Call for Papers

We invite submissions of theoretical and empirical papers in all areas of social choice theory and welfare economics. Contributions from related disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, political science, and others, are warmly welcome. 

Submission Guidelines

Full papers or extended abstracts should be submitted through the paper submission page on this website, which will open on January 1, 2026.

Both full papers and extended abstracts are welcome. If the number of submissions is high, full papers may receive priority in the review process.

Authors wishing to be considered for the Young Scholar Paper Awards must submit full papers. See below for details.

There is no limit on the number of submissions per author; however, each participant may present only one paper during the conference.

Submission deadline: February 8, 2026.

Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2026.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Appointment; Assignments and Claims; Argumentation; Axiology; Behavioral Welfare Economics; Coalition Formation; Computational Social Choice; Cooperative Games; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Decision Theory; Deliberation and Debate; Deontology; Economics and Philosophy; Egalitarianism; Elections; Empirical Social Choice; Environment and Resources; Experiments; Fair Division; Fairness; Game Theory; Implementation; Inequality Measurement; Intergenerational Equity; Judgement Aggregation; Justice and Equity; Law and Economics; Market Design; Matching; Mechanism Design; Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis; Negotiation; Networks; Opportunity; Political Economy; Political Philosophy; Rights; Social Choice; Strategy-Proofness; Sufficientarianism; Subjective Well-Being; Participatory Budgeting; Population Ethics; Poverty Measurement; Preference Aggregation; Public Finance and Taxation; Public Goods; Utilitarianism; Voting; Welfare Criteria. 

Young Scholar Paper Awards

The Society for Social Choice and Welfare (SSCW) will present Young Scholar Paper Awards to recognize outstanding papers authored and presented by young researchers within five years of their PhD defense or currently enrolled in a PhD program, based on papers presented in the contributed sessions of SSCW 2026.

For co-authored papers, all co-authors must meet this eligibility criterion; i.e., each must be within five years of their PhD defense or currently enrolled in a PhD program.

We warmly encourage submissions from early-career scholars. 

Further Information

For inquiries, please contact: sscw2026[at]gmail.com