Call for Papers: Boğaziçi University International Law Conference, 13 – 14 June 2026, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW IN A FRACTURED GLOBAL ORDER

To better understand the catalysts of the changing order as well as the possibilities before us, BILC 2026 invites diverse epistemic interventions into the debate. We aim to better understand the challenges before us as well as the viability of the new ideas and frameworks proposed for international economic law. Are the parameters truly shifting; is the order transforming; and, ultimately, is a just alternative possible?

We invite interventions from scholars of international law, international relations, and germane fields exploring the future of international economic law

Themes, inter alia:

1. Racial, colonial, and societal inequalities in IEL

2. Future of trade rules/institutions in the age of trade wars

3. International finance law in a transforming economic order

4. Future of ISDS between state sovereignty, indigenous rights and investor protection

5. Decolonising the epistemological foundations of IEL

6. Corporate social responsibility: wishful thinking or necessary foundation in IEL?

7. Future of international economic cooperation between globalisation and regionalism

8. Global labour, migration and refugee law

9. Carbon capitalism and the limits of ‘green growth’

10. Growth dependency, economic development and international law

11. Emerging technologies and strategic economic resources under contestation

12. Climate Apartheid: vulnerabilities and responsibilities in international economic law

13. Law, land, and food systems: towards an ecological political economy of IL

14. Digital capitalism and the geopolitics of technological infrastructures

15. Security, sanctions, and the weaponisation of interdependence in international economic relations

Conference Format

Each panel will comprise three to four presenters and a moderator. Each presenter will be allotted 15 minutes for their paper. The conference will be held in English only. Submission procedure The deadline for abstract submission is March 15, 2026. Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) via our website (https://bilc.bogazici.edu.tr/abstract-submission). Abstracts will be selected on the basis of their originality and relevance to the conference theme.

Time and Venue

The Conference will be conducted in person on June 13-14, 2026, at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Costs

There is no participation fee. Funding for travel and accommodation expenses is available for a limited number of selected papers.

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