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).
Deadline extended to 26 September 2026 on many requests. Already many more than 100 papers accepted: LINK
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 26, 2026.
- Online sessions December 3-4, 2026. Global in different time-zones. World-wide access from all participants. Deadline for proposals September 26, 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
- Artifical Intelligence and human behavior
- Restricting migration
- Understanding Fertility Decline
- Perspectives of Population Economics
- Wellbeing and Happiness
- Sexual and Domestic Violence
Call for Papers: Register your interest to participate and submit a CONTRIBUTED PAPER PROPOSAL (paper or abstract) until 26 September 2026 (6:00 am Eastern Standard Time) to:
https://editorialexpress.com/conference/GLOBonn2026
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.
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