Call for Papers: ASREC Europe 2025 Conference

The Department of Economics will host the annual conference for the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC) on 18-19 September 2025. 

Proposal submission

The Program Chair will consider papers on religion and culture from across the Social Sciences, including Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology.

Submission Deadline: 1 June 2025.

Click here to submit your paper. 

Keynote speaker

Ara Norenzayan is a renowned psychologist and Professor of Social Psychology at the University of British Columbia, best known for his pioneering research on the intersection of religion, culture, and human cooperation. His influential work explores how religious beliefs and practices shape prosocial behavior, the cultural evolution of religions, and the role of "Big Gods" in fostering large-scale cooperation. His multiple papers in Science and Nature as well as his acclaimed book Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict have shaped scholarly discourse across disciplines, including economics, sociology, and anthropology.

Local organizers: Jeanet Sinding Bentzen and Anne Sofie Beck Knudsen, the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.