CE Economic Modeling Workshop (CEE-Woop)

The EU & ANR projects: DECEP[1], PEPR Recyclage, together with TSC from Tilburg University, RRECQ, Irege-USMB, CEE-ZHAW and LNEG are pleased to announce a joint workshop on Circular Economy Economic Modelling, scheduled to take place on Monday 29th of June 2026 in Lisboa. This workshop will precede the World Conference of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) and aims to provide a platform for researchers, especially young non-tenured economists, interested in advancing our understanding of the economic aspects of circular economies. The event is a related event endorsed by WCERE.

Key Features:

Date: Monday, 29 June 2026

Location: Lisboa, Portugal

Registration: Free but registration needed through this link

Attendance Limit: 50 participants

 The workshop will feature a keynote address by Reyer Gerlagh, followed by paper presentations discussed by senior scholar in the field. Researchers, especially young non-tenured economists, are invited to submit empirical and theoretical papers covering a broad spectrum of topics related to circular economy economic modelling. Abstracts or draft papers will also be considered.

Submission Details: Economists, and especially young non-tenured researchers, are encourage to submit their papers or abstracts by March 27th, 22:00 CET, to j.metta@tilburguniversity.edu. Please provide a pdf with your paper and author(s) details including current position (Master, PhD, Post-doc, Assis. Prof. etc.) in the email with as object title: “Submission Workshop CEE Modelling”.

The scientific committee will review submissions, and results about the selected papers for presentation at the workshop, will be communicated to authors by the 15th of April.

Registrations can be done through this link. Questions or inquiries can be directed to the workshop coordinator, Julie Metta, at j.metta [-at-] tilburguniversity.edu.

Scientific Committee:

S. Bernard, Polytechnique Montréal & RRECQ

L. Cassin, Université de Lorraine, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, BETA

L. Drouet, NOVA

F. Landis, ZHAW

E. Joltreau, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment

E. Lorang, University of Strabsourg

J. Metta, University Savoie-Mont-Blanc, ZHAW and Tilburg University

C. Ranocchia, Tilburg University

This joint workshop presents an opportunity for economic researchers to engage with cutting-edge research, exchange ideas, discuss limits and challenges, and contribute to the advancement of circular economy economic modelling. We look forward to your participation in this workshop. 

For submission and more information, please visit this link.

[1] DECEP has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101211786