Call for papers – Towards a Low Demand Economy
On 1-2 December 2026, the CIRED will organize an International Conference – and 16th FAERE Thematic Workshop – at Paris-Saclay (AgroParisTech campus) entitled ‘Towards a Low Demand Economy – policies, transformation pathways, macroeconomic reconfigurations and high well-being within planetary boundaries.’
The two-day conference aims to bring together different strands of research to advance a shared understanding of what a transition towards a low – energy and material – demand and high well-being economy could look like. It seeks to convene an interdisciplinary group of international researchers working across energy and integrated assessment modeling, industrial ecology, ecological and environmental economics, ecological macroeconomics, and political and social sciences.
We welcome theoretical and applied contributions dealing with the following themes:
- Sufficiency and efficiency (energy, material) policies: policy instruments and evaluation, preferences and conditions for behavioral changes, rebound effects;
- Low demand pathways: integrated transformation pathways, supply-demand interactions, material and biophysical constraints, energy transition dynamics, net energy analysis, stock-flow analysis;
- Macroeconomic and industrial reconfigurations: structural change and employment impacts, growth dynamics, sectoral transitions, industrial policy, quantity-quality transitions, circular economy, post-growth transitions;
- Equity, well-being and decent living: distributional impacts, well-being frameworks and co-benefits (including health), decent living standards, consumption corridors;
Important deadlines
- Submission: September 13th
- Acceptance: October 4th
- Registration: October 25th
For further details and information about the conference and to submit your papers and communications, please visit the conference website: https://lowdemand-eco.sciencesconf.org/
Invited speakers
- Milena Büchs (University of Leeds)
- Simone D’Alessandro (University of Pisa)
- Aude Pommeret (University Savoie Mont Blanc)
- Frauke Wiese (University of Flensburg)
The event is organized by the LoDEEP (Low Demand Economy Pathways) research group from CIRED with the support of the FAERE, the Chair Prospective Modeling for Sustainable Development, and the SPECULAR project – PEPR SPLEEN
