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NZAE Conference 2026: First call for papers

February 23 2026

66th New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference Tto be held at Canterbury University, ChristchurchJuly 1st to July 3rd, 2026 (Wed, Thurs, Fri)

The New Zealand Association of Economists is pleased to announce the First Call for Papers for its 66th Annual Conference.

Abstracts can be submitted through the Conference website.

Please submit an abstract of not more than 250 words of your paper for either an oral presentation or the poster session. Full papers are not required at this stage, but for a paper to be considered eligible for the Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand Economic Policy, Seamus Hogan or Stata prizes, a full paper must be submitted by Friday 29th May.

We encourage individuals to present their research in the poster session. Some research is particularly suited to the visual style of a poster presentation; it can also be suitable for work in progress, speculative research, and student research.

You are welcome to submit up to three papers. If we are only able to accept one of the submissions, we will contact you to ask which paper you prefer to present. This limit applies to the number of papers presented by any one person, and not to the number of papers on which they are a co-author.

Please note that presenters whose papers are accepted for an oral or poster presentation MUST REGISTER for the Conference by 15th MAY to remain on the programme. Registration fee is non-refundable after this date.

Important dates:

24th Feb (Tue) Abstract portal opens
25th March (Wed) Conference registration opens
3rd April (Fri) Abstracts due
by 24th April (Fri) Notification of acceptances
15th May (Fri) Registration deadline for presenters
15th May (Fri) Deadline for Early-Bird Registrations
29th May (Fri) Full papers due (entries for SNZ, NZEP, SH, Stata, prizes)

Please address conference enquiries to: