STEAM (Special Topics for Early-career Applied Microeconomists) is a new annual workshop that brings early-career researchers together to discuss a single topic. The theme for the 2027 workshop is discrimination and gender.

Call for papers
We invite submissions to the first STEAM workshop, taking place at FAIR, NHH Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen on 22-23 April 2027.

We welcome completed papers and work in progress in applied microeconomics and psychology, broadly defined. Relevant fields include labour, behavioural, public and political economy, development, and industrial organisation.

• Submission deadline: 20 December 2026
• Acceptance notification: 1 February 2027

Keynote speakers
Christine L. Exley, University of Michigan
Dario Sansone, University of Exeter

Presentations and participation
Presentations will be either 20-minute full presentations or 10-minute speed presentations, with plenty of time for discussion. There is no registration fee, and the conference dinner is included. A limited number of travel grants are available.

How to submit
For further information and to submit your paper, please visit the STEAM 2027 website.

Organisers
Evrim Belli (Tilburg University), Anna Hochleitner (FAIR, NHH), Ethan Connor O'Leary (FAIR, NHH), and Anna Shcherbiak (WU Vienna).

Contact
For questions, please contact steam.bergen2027@gmail.com.