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
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
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





