The 2027 Meeting of the EPCS will be held at the University of Warsaw, Poland on April 8-11, 2027. The call for papers will be send out mid-2026.
Local Organizer: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska (kmetelska@wne.uw.edu.pl)
The 2026 Meeting of the EPCS was held at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain on March 23-25, 2026.
Keynote Speakers
Ruben Enikolopov (University of Pompeu Fabra)
Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton University)
Wicksell Prize
Every year, the EPCS awards the Wicksell Prize in honor of the Swedish economist Johan Gustaf Knut Wicksell, to the best paper presented at the annual meeting by a young scholar.
During the conference dinner of the EPCS 2026, we awarded the Wicksell Prize to
Lou Chiani (Paris-Dauphine University)
“From Fields to Ballots: Agricultural Droughts and Electoral Shifts in Brazil”
The Wicksell Prize is sponsored by the European Journal of Political Economy.
Board and President
- Outgoing members of the board: we thank the three outgoing members: Nicolas Gavoille, Nicola Maaser and Panu Poutvaara for their contribution to the society.
- The meeting elected Zareh Asatryan (University of Münster & ZEW), Anna Lo Prete (University of Torino) and Cameron Shelton (Claremont McKenna College) to the board.
- An electoral contest was held between two candidates: Frank Bohn and Monika Köppl-Turyna. A majority of members present voted in favor of Monika Köppl-Turyna who will serve as the president of the society 2026-2028.
Conference Website https://www.epcsmadrid2026.es/
Local Organizer
Joaquin Artes (Complutense University in Madrid, Spain)
More information: https://www.epcsmadrid2026.es/information
The 2025 Meeting of the EPCS was held at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia on 3-5 April. Conference organizers: Nicolas Gavoille.
- Conference program
- 199 participants took part in parallel sessions
- Keynotes by Raphaël Franck (University of Stuttgart) and Beata Javorcik (Oxford University)
- Election of three new Board Members: Ekaterina Borisova (Lille University), Niklas Potrafke (University of Munich & Ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy), Janne Tukiainen (University of Turku)
- An official amendment to the by-laws of the society was adopted, following its presentation last year in Vienna
- Wicksell prize winner: Abelardo De Anda Casas (Oxford University) for his paper “Poverty and Low Human Capital: The Legacy of African Slavery in Venezuela and the Deep Historical Roots of Chavismo“
Conference of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS) 2025 held at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, April 3-5, 2025. Pictures: Didzis Grodzs.
