CALL FOR PAPERS

ASREC 2025 Conference

George Mason University - Arlington, VA

March 7-8, 2025

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr. Robert Boyd

Arizona State University

Robert (Rob) Boyd is considered a forerunner in the field of cultural evolution, known for his significant contributions to understanding how culture influences human evolution. He holds a professorship in Human Evolutionary Biology at Arizona State University, where his research focuses on the evolutionary psychology of the mechanisms that give rise to - and influence - human culture, and how these mechanisms interact with population dynamic processes to shape human cultural variation. Alongside his long-time collaborator, Peter J. Richerson, Boyd has played a crucial role in developing the dual inheritance theory, which examines the co-evolution of genetic and cultural factors. Their influential works, including "Culture and the Evolutionary Process" and "Not by Genes Alone," have reshaped research on human behavior, social organization, and evolutionary dynamics. Boyd's interdisciplinary approach, which integrates anthropology, biology, economics, and psychology, has established him as a central figure in cultural evolution.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

The Program Chair will consider papers on religion and culture from across the Social Sciences, including Economics, Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology.

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2024

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This workshop offers a unique opportunity for a select group of graduate students to present their work on cultural economics and receive valuable input from Prof. Joerg Baten and other participants. The workshop is scheduled for September 19th, with the added opportunity for students to partake in the ASREC Europe on the 20th and 21st of September. Those accepted will also have the option to participate in poster sessions of their work at the ASREC conference.

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten

University of Tübingen

Jöerg Baten is a Professor of Economic History at the University of Tübingen. He is a CEPR Fellow and CESifo Fellow, a Member of the Academia Europaea, and Co-editor-in-Chief of the journal “Economics and Human Biology.” Baten was a visiting professor/fellow at the University of Pompeu Fabra, Yale University and Australian National University. His research interests span topics such as identifying long-term welfare and violence trends using archaeological evidence, mapping health development and growth of economies worldwide, and investigating long-term development of human capital from a global perspective.

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ASREC THESSALONIKI 2024

20-21 September 2024

University of Macedonia

Thessaloniki, Greece

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Keynote Speaker

Romain Wacziarg

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Romain Wacziarg is an economist who has served as a professor of economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management since 2011, where he has also held the Hans Hufschmid Chair in Management since 2015. He currently serves as the managing editor of the JEEA. He was previously a professor of economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research interests span international economics, political economy, economic growth, and economic development. Wacziarg has published seminar papers in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics and many more.

Preliminary Program

Local Organizers: Anastasia Litina (University of Macedonia), Eleftherios Filippiadis (University of Macedonia), Skerdi Zanaj (University of Luxembourg)