Call for Papers: URPE at ASSA 2027

January 3-5, 2027 (Sunday, Monday & Tuesday)

Washington, DC Marriott Marquis

URPE invites proposals for complete sessions and individual papers for the URPE at the ASSA’s program.  We welcome submissions on topics of interest to radical political economists from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. We are especially interested in papers that provide contemporary or historical analyses of the current political economic juncture, of poly- and planetary crises, of the implications for anti-capitalist politics, and on other related themes.

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The deadline for proposed sessions and papers is April 27th 2026

Please note the following before planning your submission:

(i)  URPE does not provide any funding towards conference expenses or travel. Presenters must obtain funding from their own institutions or other sources.

(ii) While we understand that these deadlines are early and plans can change, please only submit an abstract if you aim, in good faith, to attend the ASSAs. URPE is allocated only a certain number of sessions and later withdrawals/cancellations end up taking a precious spot on the program.

(iii)  We will also continue to uphold our policy of a two-year ban on last minute no-shows.

(iv) URPE will only consider papers that are not under consideration elsewhere for the same meeting. When you submit your paper or panel proposal, please confirm that your submission is not under consideration for presentation at the ASSA meetings by another organization.

Please note that all session participants must be a current member of URPE in good standing at the time of submission of the session or paper proposal.  Anyone not current with their dues will be notified and given a one week grace period, after which proposals will be deleted if membership is not made current.  Membership information is available by clicking here.

Guidelines for Complete Sessions

Proposals for complete sessions should include the following information:

• Session title
• A brief abstract for each paper (limited to 250 words)
• Two JEL bibliographic codes for the proposed panel
• The names, institutional affiliations, and email addresses of all session participants

Proposals for sessions should contain at least four and up to five papers.  Session organizers are responsible for conveying administrative information to session members, including confirmation that the session has been accepted, the time and location of the session, and the deadlines for distributing papers.

Chairs and discussants should preferably be chosen amongst the panelists.  External discussants and chairs, as well as co-authors, will be not listed on the ASSA program.  However, they will be listed on an URPE program on the URPE website.  The ASSA allocation of sessions is based upon the number of people attending sessions, and the ASSA does not consider chairs, discussants, co-authors, and panelists as attendees.  Thus, we welcome the participation of those who would like to serve as external discussants or chairs, but will not include their names in our submission to the ASSA.

The total number of URPE sessions is limited by the ASSA, and we regret that high-quality session proposals may have to be turned down.

Guidelines for Individual Papers

Individual papers that are accepted will be assigned to sessions, and each session will have an assigned chair.  Session chairs are responsible for conveying administrative information to session members, including the time and location of the session, and the deadlines for distributing papers. Sessions will be organized based on the cohesiveness of papers around a central theme. We regret that high quality individual papers may be turned down due to the inability to place them in a session with papers with similar themes.

Proposals for individual papers should include the following information:

• Paper title
• Abstract (limited to 250 words)
• Two JEL bibliographic codes for the paper
• Author’s name, institutional affiliation, and email address (for all authors if co-authored paper).

Proposals submitted after the April 27th deadline will not be considered. You should receive word from URPE about the decision on your session or paper in late June.  The date and time of sessions are assigned by the AEA at the end of August.

Papers and panels that cannot be included on the URPE at ASSA program can automatically be considered for the ICAPE (International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics) conference that usually immediately follows the ASSA conference.  The ICAPE 2027 Conference will take place immediately following the ASSA conference. The ICAPE conference will also include a virtual component.

Please indicate with your submission whether you would like to be considered for inclusion into the ICAPE program if not accepted by URPE. ICAPE sessions are organized by Dr. Geoff Schneider, Bucknell University.

Applications for individual papers should be made to URPE@ASSA Individual Paper Proposals, or for complete session submissions to URPE@ASSA Complete Session Proposals.

If you have questions or problems with the online submission, please email the URPE National Office.  For questions about the meetings, please contact the URPE@ASSAs 2026 coordinators, Smita Ramnarain or Anastasia Wilson.

Each year the RRPE publishes a selection from the papers presented in a Proceedings Issue. If your paper is selected to be on the URPE@ASSAs 2027 program, you will receive an invitation to submit your conference paper for consideration in the 2027 RRPE Proceedings issue (which will be the December 2027 issue). Please follow the submission instructions described in the invitation you receive.

Please see the American Economic Association website for general logistical information about the conference, and our past programs page for more information on sessions at the conference.