CALL FOR PAPERS – 2nd Knut Wicksell Conference on Crypto and Fintech

Conference dates

28 Aug 2025 - 29 Aug 2025

Location

Lund, Sweden

Description

The Knut Wicksell Centre for Financial Studies at Lund University, Sweden invites submissions to the Knut Wicksell Conference on Crypto and Fintech.
Date: Thursday-Friday, 28-29 August 2025, in Lund, Sweden.
Keynote lecture by:
Professor Marco Di Maggio, Imperial College London
The Knut Wicksell Conference on Crypto and Fintech is a boutique-style conference welcoming submissions on topics including but not limited to:
· Crypto and blockchain technology (asset pricing, systemic risk, market microstructure)
· Crypto markets, households, and the real economy
· Environmental and social impact of crypto markets
· Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
· Financial technology (Fintech)
· Payment systems (payment firms, consumer experiences, bank competition)
· Interaction between traditional finance and decentralized finance

Last year’s program is available at
https://www.lusem.lu.se/calendar/knut-wicksell-conference-crypto-and-fintech

Paper submission: Submit complete papers by May 1, 2025 to LundConference2024@nek.lu.se
Notification of acceptance: Authors will be notified of acceptance by June 1, 2025.

Authors of accepted papers should be prepared to act as discussants during the conference. Also, people with an interest in the topic are welcome to participate without presenting papers. The number of participants is limited and slots for non-presenters are allocated on a first come first served basis.

There is no participation fee. There will be a conference dinner on Thursday 28th of August.
Lund is a small historic university town in southern Sweden about 35 minutes by train from Copenhagen airport.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at LundConference2024@nek.lu.se if you have any questions.

On behalf of the organizers,
Andreas Johansson, Talina Sondershaus and Anders Vilhelmsson
Department of Economics
Lund University