The twenty-first century will see major disruptions to the global balance of politico-economic power. China will soon become the world’s largest economy; India is another rising giant. These and other developments – including growing inequality in several major economies – contest the Western institutional model of economic development and mount new institutional challenges at the global level. There is a recognised need for new or enhanced international orders, to sustain peace and international trade, as well as to address the problem of climate change. Meanwhile, an extended period of global integration has fuelled local discontent and led to a rise of nationalism and separatism. The international challenges of the twenty-first century place institutional development and reform at the top of the agenda.
Organised in conjunction with the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Fifth WINIR Conference on ‘Institutions and the future of global capitalism’ will explore these institutional challenges. We welcome contributions from any academic discipline that address the challenges and dynamics of the economic, political, legal and social institutions of our time. Submissions on other aspects of institutional research are also welcome, with preference to those that relate to WINIR’s aims and research priorities.
The conference will open on the afternoon of Friday 14 September 2018 and end with a dinner on the evening of Sunday 16 September. Delegates will depart on Monday 17 September. The Fridaysessions will be held on the attractive campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the “New Territories” district. On Saturday and Sunday the conference will be held in the heart of the Central District of Hong Kong.
The strict abstract submission deadline is 10 March 2018. Submit an abstract here.
All abstract submissions for the WINIR 2018 Conference must be in English, but on this occasion presenters will be allowed to present their papers in English or Chinese. Chinese- and English-speaking streams will run in parallel in the breakout sessions. If you wish to present your paper in Chinese then you must indicate this during the online abstract submission process.
