Call for Papers: воркшоп "Political Economy of Development: Challenges and Perspectives" 30 октября - 1 ноября 2018, Объединенные Арабские Эмираты

The College of Humanity and Social Sciences (CHSS) at UAE University together with International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) at National Research University - Higher School of Economics are pleased to invite submissions to the workshop:

Political Economy of Development: Challenges and Perspectives

Understanding the root causes of economic growth and well-being stands among the most fascinating and important topics in the social sciences. A large body of literature demonstrates the importance of a variety of factors including technologies, institutions, human capital, culture, and decisions of political elites. We know a lot about the developed world, but there is still lack of understanding of developing and transition countries, especially those countries with non-Western European historical and cultural background. The workshop aims at bridging this gap by bringing together scholars of post-communist political economy with scholars working on the Middle East, other fields, and other regions.

The workshop will take place at UAE University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi region, UAE on October 30-31, 2018 with a special session on November 1 in NYU Abu Dhabi.The event is going to attract leading researchers from the world top universities, including Thomas Remington(Emory University, HSE and Harvard University), Koen Schoors (Ghent University) and Andrei Yakovlev (HSE) as keynote speakers.

A supplementary workshop session will focus on political economy and related topics in Russia and other post-communist countries in comparative perspective. This session will involve intensive discussion held at NYU Abu Dhabi on November 1, 2018.

Contributions from the fields of political economy, sociology, economics and political science are invited. We welcome submissions that adopt empirical qualitative or quantitative research designs and that can offer useful perspectives on important challenges in political economy of development.

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
- Historical determinants of development
- Incentives in governance systems
- Public policy and economic development;
- Cultural factors of development
- Human capital and economic development
- Public goods and collective actions

Workshop working language is English.

The workshop will be held in the UAEU campus in Al Ain, with an additional session at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus in Abu Dhabi.

Submission:To present at the workshop, please submit a paper abstract of up to 300 words (or a draft paper), together with a short CV, to assistant professor Tatiana Karabchuk to tkarabchuk@uaeu.ac.ae by August 20th, 2018. Applicants will be informed about the selection before August 31st, and the authors of accepted proposals are expected to submit full papers by October 1st.

The Program/Selection Committee includes:

- Andrei Yakovlev (HSE)
- Timothy Frye (Columbia University)
- Koen Schoors (Ghent University)
- Ekaterina Borisova (HSE)
- Noah Buckley (NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Michael Rochlitz (Ludwig Maximilian University)
- Tatiana Karabchuk (UAE University)
- Ali Al Gafli (UAE University)
- Aqil Kazim (UAE University)

The Organization Committee includes:

- Andrei Yakovlev (HSE)
- Ekaterina Borisova (HSE)
- Noah Buckley (NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Tatiana Karabchuk (UAE University)
- Ali Al Gafli (UAE University)
- Aqil Kazim (UAE University)

Selected papers presented at the workshop may be published in a special issue of Post-Soviet Affairs – one of the leading journals in area studies and in political science.

UAEU will provide the presenters with accommodation for three nights in Al Ain, transportation from/to Dubai/Abu Dhabi airport and an invitation if necessary (upon request). Transportation between from UAEU (Al Ain) to NYU Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi) and back will be provided for those participating in the additional session on November 1.

Please note that organizers do not cover travel expenses for any kind of tickets from their home countries to UAE and back.

The CHSS is one of the eleven colleges at UAE University, aiming at developing humanities and social sciences in UAE, more information on research projects and programs can be found on the CHSS webpage https://chss.uaeu.ac.ae/en/index.shtml.

ICSID is one of the international laboratories created by the Higher School of Economics in 2011, and currently unites a team of researchers from Russia, USA and Europe. More information about the Center and its research projects can be found on the ICSID webpage http://iims.hse.ru/en/csid/