24th BAAE PhD Symposium

Call for papers

The Belgian Association of Agricultural Economists invites young researchers and PhD students to submit either (i) an abstract or (ii) a full paper that will be considered for presentation at its annual 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.
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 criticizing audience. 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 an international conference. All young researchers and PhD students are, in this year in which also the EAAE PhD Workshop (in Budapest) takes place, encouraged to submit the paper they submitted there, also to the BAAE PhD Symposium.

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

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)