CALL FOR PAPERS

           3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF
                      INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

                 Georgetown University, Washington, DC
                          28-30 January, 2010


      We invite submissions for the 3rd annual conference on the
      political economy of international organizations. The
      conference will bring together economists, political
      scientists and other scholars to address political economy
      issues related to any international organization, including
      the UN, IMF, World Bank, WTO, and EU, as well as other
      regional organizations and NGOs. The conference aims to be
      international in character. Previous PEIO conferences
      included contributors from six continents.


      DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKERS:

      - Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development)
      - Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley)
      - Ngaire Woods (Oxford University)


      PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

      Submit full papers, both empirical and theoretical, to:

      Email:          MAILTO:PEIO@kof.ethz.ch

      by September 30, 2009. Acceptance decisions will be made by
      October 31, 2009. A special issue of the Review of
      International Organizations (Springer) will be devoted to
      papers from the conference, subject to the usual refereeing
      process. (Submission to the special issue is not mandatory,
      but if you are interested, please indicate this on the
      title page.)


      CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, ACCOMMODATION, AND REGISTRATION:

      Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend all
      conference sessions. (A small number of additional
      participants may attend by invitation only; the conference
      is closed to the public.) Authors are expected to cover
      their own expenses. Partial refunding of expenses for
      authors from developing countries can be considered on
      request following acceptance of the paper. There is no
      registration fee.


      CONFERENCE VENUE:

      Mortara Center for International Studies
      Georgetown University
      1248 36th Street, NW
      Washington, DC, USA


      CONFERENCE WEBSITE:

      http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jrv24/PEIO.html


      PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

      - Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich, CIS)
      - Lawrence Broz (University of California, San Diego)
      - Axel Dreher (University of Goettingen)
      - Simon Hug (University of Geneva)
      - Christopher Kilby (Villanova University)
      - Carol Lancaster (Georgetown University)
      - Helen Milner (Princeton University)
      - Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich)
      - Randall Stone (University of Rochester)
      - Michael J. Tierney (College of William and Mary)
      - James Vreeland (Georgetown University)
      - Eric Werker (Harvard Business School)


      PREVIOUS AND UPCOMING CONFERENCES:

      - 2008: Monte Verita, Switzerland
      - 2011: Zurich, Switzerland
      - 2009: Geneva, Switzerland
      - 2012: Villanova University, Philadelphia

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