The Centre of Energy Business and Economics Research (CEnBER) of the UG’s Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and the University of Groningen Business School (UGBS) are pleased to announce the 2025 Energy and Climate Economics and Business Days on 25 and 26 March 2025. Leading experts, interested practitioners, PhD candidates, alumni of both FEB and UGBS, and researchers at all career levels are invited to present and discuss innovative research on energy transition and climate policy in an economic or business context.

Plenary and concurrent sessions

There will be two plenary sessions, one focused on the economics of climate policy and the other on business aspects of energy transition. Both plenary sessions will have an academic keynote speaker and a discussant from government or business, followed by a plenary discussion.

The academic keynote speaker in the plenary session on climate policy is prof. dr. Grischa Perino, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Hamburg. His presentation will be on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the interaction with overlapping climate regulation, combined with some reflections on the EU ETS 2. The other keynote speaker and the discussants will be announced as soon as possible.

In addition, there will be parallel sessions, in which participants can present and discuss their work.

Call for abstracts and proposals

We invite submissions of extended abstracts of papers (or full papers) that examine energy and climate in an economic or business context, broadly defined. Authors at all levels are invited to submit. Submissions from PhD students and postdocs are especially welcome. We also encourage proposals for a panel discussion on energy and climate policy (in English or Dutch).

Submissions, registration and deadlines

To submit an abstract, panel proposal, or full paper, please fill in this form. The submission deadline is extended until 6 January 2025. Submitters will be notified of acceptance by mid-January.

The registration deadline for the conference is February 28, 2025. Please register via the registration form. 

More details about the conference can be found on the conference page.

Questions?

For practical questions, you may reach out to Selma Bakker from the University of Groningen Business School (s.m.bakker@rug.nl).