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Developments in Economics Education 2025

Developments in Economics Education 2025

The Economics Network is pleased to announce that the 13th biennial Developments in Economics Education conference will be held at the University of Leeds on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 September 2025.

DEE 2025 will be preceded by the INERME Conference taking place on Wednesday 10 in the same campus.

Registration

The University of Bristol online shop is having a problem taking payments, so please hold off on registration for now. We will post again when the problem is fixed.

Registration for both the DEE and INERME conferences is now open. Please follow the links below to register. Those attending the DEE conference will be given the option to sign up for the conference dinner (£50).

  • DEE conference only - please note that delegates from subscribing departments (listed as "EN supporter" or "EN host institution" here) are eligible for reduced registration fees (£200, reduced from £300).
  • INERME conference only (£100).
  • Both conferences - we are offering a 10% discount to those signing up to both conferences.

Prices listed are for the earlybird rate and will increase by 15% after 5 August. 

Refund policy: Any delegates requesting cancellations before 8 August 2025 will be offered a 50% refund; after that date, we will be unable to offer any refunds. Please email [email protected] to request a refund or for further information. 

Programme

The draft programme is available as a PDF. There will likely be changes before the final version.

DEE 2025 will have three kinds of session examining research or practice in economics university education:

  • Papers – Paper presentations should be used for pedagogical research; economics learning, teaching or assessment innovations; or research reviews. These involve 20 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes for questions.
  • Interactive workshops – Workshops must involve some interaction and engagement with the participants and should be used to demonstrate teaching/assessment methods. We shall be happy to include workshops whose primary value is to disseminate good practice or contribute to continuing professional development. Workshops will usually be allocated 45 minutes.
  • Panels – Panels may be used to highlight a particular policy or issue within higher education economics. They should be limited to four speakers to ensure sufficient time. These will usually be allocated 45 minutes.

If you are accepted to the conference, we shall also ask you to send us, by 1 August 2025, a 750-word summary of the paper (which may include up to two tables/diagrams/figures) for inclusion in the conference booklet (for paper sessions).

Session timings for the DEE and INERME conferences are available in this PDF.

Keynote

Jonathan Heron headshot

The keynote on day 1 will be Prof. Jonathan Heron, Institute for Advanced Teaching & Learning, University of Warwick, speaking on "Teaching Innovations in Place and Time: where, when and how we innovate in higher education".

Venue and accommodation

The University of Leeds is just a 10-minute walk from the vibrant city centre, which offers a wide range of places to stay, but is also compact and easy to get around with regular public transport services. Leeds is well connected, nationally and internationally, with excellent transport links. Travel directions to the university are found here.

The conference registration will take place in the Maurice Keyworth building (see the virtual tour). Conference sessions will be split between this building and the Clarendon Building next door (see the virtual tour).

Please find below some suggestion for accommodation:

Campus map

Review panel

Thanks to everyone who took part in the blind review process for DEE and INERME: in random order, Dunli Li, Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez, Robert Riegler, Matt Olczak, Panos Arsenis, Chris Wilson, Paul Middleditch, Caroline Elliott, Carlos Cortinhas, Linda Juleff, Liliana Harding, Annika Johnson, Alvin Birdi, Edmund Cannon, Miguel Flores, Paul Cowell, Lory Barile, Duncan Lawson, and Frank Feudel. Thanks also to the Economics Network Events group for advice and decision making at crucial parts of the process.

Previous conference

Of those who filled in an evaluation form at DEE 2023:

  • 100% said they would recommend a colleague to come to a future DEE conference.
  • Attendees rated the impact of the conference on their teaching as 4.09 on a 1-5 scale.

Past DEE conferences

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Who Should Attend?

Anyone interested in teaching economics at HE level (whether to economics or other students), especially:

- Lecturers in higher and further education
- Graduate teaching assistants
- Library and information staff
- Teaching support staff
- Staff developers

Past DEE conferences

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