14th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security

14th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security

17th-18th June 2010 Izmir, Turkey

Hosted by:

EKOLIDER, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, TURKEY http://ekolider.ieu.edu.tr/eab/DEFENCE2010
METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY"
http://www.stps.metu.edu.tr

Venue:

Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, TURKEY

Invited Speakers:

Christos Kollias

Steve Killelea - http://www.visionofhumanity.org/index.php

Paul Dunne - http://carecon.org.uk/Users/paul

Background and conference topic:

EKOLIDER of University of Economics and Middle East Technical University are honoured to host 14th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security. The conference aims to bring defence and peace economists all around the world to share ideas and discuss the future developments on the following topics:

Security in the Balkan Region

European Security

Economics of Security

Globalisation and the restructuring of the MIC

Militarism and development

Security sector reform

Economics of conflict and war

Economics of post-conflict reconstruction

Economics of arms procurement, trade and offsets

Arms races and alliances

Peace science

Conversion and Demilitarisation

Economics of Terrorism

You are cordially invited to submit papers on these topics. Offers of papers on other related topics are also welcome.

The conference is also planned to have plenary sessions with keynote speakers plus specialist workshop streams.
If interested in presenting a paper or organizing a session in the 2010 Conference, please send a title and an abstract of 300-words at most to:
defence2010(at)ieu.edu.tr

Please remember to submit:
YOUR FULL NAME
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
E-MAIL, POSTAL ADDRESS, and TEL.
PAPER TITLE
300-WORD ABSTRACT
Please remember that the deadline for abstract submission is until January April 9 , 2010.

Important Deadlines and Dates:

April 9, 2010 Extended Deadline for receipt of abstracts

April 26, 2010 Decisions on acceptance/rejection of abstracts

May 24, 2010 Extended Deadline for Registrations (otherwise paper will be withdrawn from the conference programme)

May 24, 2010 Extended Final date for submission of full papers

June 17-18, 2010 14th Annual Conference on Economics and Security in Izmir

Conference Organizers:

Prof.Dr. Paul Dunne School of Economics, University of West England, UK

Prof.Dr. Nadir Öcal Dept. of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara/Turkey

Assoc. Prof Dr. Hakan Yetkiner Dept. of Economics, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir/Turkey

Assoc. Prof Dr. Erkan Erdil Dept. of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara/Turkey

Prof. Dr. Julide Yildirim Dept. of Econometrics, Gazi University, Ankara/Turkey

Asst. Prof. Dr. Teoman Pamukcu STPS, Middle East Technical University, Ankara/Turkey

Announcements:

You may summit your paper to International Econometric Review for a possible publication on special issue.

Important Deadlines and Dates:

May 24, 2010 Extended Deadline for Registrations (otherwise paper will be withdrawn from the conference programme)

May 24, 2010 Extended Final date for submission of full papers

June 17-18, 2010 14th Annual Conference on Economics and Security in Izmir