The Productivity Institute is hosting an international research conference on Productivity on 4th – 5th September, 2025.
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Call for Papers 

The Productivity Institute is pleased host the Productivity Research Conference 

Thursday 4th - Friday 5th September 2025 

The University of Manchester

 

The Productivity Institute is hosting an international research conference on Productivity on 4th – 5th September 2025. This is an in-person conference and will be held at The University of Manchester.

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Submission Guidelines 

We invite submissions on any aspect of productivity related to the TPI research areas listed below.  Submissions can be a complete paper or an extended abstract (maximum 1500 words) and should be submitted via Oxford Abstracts by 31st January 2025.  Submissions will be reviewed by the organising committee and decisions will be sent to submitters by 1st March 2025. 

Further guidance on submitting abstracts can be found here: https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/knowledge/making-a-submission 

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

TPI Research Areas

  1. Knowledge Capital
  2. Organisational Capital
  3. Sustainability and Digital Transitions
  4. Macroeconomics and Productivity
  5. Institutions and Governance
  6. Measurement and Methods
  7. Public Sector Productivity
  8. Generating Skills for Productivity Growth
  1. Managing Skill Changes with Digital Technologies
  2. Jobs Design and People Engagement
  3. Productivity at the Firm Level
  4. Firms - Innovation in Business Models
  5. Managers, Finance, and Investment
  6. Geography, Places and Urban Scale
  7. Knowledge Diffusion
  8. Other

Conference Details 

Conference presenters and attendees will be expected to cover their own travel and hotel costs. However, we welcome submissions from early-career researchers and have a limited number of bursaries to cover costs for presenters who are within 8 years of receiving their latest academic degree (MSc or PhD).  Registration will open in April 2025 and will be free of charge. 

 

Key dates: 

  • Submission Deadline: 31st January 2025 
  • Decisions sent to submitters: 1st March 2025 
  • Registration: April 2025 

 

Organising committee: Bart van Ark, Mary O’Mahony, Tony Venables and Bridgette Wessels 

 

For further information, please contact: tpi-applications@manchester.ac.uk 

Kind regards,

 

The Productivity Institute

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