Registrations Open for the AHE 2024 Conference
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26th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics
10-12 July 2024 in Bristol, UK
In collaboration with Bristol Research in Economics, the College of Business and Law at the University of the West of England in Bristol, and the Cambridge Political Economy Society
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Registrations are now open for the 26th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, taking place on 10-12 July 2024 at the University of the West of England (Frenchay Campus) in Bristol (UK) and online. Registrations are open until 21 June 2024.
We are proud to see more than 170 individual submissions and 11 panel proposals, coming to a total of 214 scholars expressing interest in presenting at the AHE conference. The numbers demonstrate a renewed interest in the UK’s heterodox community.
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What to expect
The conference is a hybrid event with both in-person and online attendees and speakers. Please make sure to book the correct ticket on our website.
The conference will run for three days and sessions will typically start at 9am with the final sessions closing by 6pm.
Partner associations include: Cambridge Political Economy Society (CPES), INET Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), History of Economics Society (HES), Cambridge Social Ontology Group (CSOG), and the Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES).
Each day we will have a keynote plenary where no parallel sessions will run. Themes of the keynote addresses will range from ecological and environmental justice to the political economy of conflict and migration, to heterodoxy and policy.
On Thursday 11th July the conference dinner will take place at 7pm (venue and details TBC).
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Confirmed speakers:
D’Maris Coffman (University College London)
Maria Nikolaidi (University of Greenwich)
Bengi Akbulut (University of Concordia, Canada)
Rafeef Ziadah (Department of International Development, King’s College London)
Bruna Boscaini (Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organization – IRMO)
Artjoms Ivlevs (UWE Bristol)
Gary Dymski (University of Leeds)
Lekha Chakraborty (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India)
Natalia Bracarense (OECD and Sciences Po, Toulouse)
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Fred Lee prize
Send your full paper by June 1st, 2024 with the subject line “Early career prize submission” at heteconevents@gmail.com. Eligible scholars for the prize include PhD students as well as those who received their PhD no more than 2 years prior to the date of the conference and are not currently in a full-time, tenured position.
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Conference location
The conference will take place at the Bristol Business School (X block), University of the West of England (Frenchay Campus) in Bristol (UK) and online. For online participants a Zoom link will be shared closer to the date of the conference. The address for in-person attendees is: UWE Bristol Coldharbour Lane, Frenchay, Bristol, BS16 1QY.
Click here for the Google Maps link to the conference venue.
Click here for a high-resolution map of the university campus.
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Getting to Bristol
Via plane
Bristol airport is the closest airport to Bristol. The Airport Flyer bus service connects Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Airport, with the journey taking approximately 25 minutes. It takes another 30-40 minutes from Bristol Temple Meads to reach the UWE Business School.
London Heathrow airport for transatlantic and longer flights. It takes about 2.5 hours from Heathrow to UWE Business School using public transport (train and bus), with busses generally being the more affordable option.
From London Heathrow airport to Bristol by train: Take the Elizabeth line or Heathrow Express to Paddington. From there, take the train towards Cardiff or Swansea. Get off at Bristol Parkway. You can take a bus (e.g. 19 or metrobus m4 or m3 towards the city centre) from here to the Business School (Frenchay Campus).
From London Heathrow airport to Bristol by bus: Long distance coaches and coaches from London airports: Megabus and National Express provide a very cost-effective service direct to Frenchay Campus from many UK cities and some overseas destinations including London (city, e.g. Victoria, and airports), Cardiff, Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester and Leeds.
Via train
Direct trains go to Bristol Temple Meads from Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham and London (Paddington).
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Getting to UWE Bristol Business School once in Bristol
Via train
Bristol Temple Meads is the main train station and is located close to Bristol city centre.
The nearest train stations from UWE Bristol are: Bristol Parkway (approx. 20-25 minutes walking), or Filton Abbey Wood (approx. 10 minutes walking). From Bristol Parkway it is also possible to take a bus (19, m3, m4 towards the city centre) to the campus.
It will take about 40 minutes to reach the UWE Business School from Bristol Temple Meads (train ride of approx. 15 minutes, plus walking). Tickets can be bought at the station or online.
Via bus
From Bristol Temple Meads, buses operate 24 hours a day and at peak times, leave up to every 8 minutes.
Buses 72 and 74 will take you from the train station (Temple Meads) to the Business School campus.
From Bristol Parkway, it is also possible to take a bus (19, m3, m4 towards the city centre) to the campus.
From the city centre, Metrobus services m1, m3 and m4 are the best way to get to UWE, with buses up to every 10 minutes (Monday – Friday daytime). Bus routes, ticket prices and where to buy the tickets can be found HERE.
The First Bus app includes a journey planner and offers live bus times so you can check when your bus is due in real time.
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Accommodation
Accommodation on campus is now available for booking:
Participants can book up to 4 nights, at the cost of £54 per person per night.
Participants are expected to include their arrival time when proceeding with the booking, so that keys can be arranged for collection.
UWE Accommodation is available for booking until the 11th June 2024. No bookings will be possible after that date.
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Hotels
The following websites provide useful information and contact details to help you find the right accommodation during your stay in Bristol:
You can also use Google maps to find accommodation near UWE Bristol campuses, or in the city centre.
For options in the city centre, some hotel chains offer well-located hotels:
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