The Animal Welfare Economics Working Group is soliciting 300-word abstracts for its annual interdisciplinary conference on the economics of animal welfare. This in-person event, which is the latest in a series of international events on this topic, will be held on June 10–11, 2025 at the Paris School of Economics.

The Working Group welcomes submissions on any topic that bears on the economics of animal welfare. This includes theoretical research on including losses or benefits to animals in economic analyses, applied empirical work on the effects of policies or industry structure on animal welfare, and anything else within the purview of economics as it relates to the well-being of commodity, companion, or wild animals. (For some examples, see the Working Group’s growing Research Library.)

We invite abstracts from economists and those in relevant fields, including animal welfare science, political science, and philosophy. In addition to full presentations, we also welcome “project pitches” from graduate students and other early career researchers. These pitches are ideas for research projects that can be presented in ten minutes and would benefit from collective feedback.

Please submit an abstract or an idea-in-progress by January 15, 2025 via this form. Acceptances will be communicated by February 15, 2025. General attendance registration will open shortly thereafter.

Travel costs will be covered for all speakers. Vegan meals during the event will be provided for all attendees. A limited number of travel bursaries are available for graduate students to attend without presenting a paper. Please apply for non-speaker travel funding via this form (see Section 2).

ORGANIZED BY:

Bob Fischer

Mark Budolfson

Romain Espinosa

Marc Fleurbaey

Lisa Kramer

Anya Marchenko

Rafael Schütz

Stéphane Zuber