrifood Institute, Spain), F. Javier Lacosta-García (Aragon Agrifood Institute, Spain) & Irene Pérez-Ibarra* (Aragon Agrifood Institute, Spain) “Enhancing the structural and functional analysis of institutional arrangements through the integration of the Institutional Grammar and a rule taxonomy”
Ali E. Torkayesh (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Amineh Ghorbani* (Deft University of Technology, Netherlands) & Sandra Venghaus (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) “Sustainable Aviation Fuels in the European Union: Addressing Institutional Misalignment Across Multi-Level Governance”
Moral Systems of the Past & Their Long-Term Consequences
Convenor: Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)
Giampaolo Garzarelli* (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) & Lyndal Keeton* (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), “Replication as a Strategy: State Formation in Historical South Africa”
Mahdi Khesali* (University of Hamburg, Germany), Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg, Germany) & Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy) “Culture Matters: On the Distal Determinants of the Rule of Law”
Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy), Elisa Flori* (University of Trento, Italy), Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg, Germany) & Mahdi Khesali (University of Hamburg, Germany) “Network Formation Patterns and the Rule of Law: Moral Systems of the Past”
New Interactions between Public & Private Institutions: Tracing their Evolution, Assessing Their Social & Ecological Impacts
Convenor: Sara Lorenzini* (University of Trento, Italy)
Eleonora Gregori Ferri* (University of Milan, Italy) “From Hierarchy to Hybrid Governance: The Institutional Transformation of Urban Planning”
Philosophies of Institutions (I): 4E Economics
Convenor: Paolo Silvestri* (University of Catania, Italy)
Guido Baggio* (Roma Tre University, Italy) “Collective Agency and Interest Integration”
Shaun Gallagher* (University of Memphis, USA) “Institutional Narratives and Institutional Transformations”
Enrico Petracca* (Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Austria) “Norms are Practices: Normativity for a Post-Northian Institutional Economics”
Philosophies of Institutions (II): State, Democracy and Taxation
Convenor: Paolo Silvestri* (University of Catania, Italy)
Wojciech Engelking* (University of Warsaw, Poland), “The Place of the State among Pluralistic Institutions. Three Methodological Lenses on Public–Private Governance”
Private Money, Morality & Transactions
Convenor: Georgina M. Gomez* (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Georgina M. Gomez* (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) “Multiple Circuits in Argentina: Between State and Non-state Money”
Valentino Cattelan* (Birmingham City University, UK) “Coining the Complementary Dirham: Community Currencies, Cultural Diversity and Islamic Finance”
Luca Giachi* (CNR, Italy) “Intentional Communities and the Use of Complementary Currency. The Case of the Damanhûr Community”
Reforming Corporate Law
Convenors: David Gindis* (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler* (London School of Economics, UK)
Sarah Alkandari* (University College London, UK) “An Institutional Approach to Dual-Class Share Structures in the UK Public Market”
Ewan McGaughey* (King’s College London, UK) “Stakeholder Governance: Workers, Investors and Service-users in Public or Private enterprise”
The Formal-Informal-Rules-in-Use Continuum & Governance Effectiveness
Convenor: Irene Pérez Ibarra* (University of Zaragoza, Spain) & Ute Brady (Arizona State University, USA)
Irene Pérez Ibarra* (University of Zaragoza, Spain) & Ute Brady (Arizona State University, USA) “A Multidimensional Framework for Analyzing the Continuum between Formal, Informal, and Rules-in-Use”
Maria Mancha-Cisneros* (Michigan State University, USA) & Maria Claudia Lopez (Michigan State University, USA) “Pathways for Small-scale Fisheries as Safety nets and Aquatic Food Systems: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions”
Ismael Lare David* (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Alicia Tenza Peral (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Laura Estévez Moreno (University of Zaragoza, Spain) & Francisco Javier Lacosta (University of Zaragoza, Spain) “Patterns of Institutional Overlap Between Formal Rules and Rules-in-Use: A Case Study of Communal Pastoral Lands”
Isabel Guerrero* (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru) & Cathy Rubiños* (EM Normandie, France) “Institutional Misfits”
The Rivalrous Origins of Non-Rivalrous Governance: Beyond Markets & States
Convenor: Rosolino Candela* (George Mason University, USA)
Anja Shortland* (King’s College London, UK) “The Dark Economy of Hacking and Ransomware”
Edward Peter Stringham* (Trinity College, UK) “Digital Private Governance and the Rise of Anarcho-Capitalist Inspired Smart Contracts in Use in Crypto Markets and On Wall Street”
Marek Hudek* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia) “Exit, Voice, and the Anthropocene”
Toward an Organizational Turn in Corporate Law (I)
Convenors: David Gindis* (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler (London School of Economics, UK)
Duncan Wallace* (Monash University, Australia) “Is the Corporation Natural or Artificial?”
David Gindis* (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler* (London School of Economics, UK) “Real Entity Theory: A Modern Statement”
Andrew R. Johnston* (University of Warwick, UK) “Recognising the Enterprise in Company Law”
Laura Vialon* (City St George’s, University of London, UK) “A Deliberative Corporate Law”
Toward an Organizational Turn in Corporate Law (II)
Convenors: David Gindis* (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler* (London School of Economics, UK)
Petri Mäntysaari* (Hanken School of Economics, Finland) “The Matrix Theory of Corporate Law, a Functionalist Corporate Governance Theory, and the Agency Costs of the Firm”
Christian Witting* (National University of Singapore, Singapore) “Models of the Company: Criteria of Validity”
David Cabrelli (University of Edinburgh, UK) & Ewa Kruszewska* (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) “The Political Economy of Corporate Law”
Trade Shocks & Institutional Transformation in Italy’s International Integration
Convenor: Renato Raffaele Amoroso (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Giacomo Zanibelli* (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) “Tuscan Sharecropping between Exogenous Shocks and Agrarian Transformation, 1870–1918”
Renato Raffaele Amoroso* (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) “Financing Development in Times of Crisis: Southern Italy, the EIB, and Global Loans”
Mattia Muscherà* (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) “Beyond The Trade War: The Reorganisation Of the Italian Wine Sector after the Breakdown of Commercial Relations with France”
Book launch: Institutional Economics: Past and Present by Delia Montero*
Discussion panel: Delia Montero* (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico), Georgina Gómez* (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Juan Pablo Jaramillo-Ramón* (FLACSO, Ecuador)
Proposed Panel Session: Public and Private Institutions for Governing the Social Economy
Convener: Francesca Gagliardi* (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Proposed speakers and contributions: The panel brings together two speakers with complementary perspectives – one operating at the European institutional level, the other at the intersection of cooperative governance and gender equity. Giuseppe Guerini (President, Cooperatives Europe; Member, European Economic and Social Committee) will speak from a European institutional vantage point, drawing on his experience at the interface between cooperative sector self-governance and EU public policy. Alessandra Rinaldi (President, Commissione Donne Confcooperative) will examine governance of the social economy through the lens of gender, drawing on her leadership of the women’s commission within Italy’s principal cooperative federation. Together, the two contributions span the macro (European institutional architecture) and the meso (internal cooperative governance), offering the panel analytical range and empirical grounding.
