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Submission > Submission and Paper SessionsISS 2026 includes a variety of different sessions – including Paper Sessions, Panels, PhD Students: Workshops & Poster Sessions, Invited Sessions, Presidential Lecture, and Plenary Lectures. You can read about these activities on other pages. This page primarily contains information for abstracts being submitted to the paper sessions and to the Early Career Scholar Events. "Capitalism and Democracy: Paradigm Shifts and Creative Transformations" is this year's conference theme. This theme focuses our attention upon the complex relationships between economic systems and democratic governance, examining how paradigm shifts create opportunities for creative transformation in both capitalism and democracy. Our hope is that the ISS 2026 conference will be an opportunity for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners with different methodological approaches, paradigm perspectives, and working interests to come together to focus on innovation and change related to issues of global sustainable development. Keeping in the spirit of the Schumpeter Society, submitted papers can address a broad range of topics. The theme is intended to be broad and submissions dealing with evolutionary economics, innovation, technological revolution, growth and development, and other topics typical of this conference are all welcome. Transformation and related notions of novelty, emerging challenges, and socio-economic change can be analyzed in different ways, perspectives and theoretical traditions. For example, papers are welcome which analyze industrial sectors, market systems, public policies, technologies, socio-economic contexts, history, geographical spatiality, amongst others. Due to Schumpeter's interest in the individuals and organizations who are active in creative accumulation and creative destruction, papers are also welcome on the micro-level of actors and agents who are engaged in activities like innovation, entrepreneurship, financing, R&D, and creating ecosystems. More specifically, ISS 2026 could addresses contemporary topics such as:
These topics are by no means exhaustive.
Key Dates
Conference Dates: July 1-4, 2026, Strasbourg, France
SubmissionTo submit a paper please use "My Submission" or click on this link. When submitting a paper you need to choose between an article and poster submission. In both cases an extended abstract of 1000 words should be submitted. Authors are asked to choose 2 topics in the list during the submission process. In a comment section authors can also specify if they want to be part of an invited session (see the list below)
What to submit to Paper SessionsThe ISS 2026 conference focuses upon extended abstracts and subsequent presentations at the conference, in order to promote scholarly discussions in our field. The corresponding author should upload an extended abstract in English (in PDF, not anonymized). The abstract of the paper must not exceed 1000 words. Please include the name, title and university for all authors in the PDF. You must submit through the website no later than 1st February 2026, before midnight CET. The submission portal includes queries for information about the corresponding author, as well as queries about all the authors. Please include information about all authors in the PDF and also in the submission portal. Please note: It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to submit a correct proposal; any errors in spelling, or grammar will be published as typed by the submitter, if accepted. Author names can not be changed or removed after submission. The submission process includes the indications of 2 « key words » or topics taken out of the specific list on the portal. If relevant, authors can include as a comment if they want to participate in a specific invited session. It is crucial for the quality of assessment to select the most appropriate keywords and if any, the invited sessions. LIST OF INVITED SESSIONS:
PhD Students: Workshops & Poster SessionsPhD students can submit their abstract, to be evaluated for inclusion in these events, during the conference. These events include 1) the small-scale workshops on July, 1st – where you receive comments on research – as well as 2) your poster sessions on July 2d to 4th, 2026. The PhD student events are intended for all abstracts involving a PhD student, as the presenting author. Hence, the abstracts submitted by the PhD student as the presenting author can either be authored individually or can be co-authored with any researcher, such as a supervisor. Participating offers PhD students the opportunity to meet peers as well as established researchers in the Schumpeter economics community. Established researchers who will participate include scholars with different specializations, such as members from the Schumpeter Society Management Board; organizers of Invited Sessions; and the ISS 2026 Scientific Committee. The workshops will be held on the 1st July, afternoon at our conference venue in Strasbourg. These workshops are held in conjunction with other activities, including Schumpeter Society meetings, registration and mingle for ISS2026. Scholars selected for these workshops also commit to developing a poster. The poster sessions are at the conference center. You will receive information about which day (2nd July or 3rd July) that your poster will be visible. You should be ready to talk about your research during a specified coffee break. PhD students wishing to participate in these sessions must select the 'poster' option when submitting their extended abstract. Please note the following PhD students have a dedicated submission category (poster) and will need a letter of recommendation from a supervisor. Review and presentationsA review process will be conducted for all submitted abstracts, using relevant scientific criteria including alignment to the Schumpeter Society, alignment to the ISS2026 theme, novelty, methodological rigor, and relevance. Reviewers will be drawn from the Scientific Committee as well as additional members of the Society. All author names should be in both the PDF abstract submitted as well as in the submission portal. Author names can not be changed or removed after submission. The notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to the corresponding author only, and no additional comments will be given. No re-scheduling is possible. Paper sessions: 15-20 minutes for presentations, followed by discussion. Scholars may be co-authors on multiple papers, and any co-author can present. However, each conference participant may only present one paper in paper sessions. When you register and pay conference fees in Spring 2026, you will be prompted to provide the number of the paper that you will present. Note that this rule of presenting one paper per participant only applies to the paper sessions. Hence, scholars can also be active at other activities – including Panels, Poster Sessions, Invited sessions, Presidential Lecture, and Plenary Lectures. However, organizers/speakers at these other activities may have lower priority in the paper sessions, as compared to abstracts of similar quality, if we have many submissions. Everyone who participates physically at the conference must be registered, conference fees paid, and wear their name badges, due to health and safety regulations; no exceptions. Following the tradition, selected papers presented at the ISS 2026 conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics (official journal of the ISS), as well as in edited volumes published by the Springer Press and/or theCambridge University Press.
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