We are pleased to announce that we have opened the call for proposals for the CIVICA at SGH research Conference! You may find the conference documents below!
1st CIVICA at SGH Conference „The EU economy and society in the 21st century – governance, environment and democracy at the crossroads”
SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
April 16th-17th, 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce that within the framework of the project Advancing Academic Excellence: CIVICA Collaboration for Research, Didactics, Dual Degrees, AI Training, and Scientific Internships (CIVICA+) financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) Support for European Universities program, the Department of Economics II at Collegium of World Economy at SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Poland is organizing
The 1st CIVICA at SGH Conference:
“The EU economy and society in the 21st century – governance, environment and democracy at the crossroads”.
The conference covers a wide range of topics, including economic growth and economic development, monetary and fiscal policy, challenges and reforms in EU governance, institutional environment, the green transition and its socioeconomic implications, democratic backsliding and citizen engagement, and the impact of digitalization on labour markets and public institutions. The conference will also explore policy responses to climate change, economic inequality, migration, and the future of European integration in a rapidly changing global landscape.
The conference will be held on April 16th-17th, 2026 on-site at SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Warsaw, Poland).
We encourage scientists from universities belonging to CIVICA to participate at the conference and present their papers.
As it has already been mentioned, the conference is organized and financed under the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) program – Support for European Universities. Hence, eligible paper presenters may only be faculty members from the universities belonging to CIVICA (The European University of Social Science). In the case of co-authorship, at least one Author who will participate in the conference must be from the university belonging to CIVICA. Due to support from NAWA, SGH Warsaw School of Economics will be able to cover the costs of travel and accommodation for CIVICA participants accepted to present their papers at the conference.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts (maximum 500 words) of the proposed paper is December 15th, 2025. The Authors will be notified whether the paper has been accepted for presentation no later than on December 31st, 2025.
The book (scientific monograph) will be published after the conference. The Authors who are willing their papers to be published as book chapters (provided that positive reviews are obtained) are obliged to send the full paper (not longer than 20 pages) till March 31st, 2026. The book is planned to be published by September 2026. The publisher will be SGH Warsaw School of Economics.
Submission of abstracts with paper proposals is carried out online using the MS Forms application under the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/3r1xQUNuP5 (deadline -December 15th, 2025).
