The Second International Congress of the Center for Research in Economics and Comparative Development (CIEDEC) aims to consolidate the CIEDEC International Congress as the leading annual scientific event organised by the Center for Research in Economics and Comparative Development at Lusíada University.
Following the first edition, devoted to the theme "The New Economic History of Brazil", the 2026 edition will focus on "Economic Development in Historical Perspective: New Data, Methods, and Evidence". It will address economic history, comparative development, long-run economic growth, institutions, inequality, market integration, and the use of new datasets and methodologies in historical and quantitative research.
The main programme of the Congress will include a keynote lecture by Professor Leticia Arroyo Abad, Professor of Economics at CUNY – Queens College and the Graduate Center, CEPR Research Fellow, and Maddison Research Fellow at the Groningen Growth and Development Centre.
The programme will also feature a presentation by Professor Nuno Palma entitled "How a Nation Was Born: Brazilian Economic Growth, 1574–1920". Recently published as a CEPR Discussion Paper, this study constitutes the main scientific outcome of CIEDEC’s REGROWTH project — "How a Nation is Born: Reconstructing Four Centuries of Brazilian Economic Growth, 1550–1920" — funded by the Haddad Foundation and developed in partnership with the University of Manchester. This project formed the central scientific focus of the 1st International Congress of CIEDEC, held in September 2025.
The event will also include sessions arising from an international Call for Papers, with submissions selected through a scientific peer-review process. Parallel sessions may be organised depending on the quality and number of proposals received.
14:00 - 14:30
Registration and welcome coffee.
14:30 - 14:45
Opening remarks and session briefing.
14:45 - 16:10
Parallel Paper Sessions I — Papers selected through the Call for Papers.
16:10 - 16:30
Coffee break.
16:30 - 18:00
Parallel Paper Sessions II — Papers selected through the Call for Papers.
18:00 - 18:15
Closing remarks and wrap-up.
09:30 - 09:45
Opening remarks.
09:45 - 10:45
Main Keynote Lecture — "Development and growth in historical perspective". (title TBC)Keynote Speaker:
10:45 - 11:00
Discussion.
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 - 12:10
Special Lecture — How a Nation Was Born: Brazilian Economic Growth, 1574–1920.
12:10 - 12:25
12:25 - 13:15
Invited Session I — Living Standards and Market Integration in 18th-Century Iberia.
13:15 - 14:30
Lunch break.
14:30 - 15:20
Invited Session II — Getting Global Prices Right: Commodity Prices and Africa’s Lost Decades (joint work with Denis Cogneau)
15:20 - 16:10
Invited Session III — The effects of cross-border data inflows on economic growth.
16:10 - 17:00
Invited Session IV — Labour flows and wage growth.
17:00 - 17:20
17:20 - 17:50
Summing-up and closing session.
Professor Álvaro MatiasDirector of the Faculty of Economics and Business SciencesDirector of the Centre for Research in Economics and Comparative DevelopmentLusíada University [Lisbon]
The 2026 edition will be held under the general theme Economic Development in Historical Perspective: New Data, Methods and Evidence.
Submissions are particularly welcome on topics related to economic development in historical and comparative perspective, including long-run growth, macroeconomic dynamics, institutional change, inequality, labour markets, living standards, market integration, tourism and regional development, European economic integration, firms and applied sectoral dynamics, sustainability, consumer behaviour, quantitative methods, historical datasets, and the use of new data and methods in economic, historical and comparative research.
Submissions will be subject to scientific review. Accepted papers will be presented in dedicated sessions on 11 December 2026, with the possibility of parallel sessions depending on the number and quality of accepted proposals.
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