October 9-10, 2025. Università di Bologna (Italy)
In the framework of the MAINSOC project we are pleased to invite submissions for the International Workshop taking place on 9-10 October 2025 at the University of Bologna, Italy.
This workshop aims to bring together scholars from different universities to present their works on social, economic and political implications of the inflation crisis.
Topics
Contributions are invited in a broad range of the interplay between inflation and social, economic and political developments and impacts, including:
- Cases of worker mobilization in the context of the inflation crisis and their implications
- The role of social movements and public protests during the inflation crisis
- The impact of inflation on voter preferences and political participation.
- The role of social dialogue, collective bargaining and policy concertation in managing the inflation crisis
- Analysis of policy responses to the inflation crisis and their political and institutional determinants (partisan politics, producer group politics, business lobbying…)
- Ideational dynamics and conflicts over the interpretation of and the responses to inflation in the 21st century
- The role of the EU and the European Central Bank in shaping policy responses to inflation in EU Member States
- Media framing of inflation and its influence on (changing) public opinion
- The impact of inflation on trust in government and democratic institutions, including industrial relations
- Electoral consequences of inflation
