Sixth International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Social Sciences (IMEBESS) in Utrecht

Call for papers now open, deadline 7 January 2019

The Nuffield Centre for Experimental Social Sciences of the University of Oxford (CESS) is pleased to announce the Sixth International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Social Sciences (IMEBESS) at the Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands on 2-4 May 2019. The conference is locally organized by Wojtek Przepiorka along with conference organizer David Klinowski (CESS Santiago/USACH).

The IMEBESS organizing committee consists of Jordi Brandts (Institut d’Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) and Barcelona GSE), Raymond Duch (Nuffield College Oxford University), Enrique Fatás (University of East Anglia), Laura Fortunato (University of Oxford) and Diego Gambetta (European University Institute).

We are very fortunate to have three outstanding confirmed speakers: Damon Centola (University of Pennsylvania), Armin Falk (University of Bonn), and Michael W. Macy (Cornell University).

Call for abstracts: deadline 7 january 2019

Both theoretical and empirical papers on the topics in all areas of the social sciences, such as experimental and behavioral economics, sociology, political science, psychology are encouraged. The deadline for submitting extended abstracts is 7 January 2019. Authors will receive notification of acceptance by 8 February 2019.

Further information and instructions for submissions are available on the conference website.

Software Carpentry workshop

Note: On April 30 and May 1, 2019, there will be a 2-day Software Carpentry workshop covering version control, the Unix shell, reproducible analysis and dynamic documents. Stay tuned for more info.