Erik Plug 

is a Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, and his main research interests relate to family, education and labour economics. He has been the president of EALE (2017-2020) and of ESPE (2015). He is serving as Associate Editor at the Economic Journal, and is a research fellow at Tinbergen Institute, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS), IZA, and CESifo. He published his research in American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Public Economics.

Keynote Lecture Title: The only child

Subhasish M. Chowdhury

is the Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bath, specializing in Contest Theory, Experimental / Behavioral Economics, and Industrial Organization. His current research covers both theoretical and applied investigations of problems in contests and conflict. He is a Co-Editor of Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, and is in the editorial board in Studies in Microeconomics. His research has been published in journals such as the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Theory among others.

Keynote Lecture Title: The Economics of Identity and Conflict