Program EB-UMA 25
The 4th International PhD-Student Conference on Economics and Business (EB-UMA 25) will be structured into several thematic sessions, organized according to the content of the papers submitted. Each session will feature PhD students presenting work-in-progress articles, preliminary results, or theoretical/empirical proposals that have not yet been disseminated through conventional scientific publication channels.
Sessions will take place over the two-day duration of the workshop, and each presentation will last 15 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion, aiming to foster academic debate, constructive feedback, and the improvement of the work presented.
As the contributions will be focused on ongoing research, the final program will be confirmed in the weeks leading up to the event, once the provisional titles and contents of the papers have been submitted and approved. The preliminary program will be organized around the following thematic areas:
- Applied Economics and Public Policy Evaluation
- Industrial Organization and Market Regulation
- Business, Innovation, and Sustainability
- International Economics and Development
- Quantitative Methods and Modeling in Economics and Business
Each block will include two to four presentations, grouped by methodological or thematic affinity, to ensure internal coherence within sessions and promote greater interaction among participants.
A final session for conclusions and closing remarks will be held, aimed at summarizing the most relevant contributions and identifying potential areas for future collaboration among the participating researchers.
IV International PhD Student Conference on Economics, Business & Sociology
University of Málaga – Faculty of Marketing and Management and Faculty of Economics and Business
June 5–6, 2025
Thursday, June 5, 2025 - Faculty of Economics and Business
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and badge collection
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Session with institutional representatives
09:30 – 10:45 Inaugural Lecture "Economic Development, Institutions and Democracy"
Guest speaker: Petros SEKERIS
Topic: Economic Development, Institutions and Democracy
Chair: Socorro Puy
10:45 – 11:30 Coffee break and poster session
11:30 – 12:45 Roundtable "How to Publish in Economic Journals: Editors Round Table".
Chair: María Jesús Nieto (UC3M). Journals’ Editors: Carmen Beviá – Journal of Mathematical Economics, María Jesús Nieto – Business Research Quarterly, Christina Theodoraki – Small BusinessEconomics, Small Business Management, Management & Prospective.
12:45 – 14:30 Parallel Sessions - Academic Paper Presentations
- Session Room 1: Development and Global Challenges. Chair: Francisco Ruíz de la Rua.
- Session Room 2: Public Policy and Governance. Chair: Patricia Iglesias.
14:30 – 16:00 Lunch
16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions - Academic Paper Presentations
- Session Room 1: Quantitative and Computational Methods. Chair: Guillermo Bermúdez
- Session Room 2: Institutions, Culture and Behaviour. Chair: Rafael Anaya
17:30 – 18:00 Coffee break
18:15 – 19:00 Trining Pill “From chaos to order: a smart combination of tools for everyday doctoral practice” - Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado (University of Granada)
19:00 Social activity in the city of Malaga
Friday, June 6, 2025 - Faculty of Economics and Business
09:00 – 09:45 Roundtable "The PhD Journey - Roundtable with doctoral and posdoctoral experiences".
PhD and alumni panel: David Mena Siles, Víctor Modesto González, Elena Lasso de la Vega, Marina Marfil Cotilla.
Chair: Elena Lasso de la Vega
09:45 – 10:30 Training Pill "Mastering Time Without Losing Your Mind: Smart Strategies for Energy, Focus, and Digital Productivity"- Francisco Rejón Guardia
10:30 – 11:15 Coffee break and Poster Session
11:15 – 12:45 Paralell Sessions - Academic Paper Presentations
- Session Room 1: Environmental and Energy Economics. Chair: Luis Gautier
- Session Room 2: Firms, Innovation and Market Dynamics. Chair: Ana Casado
12:45 – 14:00 Closing Lecture "Hot topics in Business and Economic Research" - Christina Theodorakis (AIX - Marseille)
Chair: Sofía Louise Martínez
14:00 – 14:30 Conference Closing and Awads Ceremony
Award to the Best Academic Paper in Economy: Given by María Rubio Misas and Bernardo Moreno Jiménez (Former and present Directors of the Doctoral Program)
Award to the Best Academid Paper in Business: Given by Representatives of the Institute of Economics and Business for Society (IEBSociety)
ECN-ACEDE Award to the Best Academic Poster: Given by Sofía Louise Martínez-Martínez (President of ECN-ACEDE Early Career Network).
14:30 Lunch
