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ISS 2026 - Capitalism and Democracy: Paradigm Shifts and Creative Transformations

The ISS2026 conference (International Schumpeter Society Conference) will be held in Strasbourg, France, from July 1st to July 4th, 2026. This year's conference, which marks the 40th anniversary of the International Schumpeter Society, will be hosted by BETA (Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée), at the University of Strasbourg (France).

 

Conference Program               Scientific Committee

 

Plenaries and President               Invited Sessions

 

ISS2026 is the 21st biennial conference of The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society. The conference will take place in Strasbourg, France, from Wednesday, July 1st to Saturday, July 4th, 2026. The conference is opening on July 1st with a doctoral event.

The theme of the ISS 2026 is 'Capitalism and Democracy: Paradigm Shifts and Creative Transformations'. 

Profound changes are underway in environmental, economic, social, political, scientific and technological areas that are transforming our societies in depth. These changes are questioning, and even challenging, both capitalism and democracy in their contemporary forms. While J.A. Schumpeter considered creative destruction to be the engine of progress, in 1947 he substituted or at least complemented 'destruction' with 'creative response'. Our scientific community urgently needs to contribute more to this creative response. The ISS26 conference is an opportunity to do so.
 


In keeping with the spirit of the Schumpeter Society, submitted papers may address a wide variety of topics. Topics such as creativity, novelty, innovation, and emerging socio-economic changes and challenges at individual, organisational, institutional, and macroeconomic levels, and mobilise different theoretical, analytical, and empirical approaches and traditions. Contributions concerning individual behaviours, firms, organisations, industrial dynamics and/or macrodynamics and policies are welcome.

More specifically, ISS 2026 could addresses contemporary topics such as:

  • Economic cycles and dynamics
  • Institutions, policies, and historical trajectories
  • Knowledge, creativity, and methods
  • Schumpeterian legacies, honoring Dick Nelson, Stan Metcalfe, and Frederic M. Scherer.

These topics are by no means exhaustive.

ISS 2026 is also an opportunity to welcome specific projects in the form of "invited sessions". Among the sessions we already have:

  • The Creative Destruction of Public Debt Sustainability (Amélie Barbier-Gauchard)
  • Gender Issues in entrepreneurship (Charlotte Le Chapelain)
  • Beyond industrial policy - towards value added policies (Christian Lerch)
  • Accelerating Net-zero Transitions: Dimensions, Interventions and Tensions (Karoline Rogge)
  • Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen and the ‘Universitas Schumpeteriana’(Patrick Llerena)
  • Innovation as Practice (Thierry Burger-Helmchen)
  • Power in the Age of AI: Data, Innovation, and Inequality (Ingrid Ott)

 

The ISS 2026 is also marking and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society, founded in 1986 the initiative of Wolfgang F. Stolper and Horst Hanusch.

The International Joseph Alois Schumpeter Society, ISS organizes in 2026 a Schumpeter Prize Competition, in parallel to the ISS 2026 Conference.
The prize is awarded every two years in recognition of a recent and outstanding scholarly contribution related to Schumpeter's work. The Schumpeter Prize will be awarded to two categories of works: on one side, books (monographs) and on the other articles published in recognized scientific journals. 
A prize for the « Best Young Researcher paper » will be also awarded ; thanks to the generous donation of the Pr. Horst Hanusch. 

Following the tradition of the previous ISS conferences, selected papers presented at the ISS2026 conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics (the official journal of the ISS), as well as in edited volumes published by Springer Press and/or Cambridge University Press.


The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society looks forward to its 21st biennial conference – ISS2026 – in Strasbourg, France.  More information about the Society can be found here.

 

Important dates 2026

Submission

  • Nov. 15th, 2025: Submission of Extended abstracts opens
  • Feb 1st, 2026: Deadline for Submission of Extended abstracts
  • April 2026: Notification of acceptance/rejection decision to authors

Fees and Registration

  • Jan 15th, 2026: Registration opens
  • April 30th, 2026: End of early birds conference fee
  • May 31st, 2026: End of registration

Conference dates

  • July 1st, 2026: Registration, Mingle, Early Career Scholar Workshops, ISS Executive Committee, ISS Board of Management
  • July 2nd, 2026: Registration, Plenary Lecture, Paper Sessions, Invited Sessions, Poster Session, Presidential Lecture & Panel, Schumpeter Prize Dinner
  • July 3rd, 2026: Plenary Lecture, Paper Sessions, Invited Sessions, Poster Session
  • July 4th, 2026: Plenary Lecture, Paper Sessions, Invited Sessions, ISS General Assembly

Local Organising Committee (to be completed)

  • Barbier Amélie BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Bianchini Stefano BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Chavand Vinciane BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Cowan Robin BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Cullmann Sabine BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Diebolt Claude BETA, CNRS
  • Llerena Patrick BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Lorentz André BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Maltese Anne-Gaëlle CLERSE, Uni. of Lille
  • Muller Moritz BETA, Uni of Strasbourg
  • Pelletier Pierre BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
  • Penin Julien BETA, Uni. of Strasbourg
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