20th Critical Economics Conference

Capital’s Offensive Against Life:
Authoritarian Drifts and Contested Transitions

The current conjuncture reveals the rise of authoritarian regimes, the normalization of war, and the erosion of democratic guarantees as part of a global capitalist restructuring that manages its crises through coercion, financialization, and technological control. The ecological and care crises expose a shared process of dispossession that threatens the material and affective bases of life, within a broader civilizational crisis that reshapes forms of governance and social reproduction.

10-12 JUNE 2026

Faculty of Economics and Business, Sarriko
Universidad del País Vasco

Lehendakari Agirre Avenue, 83
48015 Bilbao, Bizkaia

jec2026@ehu.eus

The Critical Economics Conference invites us to collectively reflect on this moment of crisis and transformation, to discuss the alternatives emerging from below, and to imagine—amid uncertainty—new horizons of hope and shared life.

Our call for sessions is open

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Key dates

CALL
FOR SESSIONS

17

November 2025

END OF CALL
FOR SESSIONS

9

January 2025

CALL
FOR PAPERS

18

December 2025

END OF CALL
FOR PAPERS

15

February 2026

ACCEPTANCE
OF PAPERS

10

March 2026

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