Call for Papers: Global GLO-JOPE Bonn Conference 2026 – Deadline 14 September 2026

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The traditional annual signature conference of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) with support of the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE) takes place in Bonn and online globally (GLO-Bonn-2026).

Contribute or just participate at the Global GLO-JOPE Bonn Conference 2026, Nov 30 to Dec 4, either in-person or online on population economics topics broadly defined.

  • In-person in Bonn November 30 – December 2, 2026. Online access to sessions. Deadline for proposals September 14, 2026.
  • Online sessions December 3-4, 2026. Global in different time-zones. World-wide access from all participants. Deadline for proposals September 14, 2026.
  • GLO Job Market Sessions online only on December 3-4, 2026. Deadline for proposals November 1, 2026.

We invite contributions addressing human resources issues, including topics related to labor, population, development, family, fertility, migration, refugees, health, crime, conflict, religion, and behavioral economics.

We are particularly interested in papers focusing on

  • Africa, India, China, globalization,

or topics represented in the JOPE Collections like

Call for Papers: Register your interest to participate and submit a CONTRIBUTED PAPER PROPOSAL (paper or abstract) until 14 September 2026.

For further details see CONFERENCE CALL.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (in-person: Nov 30 – Dec 2)
Matthias Sutter (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods & University of Cologne): How to be a good leader: Insights from behavioral economics
Klaus Prettner (Vienna University of Economics and Business; JOPE Associate Editor): AI, wage inequality, and the labor share

ONLINE (Dec 3 – 4)
Dec. 3: 2-3 pm CET.
GLO Monthly Seminar. Chair:  Viola Angelini (University of Groningen; JOPE Associate Editor)
Julie Hotchkiss (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
What’s Behind Declining Birth Rates in the U.S.?

Accepted papers: LINK

JOB MARKET SESSIONS

NOTE: GLO Job Market Sessions are online only on December 3-4 — there is a separate Call for Papers announced HERE. Deadline November 1, 2026.