03 – 04 Nov
2026
Joint Conference Kiel Institute and CEPR in Berlin
5th Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics
The 5th Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics (review of previous years here) will once again bring together the world's leading academics to present and discuss the latest cutting-edge research at the intersection of economics and geopolitics.
This year the conference will take place in Berlin in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office with the participation of Johann Wadephul, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Keynotes:
Arvind Krishnamurthy (Stanford)
Carmen Reinhart (Harvard and CEPR)
Further confirmed speakers include:
Doireann Fitzgerald (Minneapolis Fed)
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (IMF, Berkeley and CEPR)
Philip Lane (ECB and CEPR)
Stephen Redding (Stanford and CEPR)
The range of research topics includes (but is not limited to):
- Geoeconomic strategies (US, China, EU)
- The economics of rearmament and war
- The cost of decoupling and fragmentation
- Sanctions, export controls, and disruptions in global value chains
- Industrial policy, including security and defense
- Geopolitics of international currencies
- Energy security and scarce resources
- The economics of technological sovereignty (technology, data, and AI)
The event is further supported by the CEPR RPN Geoeconomics & Security, the ReCIPE initiative, Sciences Po and the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University.
The call for papers is now open!
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