1st NEAR Conference on Narrative Economics

Dates: May 23th and 24th, 2024
Location: Beckmanns Hof in Bochum, Germany

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars working on topics related to the emerging field of narrative economics. The conference is organized within the framework of the Narrative Economics Alliance Ruhr (NEAR) project, funded by MERCUR. At NEAR, researchers work on the intersection between economics, finance and language, contributing to economic theory and empirical methodology. NEAR is particularly committed to advancing the methodological foundations and applied usage of text-as-data methods in the context of economics and finance. NEAR researchers also work on the forefront of incorporating narrative sense-making into economic models of information diffusion and decision-making.

We welcome submissions on topics related to this agenda, including methodological improvements and applications broadly based in economics, political economy and finance as well as their intersections with NLP and mass media studies.

Keynote Speakers:
Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)
Julia Bingler (University of Oxford)

Submissions can be made in the form of (extended) abstracts or full papers. We request accepted presentations to be presented on site. There will be no conference fee. The conference will be organized by the Narrative Economics Alliance Ruhr project.

Submission Deadline: April 16th, 2024
Acceptance Notification until April 22nd, 2024

Submission link: https://forms.gle/9zuKQabUg2sibyLz6
Registration for participation only: https://forms.gle/YL1JGLGGyyFMkag96