BVLE-ABER

Call for papers

This year, the Belgian Association of Agricultural Economists invites all young researchers and  PhD students to participate in its 25^th PhD symposium to be hold at the university of Louvain la-Neuve (UCLouvain) on April, 23d by submitting either (i) an abstract or (ii) a full paper that  will be considered for presentation at the symposium.  

Submissions can be related either to whole research projects or to more specific points of  research located in the field of socio-economic research on food, agriculture, environment,  rural sciences and development. Topics include but are not limited to risk management; value  chain analysis; resource and environmental economics; farming systems research; food  consumption and consumer behavior; trade, markets and institutions; climate change; food  security; livelihoods; productivity and efficiency; agricultural and agri-environmental policy;  farmers’ behavior; and environmental valuation.  

Selected authors of a short abstract can present their work in 5 minutes with a limited number  of slides. Selected authors of a full paper receive a peer-review of their paper by senior  members of the association and can present their work in 20 minutes. Authors of a selected  full paper automatically take part in the best paper award contest, rewarded with a scholarship  for a conference such as the upcoming EAAE conference in Bonn. Therefore also papers  submitted to the Bonn conference, can also be presented at the BAAE PhD Symposium.  

This major event of the association provides our young members a unique opportunity for  presenting and discussing their (preliminary) work in front of an interested and critical audience and to become acquainted with their colleagues of other Belgian universities at the social  activity that will conclude the event. 

Abstracts and full papers must include title, name of the author, university or institution affiliation, e-mail address and should be written in English. The maximum length of an abstract is 2 pages and the maximum length of a full paper is 15 pages. Use Times New Roman font, size 12, section headings numbered and in bold and single spacing. Include all figures and tables within the body of your text. Use a consistent reference format. All abstracts and papers have to be submitted by email to erwin.wauters@ilvo.vlaanderen.be with copy to guido.vanhuylenbroeck@ugent.be

Important dates

Scientific and organizing committee

Prof. Van Huylenbroeck (UGent), Prof. Van den Broeck (UCL), Prof. Verbeke (UGent), Prof. Lauwers (ILVO-UGent), Prof. Mathijs (KUL), Prof. Maertens (KUL), Prof. Vranken (KUL), Prof. Vancauteren (UHasselt), Prof. Buysse (UGent), Prof. Van Passel (UAntwerpen), Prof. d’Haese (UGent), Prof. Speelman (UGent), dr. Wauters (ILVO), Prof. de Mey (WUR), ir. K. Carels (SALV), Prof. Gaspart (UCL), Prof Dogot (ULiege)