AFSE 2026 - Nantes Université

The 74th Congress of the French Economic Association (AFSE) will be held from June 17th to 19th 2026 in Nantes.

Online submissions will open on December 1st 2025, and close on February 6th, 2026.

Decisions on acceptance will be notified by March 27th, 2026.

Registration will open on March 28th, 2026 and close on April 30th, 2026.

Inaugural Lecture: Kenza Benhima, University of Lausanne

AFSE Presidential Address: Christophe Hurlin, University of Orléans

Keynote Lecture: Xavier D’Haultfoeuille, ENSAE

Ignored Expertise: When Economists Speak, Who Listens?
Moderator: Aliette Hovine (France Culture). Panel: Xavier Ragot (OFCE), Christian Golier (TSE), Antoine Bozio (IPP), Laurence Scialom (Université Paris Nanterre), Dorothée Rouzet (Direction Générale du Trésor)

The Challenges of the French Educational System
Gabrielle Fack (Dauphine University), Frédéric Tallet (DGESIP), Fanny Landaud (CNRS)

Our partner associations will organise specialized sessions during the meeting, offering unique insights and discussions: Association Charles Gide Society for the study of Economic Thought (Gide), Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française (ASRDLF), French Association of Research in Digital Economics (AFREN), French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (FAERE), French Association of Experimental Economics (ASFEE), French Cliometric Association (AFC), French Economic Association of Law and Economics (AFED), French Economic History Association (AFHE), French Health Economics Association (CES), French Association in Spatial Econometrics and Statistics (FASES), GdRE Monnaie, Banque, Finance, Association des Économistes de l’Énergie (AEE), Association Française d’Economie du Développement (AFEDEV), International Network for Economics Research (INFER).

The organizers aims for the 74th Congress of the French Economic Association (AFSE) to be an enriching and intellectually challenging experience for all participants: