TPI International Productivity Research Conference: Call for papers

Submission Guidelines

We invite submissions on any aspect of productivity related to the TPI research areas listed below. Submissions can be a complete paper or an extended abstract (maximum 1500 words) and should be submitted via Oxford Abstracts by 31st January 2025. Submissions will be reviewed by the organising committee and decisions will be sent to submitters by 1st March 2025.

Further guidance on submitting abstracts can be found here: https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/knowledge/making-a-submission

TPI Research Areas

• Knowledge Capital
• Organisational Capital
• Sustainability and Digital Transitions
• Macroeconomics and Productivity
• Institutions and Governance
• Measurement and Methods
• Public Sector Productivity
• Generating Skills for Productivity Growth
• Managing Skill Changes with Digital Technologies
• Jobs Design and People Engagement
• Productivity at the Firm Level
• Firms – Innovation in Business Models
• Managers, Finance, and Investment
• Geography, Places and Urban Scale
• Knowledge Diffusion
• Other

Conference Details

Conference presenters and attendees will be expected to cover their own travel and hotel costs. However, we welcome submissions from early-career researchers and have a limited number of bursaries to cover costs for presenters who are within 8 years of receiving their latest academic degree (MSc or PhD). Registration will open in April 2025 and will be free of charge.

Key dates

Submission Deadline: 31st January 2025
Decisions sent to submitters: 1st March 2025
Registration: April 2025

Organising committee: Bart van Ark, Mary O’Mahony, Tony Venables and Bridgette Wessels

For further information, please contact: tpi-applications@manchester.ac.uk