Events

Kerala Economic Association Thirteenth Annual Academic Conference 13-14, March 2026 Venue: Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation Thiruvananthapuram (Collaborating Institution)

Invitation of Research Papers

The conference focuses on issues of Labour and Employment and the sub themes are: Labour Rights and Welfare, Informal Labour and Social Security, Labour Regulations, Growth and Employment, Labour Productivity , Human Capital and Occupational Mobility, Employment Programmes, Issues in Kerala Economy. The conference accepts papers on Teaching and Research in Economics as well.

Full papers submitted will be screened by a panel of reviewers of KEA for acceptance and presentation at the Conference. Papers along with abstracts may be submitted to:
conference@keaonline.org

Important dates:
Last date for submission of paper: 28th February, 2026
Last date for submission of revised paper, if required: 5th March 2026.

Kindly follow the APA style. For other details, please contact: mail@keaonline.org

The Department of Economics, Sree Sankara College, Kalady is organising a 3-Day Workshop on R-Programming under the Smart Scheme of IQAC, with sponsorship from the Ernakulam Chapter of the Kerala Economic Association and academic collaboration from the Department of Economics, St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery.

Call for Submissions / Applications

The Kerala Economic Association (KEA), in collaboration with the Department of Economics, Farook College (Autonomous), Kozhikode, and the Department of Economics, Government Arts and Science College, Kozhikode, invites applications for a Five-Day National Workshop on “Cross-Sectional Unit-Level Data Analysis for Empirical Research”, to be held from 02–06 February 2026 at Farook College (Autonomous), Kozhikode, Kerala.

Designed as an intensive, hands-on training programme, the workshop aims to strengthen empirical research capabilities by familiarising participants with major Indian unit-level datasets, including the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), and Time Use Survey (TUS). The programme adopts a progressive learning approach—beginning with data cleaning and extraction and advancing to data integration, analysis, visualisation, and reproducible research workflows using R Studio. Sessions are highly interactive and application-oriented, enabling participants to work directly with large-scale micro-data.

The workshop is intended for postgraduate students, research scholars, and faculty members in economics and related social science disciplines who are interested in applied empirical research and policy analysis. With a limited intake of 50 participants, the programme ensures focused mentoring and meaningful hands-on experience under the guidance of an eminent resource person with extensive academic and policy engagement.

Invitation of Research Papers

The conference focuses on areas such as: Care Economy, Local Governments, Demographic Challenges, Labour, Employment and Migration, Environment, Social Exclusion and Gender, Infrastructure Development, Fiscal Federalism, Sector Specific Issues, Teaching and Research in Economics, Media and Development Narratives, Knowledge Economy and Technology.

Full papers submitted will be screened by a Panel of Reviewers of KEA for acceptance and presentation at the Conference. Papers along with abstracts may be submitted to:
conference@keaonline.org

Important dates:
Last date for submission of paper: 30th November, 2024.

Last date for submission of revised paper, if required: 31st December 2024.

Kindly follow the APA style. For other details such as registration & membership,

please contact: mail@keaonline.org