Finance and society conference 2026
Copenhagen Business School, 10-11 September
Organisers: Rosie Collington, Noya Kohavi, Amin Samman, Leonard Seabrooke
Keynotes: To be confirmed
Call for papers available here
What on earth is going on? The current conjuncture is marked by pervasive uncertainty, shifting temporal horizons, and growing concentrations of wealth and power. Asset managers are asserting their infrastructural dominance, private equity is trying to own whatever it can. The corporate rollout of LLMs is engulfing populations in AI slop and drone strikes. The tech bubble is transforming landscapes through the spread of gargantuan data centres hungry for energy. The hopeful still look to industrial policy for decarbonization and the green state for post-capitalist solutions. How can we understand finance and society amid this mix of moods and system-dynamics?
This year’s conference again invites contributions that aim to extend and deepen the field of finance and society studies. We welcome the submission of papers and panels, as well as less traditional formats. Contributions from beyond academia – from artists, activists, policymakers, or practitioners – have been integral to the success of previous conferences and are again warmly invited.
The conference is organised by Rosie Collington, Noya Kohavi, Amin Samman, and Leonard Seabrooke, in association with the Finance and Society Network (FSN) and the Organizations, Markets, and Governance (OMG) research group in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School.
Organisers
Rosie Collington is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Noya Kohavi is PhD Fellow in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Amin Samman is Reader in International Political Economy in the Department of International Politics at City St Georges, University of London, UK.
Leonard Seabrooke is Professor in International Political Economy and Economic Sociology in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.