BROWN BAG SEMINARS - BBS
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june 11, 2026Noéline Somme (PhD Student, SBS-EM) will present:
"Lights, Camera, Subsidies - Analyzing the Impact of Subsidies from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation on the Financial Performance and Quality of Belgian Films" Abstract | Poster | From 12.15pm | On-Site at R42.2.113* *Please contact [email protected] if you wish to participate (lunch is provided so please confirm your presence max. one week before the event). |
The Solvay Impact Institute is pleased to invite you to its 1st Impact Summit—a full-day event bringing together academics and practitioners to explore the evolving landscape of impact. This event is sponsored by Fondation Bernheim - CEBRIG (ULB).
The programme will feature three thematic tracks, two cross‑functional sessions, and a closing keynote, offering a comprehensive perspective on the key dimensions of impact, including:
💡Policy and regulatory frameworks
💡Measurement and evaluation methodologies
💡Emerging business and economic models
💡Valuation and pricing of impact
💡Effectiveness and long‑term viability
💡Impact investing as a growing asset class
We are convinced that scaling impact requires the mobilisation of an entire ecosystem. This Summit is designed as a shared space to:
🤝Exchange perspectives across disciplines and sectors
🤝Bridge academic and professional languages
🤝Compare approaches to measurement and evaluation
🤝Connect research insights with real‑world practice
🏛️ About Solvay Impact Institute
Founded at the intersection of management and applied economics, the Solvay Impact Institute acts as a catalyst between teaching, research, and practice. The Institute aims to advance understanding of how organisations can generate credible, sustainable, and measurable societal impact across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
🔗 Registration : https://lnkd.in/er6S3Bpx
ℹ️ Further information : https://lnkd.in/exZw_afp
🔗 Programme pdf : here
🔗 Poster pdf : here
The programme will feature three thematic tracks, two cross‑functional sessions, and a closing keynote, offering a comprehensive perspective on the key dimensions of impact, including:
💡Policy and regulatory frameworks
💡Measurement and evaluation methodologies
💡Emerging business and economic models
💡Valuation and pricing of impact
💡Effectiveness and long‑term viability
💡Impact investing as a growing asset class
We are convinced that scaling impact requires the mobilisation of an entire ecosystem. This Summit is designed as a shared space to:
🤝Exchange perspectives across disciplines and sectors
🤝Bridge academic and professional languages
🤝Compare approaches to measurement and evaluation
🤝Connect research insights with real‑world practice
🏛️ About Solvay Impact Institute
Founded at the intersection of management and applied economics, the Solvay Impact Institute acts as a catalyst between teaching, research, and practice. The Institute aims to advance understanding of how organisations can generate credible, sustainable, and measurable societal impact across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
🔗 Registration : https://lnkd.in/er6S3Bpx
ℹ️ Further information : https://lnkd.in/exZw_afp
🔗 Programme pdf : here
🔗 Poster pdf : here
BROWN BAG SEMINARS - BBS
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JUNE 18, 2026Yuqing Song (PhD Student, SBS-EM) will present :
"Do Stories Sell? Narratives, Networks, and the Economics of Art Markets" Abstract | Poster | From 12.15pm | On-Site at R42.2.113* *Please contact [email protected] if you wish to participate (lunch is provided so please confirm your presence max. one week before the event). |
OTHER news
CIVIS - Europe's Civic University Alliance Sustainability Challenge - Grand Final
🤝 On May 20-22, Sandra Rothenberger (CEBRIG), Elisa Wauthy, Anaïs M'siri Kyulu and Jean-François Desoutter had the pleasure of welcoming their partners from Athens and Madrid for the grand final of the CIVIS - Europe's Civic University Alliance Sustainability Challenge 2026.
🏃🏻♀️ After an intensive two-week marathon, the finalists of the Université libre de Bruxelles caught them by surprise by actually winning the inter-university competition at the OpenLab.brussels!
The Fantastic Four Change-Making Women:
✨ Yvanne TCHOUMBA is an Engineer at the Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles.
✨ Amandine Carels is an expert at Public and International Law.
✨ Pauline Oury is a Biologist from the school of Science and she also won the cooperation games of Ucoopia.
✨ Margherita Norbiato is a specialist in European issues.
During their journey on solving this new case involving thermal comfort, they received previous guidance and expertise from Aline Orban, Alexandra Demoustiez, Michel Huart, and Pierre-Cornelius Antoine, among others. Together they demonstrated that synergies across different disciplines can make a true difference and impact in solving real issues to the benefit of the society and our founding universities.
👏 Congratulations to all teams from Makerere University, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Glasgow for their continued efforts and motivation throughout the challenge.
🤝 On May 20-22, Sandra Rothenberger (CEBRIG), Elisa Wauthy, Anaïs M'siri Kyulu and Jean-François Desoutter had the pleasure of welcoming their partners from Athens and Madrid for the grand final of the CIVIS - Europe's Civic University Alliance Sustainability Challenge 2026.
🏃🏻♀️ After an intensive two-week marathon, the finalists of the Université libre de Bruxelles caught them by surprise by actually winning the inter-university competition at the OpenLab.brussels!
The Fantastic Four Change-Making Women:
✨ Yvanne TCHOUMBA is an Engineer at the Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles.
✨ Amandine Carels is an expert at Public and International Law.
✨ Pauline Oury is a Biologist from the school of Science and she also won the cooperation games of Ucoopia.
✨ Margherita Norbiato is a specialist in European issues.
During their journey on solving this new case involving thermal comfort, they received previous guidance and expertise from Aline Orban, Alexandra Demoustiez, Michel Huart, and Pierre-Cornelius Antoine, among others. Together they demonstrated that synergies across different disciplines can make a true difference and impact in solving real issues to the benefit of the society and our founding universities.
👏 Congratulations to all teams from Makerere University, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Glasgow for their continued efforts and motivation throughout the challenge.
THESIS DEFENcE
JUNE 9, 2026
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Joseph Mumbanza Ngeke's thesis defence will take place on Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 2pm at ULB.
The title of the thesis will be : “𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑾𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒎” The jury is composed as follow : Olivier Klein – Président du jury Inmaculada Macias Alonso* – Secrétaire, ULB Claudia Toma* – Promotrice, ULB Laurent Licata - Promoteur, ULB Clara Kulich – Genève University Pascal Tisserant – Université de Lorraine *member of CEBRIG |
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articles in refereed journals
REGULAR FELLOWS
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EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Diverging impacts of organizational DEI practices: the role of objective and subjective group status By Julia Oberlin*, Claudia Toma* & Tessa Dover March 2026 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS
A Decision-Aid Approach to Social Media Assessment Using PROMETHEE II in Greek Grocery Retail By Theodore Tarnanidis, Jason Papathanasiou, Bertrand Mareschal*, Maro Vlachopoulou & Vijaya Kittu Manda February 2026 AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL : ECONOMIC POLICY
Connections During Democratic Transitions: Insights from the Political Purge in Post-WWII France By Toke S. Aidt, Jean Lacroix* & Pierre-Guillaume Méon* February 2026 THE JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
One-Minute Earthquake, Years of Patience: Evidence from Mexico on the Effect of Earthquake Exposure on Time Preference By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*, Robin Rampaer & David Raymaekers* January 2026 ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
Mapping visions of a just transition: A Q survey of Belgian stakeholders Aurore Fransolet, Marek Hudon*, Adriano La Gioia* & Sandrine Meyer* January 2026 |
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Women’s and Men’s Support for Gender Equality Policies in Organizations: From Belief in Gender Discrimination to Perceived Organizational Hypocrisy By Joseph Mumbanza Ngeke*, Laurent Licata & Claudia Toma* March 2026 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL
Domino Secessions By Jean Lacroix*, Kris James Mitchener & Kim Oosterlinck* January 2026 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDITING
Macroeconomic Context and Earnings Quality in Social Enterprises: Does Audit Quality Matter? By Damaris Ning Mufur & Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua* January 2026 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Bias in Mission‑Driven Finance: Discrimination or Mission Drift? Anastasia Cozarenco* & Ariane Szafarz* January 2026 PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Managing the use of social-media influencers in public-sector communication By Raphaël Zumofen, Vincent Mabillard* & Martial Pasquier September 2025 |
ASSOCIATE FELLOWS
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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
Trust in banks: Fostering (Naïve) firm-bank relationships By Jérémie Bertrand, Aurore Burietz* & Paul-Olivier Klein February 2026 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Human-Robot Interactions in Investment Decisions By Milo Bianchi & Marie Brière* January 2026 |
MANAGEMENT JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Relation entre la gouvernance managériale et la préparation de la succession dans les PME familiales congolaises: rôle médiateur du succès entrepreneurial By Adolphe Mmenge, Olivier Colot, Jonathan Bauweraerts, Dieudonné Gahungu, & Eddy Balemba Kanyurhi* Forthcoming |
chapters in books
Elections and norms of behaviour
By Marco Giani & Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Marco Giani & Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Chapter 11: From Diversity Policy to Compliance and Skepticism: Contextual and Ideological Mechanism of DEI Practices
By Claudia Toma* & Franciska Krings
Chapter in book : International Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Edited By Eden King, Quinetta Roberson & Mikki Hebl
By Claudia Toma* & Franciska Krings
Chapter in book : International Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Edited By Eden King, Quinetta Roberson & Mikki Hebl
Democracy and the quality of institutions
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Grease-the-wheels hypothesis
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Chapitre X - Leaders minoritaires et politiques de diversité : équité et inclusion
By Claudia Toma*, Julia Oberlin* & Abigail Alves*
Chapter in book : Briser les barrières Perspectives psychosociales sur le leadership et la diversité Première édition Edited By Clara Kulich, Ruri Takizawa & Vincenzo Iacoviello
By Claudia Toma*, Julia Oberlin* & Abigail Alves*
Chapter in book : Briser les barrières Perspectives psychosociales sur le leadership et la diversité Première édition Edited By Clara Kulich, Ruri Takizawa & Vincenzo Iacoviello
The Social Impact of Microfinance: An Unfinished Challenge
By Cécile Godfroid* & Marc Labie*
Chapter in book : The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance Edited By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck & Halil Kiymaz
By Cécile Godfroid* & Marc Labie*
Chapter in book : The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance Edited By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck & Halil Kiymaz
books
Place Branding and Marketing from a Policy Perspective
Vincent Mabillard*, Martial Pasquier & Renaud Vuignier
Vincent Mabillard*, Martial Pasquier & Renaud Vuignier
book review
CULTURAL TRENDS
Global art markets: History and current trends
Book by Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, and Luís U. Afonso
Review by Anne-Sophie Radermecker*
Global art markets: History and current trends
Book by Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, and Luís U. Afonso
Review by Anne-Sophie Radermecker*
THESIS
DEI Must not DIE: Rethinking the Impact of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies: Addressing Inequalities and Dynamics of Group (Dis)Advantage
By Julia Oberlin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
By Julia Oberlin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
working papers
WP 26-003
Blue Childhood, Peaceful Mind: Pathways from Nature Connectedness to Improved Thinking at the Shore
by Quan-Hoang Vuong & Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari & Thi Mai Anh Tran & Thanh Tu Tran & Minh-Phuong Thi Duong & Viet-Phuong La & Minh-Hoang Nguyen
Blue Childhood, Peaceful Mind: Pathways from Nature Connectedness to Improved Thinking at the Shore
by Quan-Hoang Vuong & Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari & Thi Mai Anh Tran & Thanh Tu Tran & Minh-Phuong Thi Duong & Viet-Phuong La & Minh-Hoang Nguyen
WP 26-002
Do Firms Share their Profits Equally with Women and Men? The Role of Human Capital, Managerial Positions and Unions
by Kevin Pineda-Hernández*, François Rycx*, Mélanie Volral & Alexandre Waroquier*
Do Firms Share their Profits Equally with Women and Men? The Role of Human Capital, Managerial Positions and Unions
by Kevin Pineda-Hernández*, François Rycx*, Mélanie Volral & Alexandre Waroquier*
WP 26-001
Precautionary Liquidity and Worker Decisions : Evidence from French Employee Saving Plans
by Marie Briere*, James Poterba & Ariane Szafarz*
Precautionary Liquidity and Worker Decisions : Evidence from French Employee Saving Plans
by Marie Briere*, James Poterba & Ariane Szafarz*
📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 | 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐒𝐆𝐌) 2026
We are pleased to announce that submissions of abstracts are open for the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Small Group Meeting “𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬”
📅 September 24–26, 2026
📍 University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Organized by Franciska Krings (Université de Lausanne), Clara Kulich (Université de Genève), Claudia Toma (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Coordinated by Ottilie Tilston
🌍 About the meeting :
In a rapidly evolving societal landscape, organizations face growing challenges in fostering fairness and inclusion. This SGM brings together researchers in work and organizational psychology to explore how these principles can be meaningfully achieved—grounded in theory, informed by evidence, and attentive to societal context.
🔍 Key themes :
✔️ Societal change and organizational norms
How shifting societal expectations reshape leadership, decision-making, and perceptions of fairness.
✔️ From resistance to impact
Understanding resistance, backlash, and fatigue toward DEI initiatives—and what they reveal about effectiveness.
✔️ Individual reactions to unfair workplaces
Exploring how employees perceive and respond to subtle and overt unfairness.
🎤 Keynote speakers :
Prof. Oana Fodor (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
Prof. Janine Bosak (Dublin City University, Ireland)
🤝 What to expect :
- Engaging presentations & discussions
- Strong networking opportunities
- Collaboration across career stages and countries
- Opportunities for joint research projects and publications
💡 Funding & support :
Thanks to support from European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF, the meeting will cover:
✔️ Accommodation (see pdf for details)
✔️ Meals (conference dinner, lunches, coffee breaks)
(Limited travel support available for early-career researchers in need.)
📝 Submit your abstract (max. 500 words + optional tables/figures)
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d8ZjemUB
We are pleased to announce that submissions of abstracts are open for the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Small Group Meeting “𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬”
📅 September 24–26, 2026
📍 University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Organized by Franciska Krings (Université de Lausanne), Clara Kulich (Université de Genève), Claudia Toma (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Coordinated by Ottilie Tilston
🌍 About the meeting :
In a rapidly evolving societal landscape, organizations face growing challenges in fostering fairness and inclusion. This SGM brings together researchers in work and organizational psychology to explore how these principles can be meaningfully achieved—grounded in theory, informed by evidence, and attentive to societal context.
🔍 Key themes :
✔️ Societal change and organizational norms
How shifting societal expectations reshape leadership, decision-making, and perceptions of fairness.
✔️ From resistance to impact
Understanding resistance, backlash, and fatigue toward DEI initiatives—and what they reveal about effectiveness.
✔️ Individual reactions to unfair workplaces
Exploring how employees perceive and respond to subtle and overt unfairness.
🎤 Keynote speakers :
Prof. Oana Fodor (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
Prof. Janine Bosak (Dublin City University, Ireland)
🤝 What to expect :
- Engaging presentations & discussions
- Strong networking opportunities
- Collaboration across career stages and countries
- Opportunities for joint research projects and publications
💡 Funding & support :
Thanks to support from European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF, the meeting will cover:
✔️ Accommodation (see pdf for details)
✔️ Meals (conference dinner, lunches, coffee breaks)
(Limited travel support available for early-career researchers in need.)
📝 Submit your abstract (max. 500 words + optional tables/figures)
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d8ZjemUB
Special Issue on the “History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”
Guest Editors
Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker (Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of History, Arts and Archaeology) and Elena Stepanova (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
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The Journal of Cultural Economics, with the support of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) and Springer, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the “History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. A wide literature on pre-modern and modern markets for visual arts, literature, music and other art forms has been developed in the last decades, combined with greater archival data availability, and has attracted the attention of multiple disciplines. This issue is aimed at expanding research in this field through the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using empirical data and advanced statistical analyses.
Subject
The economic history of markets for visual arts, as well as reproducible and non-reproducible cultural goods and collectibles, encompasses the empirical analysis of these markets from the ancient world through the Middle Ages, the Early Modern period, and the 19th and 20th centuries - each era shaped by its own paradigms of production, distribution, and consumption. These categories of artworks and cultural goods include not only traditional fine arts (i.e., painting, graphic arts, sculpture), but also photographs, prints, decorative arts, antiques, crafts, mineralia, memorabilia, and, more broadly, goods from the book, music, and fashion industries, among others. This issue aims to expand research in this field from the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using a more comprehensive definition of the art markets that embraces artistic, cultural and creative goods long opposed as ‘major’ versus ‘minor.’ The geographical scope also extends beyond Western art markets to include Latin American, African, Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, and other markets, including regional and local marketplaces. We are particularly interested in studies of cross-border flows of cultural property (e.g., colonial-era looting and post-colonial restitution, illicit trafficking in cultural property), as well as patterns of artists’ careers, migration and mobility.
Topics
Submissions are welcome on a broad range of topics including but not limited to:
• Economic history of art markets worldwide
• Markets for painting, sculpture and niche collectible markets
• Markets for literature and publishing (printing presses, book trade), and music (sheet-music markets, patronage/competition for composers, concert and recording industries)
• Economic history of architecture
• Expertise, art forgeries, copies, authentication and attribution issues
• Interactions between the commercial and institutional fields
• Global and postcolonial art markets (transnational trade, emerging national markets, effects of empire and decolonization)
• Cultural heritage and provenance research (including theft/smuggling, restitution, museums’ acquisition policy and deaccessioning)
The main macro and micro economic questions we are interested in range, among others, from market performance analyses (e.g., price indices), valuation and price formation mechanisms, market structure and segmentation, the effects of exogenous treatments on markets to art market intermediaries’ business models, supply and sales strategies (e.g., commission contracts, product differentiation, stock management), artists’ career management (e.g., intellectual property rights, branding, mobility), urban economics (e.g., cluster analysis), inter- or transnational commercial network analysis, and art consumption practices. Additionally, we welcome advanced methodological papers that aim to improve the management and processing of historical art market data, or challenge traditional empirical methods.
Submission procedure
Please submit your papers through the regular submission process of the Journal of Cultural Economics, selecting the article type “S.I.: History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. The deadline for submission is January 2027. Early submissions will undergo an accelerated review process by the Guest Editors. Papers that do not fit the broad agenda or fail to meet the quality standards expected for this issue may be desk rejected.
Guest Editors
Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker (Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of History, Arts and Archaeology) and Elena Stepanova (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
Submit Now
The Journal of Cultural Economics, with the support of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) and Springer, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the “History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. A wide literature on pre-modern and modern markets for visual arts, literature, music and other art forms has been developed in the last decades, combined with greater archival data availability, and has attracted the attention of multiple disciplines. This issue is aimed at expanding research in this field through the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using empirical data and advanced statistical analyses.
Subject
The economic history of markets for visual arts, as well as reproducible and non-reproducible cultural goods and collectibles, encompasses the empirical analysis of these markets from the ancient world through the Middle Ages, the Early Modern period, and the 19th and 20th centuries - each era shaped by its own paradigms of production, distribution, and consumption. These categories of artworks and cultural goods include not only traditional fine arts (i.e., painting, graphic arts, sculpture), but also photographs, prints, decorative arts, antiques, crafts, mineralia, memorabilia, and, more broadly, goods from the book, music, and fashion industries, among others. This issue aims to expand research in this field from the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using a more comprehensive definition of the art markets that embraces artistic, cultural and creative goods long opposed as ‘major’ versus ‘minor.’ The geographical scope also extends beyond Western art markets to include Latin American, African, Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, and other markets, including regional and local marketplaces. We are particularly interested in studies of cross-border flows of cultural property (e.g., colonial-era looting and post-colonial restitution, illicit trafficking in cultural property), as well as patterns of artists’ careers, migration and mobility.
Topics
Submissions are welcome on a broad range of topics including but not limited to:
• Economic history of art markets worldwide
• Markets for painting, sculpture and niche collectible markets
• Markets for literature and publishing (printing presses, book trade), and music (sheet-music markets, patronage/competition for composers, concert and recording industries)
• Economic history of architecture
• Expertise, art forgeries, copies, authentication and attribution issues
• Interactions between the commercial and institutional fields
• Global and postcolonial art markets (transnational trade, emerging national markets, effects of empire and decolonization)
• Cultural heritage and provenance research (including theft/smuggling, restitution, museums’ acquisition policy and deaccessioning)
The main macro and micro economic questions we are interested in range, among others, from market performance analyses (e.g., price indices), valuation and price formation mechanisms, market structure and segmentation, the effects of exogenous treatments on markets to art market intermediaries’ business models, supply and sales strategies (e.g., commission contracts, product differentiation, stock management), artists’ career management (e.g., intellectual property rights, branding, mobility), urban economics (e.g., cluster analysis), inter- or transnational commercial network analysis, and art consumption practices. Additionally, we welcome advanced methodological papers that aim to improve the management and processing of historical art market data, or challenge traditional empirical methods.
Submission procedure
Please submit your papers through the regular submission process of the Journal of Cultural Economics, selecting the article type “S.I.: History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. The deadline for submission is January 2027. Early submissions will undergo an accelerated review process by the Guest Editors. Papers that do not fit the broad agenda or fail to meet the quality standards expected for this issue may be desk rejected.
