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The Workshop on Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (WEHIA) is the annual conference of the Society for Economic Studies with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents.

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The 24th Annual Workshop on Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (WEHIA)

WEHIA 2019 represents a unique opportunity to present and discuss the latest research on various aspects of the economy as a complex system made up of heterogeneous interacting agents.

Research from different domains – economics, psychology, sociology, computer sciences, engineering, physics – can prove useful in developing new insightful approaches to key issues such as the origin, development and mitigation of financial crises, unemployment and poverty, income and wealth inequality and many others.

WEHIA PhD Summer School 2019

Visit the WEHIA PhD Summer School website for more information

Prizes (new this year)

The Bank of England will award the best policy-relevant paper prize.

Gala Dinner

The Gala dinner will be held at the historic St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel.

Publication Opportunities

The European Journal of Finance will publish a special issue on "Novel approaches to understand, forecast and mitigate financial risks" devoted to selected papers accepted to WEHIA 2019. The submission deadline will be 30th September but we request a declaration of intent to submit by 30th May 2019.

The Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination will publish a special issue dedicated to a selection of papers accepted to WEHIA 2019. The submission deadline (to be announced) will be subsequent to the conference, but we request a declaration of intent to submit by 30th May 2019

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Journal of Network Theory in Finance

An interdisciplinary journal publishing academically rigorous and practitioner-focused research on the application of network theory in finance and related fields.

The journal brings together research carried out in disparate areas within academia and other research institutions by policymakers and industry practitioners. Recently it has also broadened its scope to a larger area of research that includes complex systems studies and econophysics.

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination is a biannual journal in the vibrant and interdisciplinary field of agent-based approaches to economics and social sciences.

It focuses on simulating and synthesizing emergent phenomena and collective behavior in order to understand economic and social systems. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination is the official journal of the Association of Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents. 2017 Impact Factor: 1,250.

Previous editions of the conference

  • 2018 International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2017 Universita Coattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
  • 2016 Jaume I University of Castellón, Spain
  • 2015 SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France
  • 2014 Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
  • 2013 Reykjavik University, Island
  • 2012 University of Pantheon-Assas Paris II, Paris, France
  • 2011 Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
  • 2010 University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy
  • 2009 Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
  • 2008 Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2007 Fairfax, USA
  • 2006 Bologna, Italy
  • 2005 Essex, United Kingdom
  • 2004 Kyoto, Japan
  • 2003 Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.

Local organising committee

  • Giulia Iori (City, University of London)
  • Saqib Jafarey (City, University of London
  • Tiziana di Matteo (King’s College London)
  • Fabio Caccioli (University College London)
  • Giacomo Livan (University College London)
  • Simone Righi (University College London).

Scientific Committees

  • Simone ALFARANO, University Jaume I of Castellion, Spain
  • Mikhail ANUFRIEV, University of Technology, Sydney Australia
  • Jasmina ARIFIVIC, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Tiziana ASSENZA, Toulouse School of Economics and Complexity Lab in Economics, France, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
  • Jasmina ARIFIVIC, Simon Fraser University Canada
  • Giulio BOTTAZZI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Eva CAMACHO CUENA, University Jaume I of Castellion, Spain
  • Damien CHALLET, Ecole Centrale de Paris, France
  • Shu-Heng CHEN, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
  • Silvano CINCOTTI, University of Genova, Italy
  • Herbert DAWID, University of Bielefield, Germany
  • Christophe DEISSENBERG
  • Domenico DELLIGATTI, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
  • Giovanni DOSI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Mauro GALLEGATI, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Laura GARDINI, University of Urbino, Italy
  • Jiaqi GE, The James Hutton Insitute, Aberdenn, UK
  • David GOLDBAUM, University of Technology, Sydney Australia
  • Nobuyuki HANAKI, Aix-Marseille Universite and GREQAM, France
  • Tony HE, University of Technology, Sydney Australia
  • Alan KIRMAN, Aix-Marseille Universite and GREQAM, France
  • Andreas KRAUSE, University of Bath, UK
  • Daniel LADLEY, Leicester University, UK
  • Fabrizio LILLO, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Thomas LUX, University of Kiel and Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany
  • Antoine MANDEL, Universite Paris 1, France
  • Domenico MASSARO, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
  • Mishael MILAKOVIC, University of Bamberg, Germany
  • Rosemarie NAGEL, Universitat PompeuFabra, Barcelona, Spain
  • Mauro NAPOLETANO OFCE, Sophia Antipolis, France
  • Marco RABERTO, University of Genova, Italy
  • Maria Cristina RECCHIONI, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Massimo RICOTTILLI, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Andrea ROVENTINI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Alberto RUSSO, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Isabelle SALLE, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada and Amsterdam School of Economics, U Amsterdam, NL.
  • Frank SCHWEITZER, Swiss federal Insitute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Gabriele TEDESCHI, University Jaume I of Castellón, Spain
  • Andrea TEGLIO, University Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy
  • Michele TUMMINELLO, University of Palermo, Italy
  • Nick VRIEND, Queen Mary University, London
  • Frank WESTERHOFF, University of Bamberg, Germany.

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