The Lofoten International Symposium on Inequality and Taxation will take place at Thon Hotel Svolvær, in the attractive Lofoten islands, Norway, on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd June 2027.

The symposium is jointly organized and funded by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the RCN-funded WelGain project; Roma Tre University and the GC Wealth Project; Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and the Italian Ministry of University and Research FIS3 SCI-PET project; and Skatteforsk – Centre for Tax Research at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). 

Accepted presenters will be invited to submit to a special issue of Fiscal Studies. When submitting, please indicate as well whether you intend to submit to the special issue.  The deadline for submission of full papers or extended abstracts is 23:59 CET on the 31 January 2027. 

Papers must be submitted electronically using the link HERE. 

Authors of submitted papers will be notified before 1st March 2027. Our intention is to ensure a gender-balanced list of presenters. We require presenters to attend both days of the symposium, and each presenter will be assigned a paper to discuss. There is no conference fee. No travel funding is available, however 2 nights at the Thon Hotel Svolvær (from 21st to 23rd June) will be covered to accepted presenters, in addition to the conference dinner.