The World Association for Political Economy (WAPE), registered in Paris, is an international academic political economy organization founded by Marxist economists and related groups around the world. The mission of WAPE is to utilize modern Marxist economics to analyze and study the world economy, reveal its laws of development, and offer policies to promote economic and social progress on the national and global levels. The World Review of Political Economy (WRPE) , the journal of WAPE, is a quarterly, peer-reviewed title published with Pluto Journals since 2010.
As an international academic political economy organisation the World Association of Political Economy runs forums. The last fourteen WAPE forums were successively held in Shanghai (China), Shimane (Japan), Beijing (China), Paris (France), Suzhou (China), Amherst (USA), Mexico City (Mexico), Florianopolis (Brazil) and Hanoi (Vietnam), Johannesburg (South Africa), Patiala (India), Moscow (Russia), Berlin (Germany) and Winnipeg (Canada) annually between 2006 and 2019. Participants in past WAPE forums have come from over 50 countries across Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.
The 18th Annual Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE),Turkey
18th Annual Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) TURKIYE
Theme: “Multipolarity in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Political Economy”
Dates: August 6-8, 2025 Location: Yeditepe University Kayışdağı Campus, Istanbul, Turkiye
The World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) is pleased to announce its annual meeting, themed “Multipolarity in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Political Economy.” We invite scholars, researchers, activists, and practitioners to submit their papers for consideration.
Submission Guidelines – Please read the full document here and here.
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- Abstracts (no more than 300 words) should be submitted to wape2025@wapeweb.org.
- Please include a brief biography (up to 150 words), highlighting your academic affiliation and key research interests.
- Papers selected for presentation will be eligible for consideration in WAPE-affiliated journals (World Review of Political Economy, International Critical Thought, World Marxist Review, The Belt and Road Initiative Quarterly – BRIQ).
Important Dates:
- Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2025
- Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2025
- Final paper submission deadline: June 30, 2025
For more information, visit www.wapeweb.org or contact us at adnanakfirat@gmail.com, ndemircan11@hotmail.com, safak.erdem.h@gmx.de.
Registration Fees:
- 150 euros: for online payment before June 15, 2025
- 200 euros: for online payment after June 15, 2025 or on-site payment
- 75 euros: reduced rate for unemployed, retired and students for online or on-site payment.
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The 17th WAPE Forum was held 2-4 August 2024 at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. To see the programme click here.
The Forum was co-organised by WAPE (World Association of Political Economy – https://www.wapeweb.org/) and GAPE (Greek Association of Political Economy – https://politicaleconomy.gr/main/en ) and hosted by the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (https://www.panteion.gr/en/).
17th WAPE Forum Papers
The WAPE 17th Forum held a series of panels on subjects within the broad scope of the conference which will include a Young Scholars’ Section where ongoing PhD students are able to present their work within this section.
Here you can read the 17th WAPE FORUM statement document and the 17th WAPE Forum final report.
Publication Possibilities: All accepted and submitted papers will be published as an e-book with ISBN. Best papers will be considered for publication in the World Review of Political Economy (http://www.plutojournals.com/wrpe/) and the International Critical Thought (https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rict20) after passing the peer refereeing process.
wapemember@vip.163.com and WAPE2024@panteion.gr
The 16th World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) Conference
The 16th annual conference of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) was hosted from 25- 27 September 2023 at Fuzho, China. The conference “Chinese Modernization and the prospects of world modernization” was attended in person by many delegates and also by other international participants.
World modernization has gone through three waves of development, and various modes of modernization emerged in these waves. Chinese modernization contains elements that are common to the modernization of other countries, but its most distinctive features shatter the myth that “modernization equals westernization,” while offering the humankind new paths to modernization. It inspires us to reflect on the problems of western capitalist modernization, helping developing countries find a suitable path for their own modernization, and remapping world modernization.
This forum’s aim was to generate both greater knowledge and new policy options for the better advance of Chinese modernization and world modernization. WAPE 2023 invited all contributions to enrich the perspective of modernization and expand the ground for further discussion. Here you can read the 16th WAPE Forum schedule.