Conference 2026
Italian Society of Law and Economics (SIDE) 2026
Department of Law
Polo Mattioli, Via Pier Andrea Mattioli 10
Registration is open in the members' area: early-bird fee until November 20, 2026, registration until December 15, 2026.
Call for Papers. Submissions are now closed. Applicants could submit either full papers or long abstracts (around 1,000 words).
The SIDE Conference aims to provide a forum for developing, discussing, and disseminating studies on any topic regarding the Law and Economics (JEL Code: K).
Main topic areas are: Administrative Law and Regulated Industries; Antitrust and Competition Law; Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Theory of the Firm, Corporate Governance; Behavioural L&E; Comparative L&E, with specific reference to both qualitative and quantitative approaches; Constitutional L&E, Public Choice, Public Finance, and Tax Law; Contracts; Criminal L&E; Economics of Social Norms; Employment Law, Labour Law; Environmental Law; Experimental L&E; Health Law (including Public Health) and Insurance Law; Inequality, Social Justice and Human Rights Law; Intellectual Property, Cyber law and Privacy; International L&E; Judicial Behaviour and Legal Profession; L&E of Non-Profit Organizations; Law and Finance; Litigation Process and Law Enforcement; Philosophical and Methodological Foundations of L&E (including History of Thought); Property Law; Torts; Transaction Cost Economics, and Economics of Institutions; Varieties of Capitalism.
The set-up of the conference is highly interdisciplinary and open to all rigorous scientific methodologies. Moreover, the SIDE conference wants to encourage young scholars' contributions and consolidate relationships among European centres of Law and Economics.
Keynote speakers are:
- Federica Carugati (King's College London)
- Talia Fisher (Tel Aviv University)
Two selected papers may appear in a special issue of the European Journal of Law and Economics (https://link.springer.com/journal/10657).
In the submission form, you will be asked to indicate whether you are eligible for the 2026 SIDE Brenno Galli Award for best young scholar paper. To qualify for the award, the presenter must have obtained her/his PhD not earlier than December 2024.
Conference fees, including SIDE membership, with or without the social dinner (€40):
- Student fee*: €100 with dinner, €60 without
- Regular fee (until November 20, 2026): €180 with dinner, €140 without
- Regular fee (after November 20, 2026): €220 with dinner, €180 without
*Doctoral students and post-docs without a tenure or tenure-track position.
Summary of important dates:
- Submission deadline: September 15 30, 2026. Submissions are now closed.
- Communication of acceptance: October 27, 2026.
- Early-bird fee deadline: November 20, 2026.
- Registration deadline: December 15, 2026.
- Conference dates: January 27-29, 2027.
Scientific committee: Giuseppe Bellantuono (Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, Università di Trento), Alessandro Melcarne (Dipartimento di Diritto Privato e Critica del Diritto, Università di Padova), Alessandro Palmieri (Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Siena), Mario Perini (Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Siena), Giovanni B. Ramello (Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica, Università di Torino).
Local organizing committee: Filippo Belloc (Dipartimento di Economia politica e statistica, Università di Siena), Antonella Brozzetti (Dipartimento di Studi aziendali e giuridici, Università di Siena), Massimo D'Antoni (Dipartimento di Economia politica e statistica, Università di Siena), Antonio Manganelli (Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Siena), Alessandro Palmieri (Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Siena).
SIDE Board: Giuseppe Bellantuono (Università di Trento), Filippo Belloc (Università di Siena), Giuseppe di Vita (Università di Catania), Marco Faillo (Università di Trento), Massimiliano Granieri (Università di Brescia), Roberto Ippoliti (Università del Piemonte Orientale), Roberta Lombardi (Università del Piemonte Orientale), Stefania Ottone (Università di Torino), Anna Scotti (Università di Napoli Federico II), and Giovanni Tuzet (Università “L. Bocconi”).
President: Giuseppe Bellantuono (Università di Trento)
Secretary: Alessandro Melcarne (Università di Padova)
Treasurer: Maurizio Lisciandra (Università LUMSA)
Further info: segreteria@side-isle.it