January 5, 2026
Bogazici University International Law Conference (BILC) 2026 Call for Papers
International Economic Law in a Fractured Global Order
13-14 June 2026,
Bogazici University, Istanbul
Turbulence is evident across the global economic order. Trade wars are in vogue, global debt is spiralling, de-dollarisation is gaining momentum, technological armageddon is on the horizon, and the value of globalisation is in doubt. Established after WWII, the order faces demands for revision from rising actors - once again! - while, concurrently, declining powers, now dissatisfied with the system they established, actively seek to dismantle it.
Yet, despite the turbulent moment, or perhaps because of it, it remains unclear whether a normative shift is on the cards or if the alternative economic models mooted are all that different from the current one. Will the emergent economic order reproduce familiar inequalities and unfair structures or will we witness a break from the normative commitments of and to global capitalism? A meaningful challenge to the predations of the past and present must go beyond a mere call for reform or the celebration of multi-polar competition. Rather, a reimagination of the global economy requires a complex disruption of the legal and institutional architecture that has sustained global capitalism.
To better understand the catalysts of the changing order as well as the possibilities before us, BILC 2026 invites diverse epistemic interventions into the debate. We aim to better understand the challenges before us as well as the viability of the new ideas and frameworks proposed for international economic law. Are the parameters truly shifting; is the order transforming; and, ultimately, is a just alternative possible?
We invite interventions from scholars of international law, international relations, and germane fields exploring the future of international economic law. Abstracts are due by March 15, 2026.
Themes, inter alia:
- Racial, colonial, and societal inequalities in IEL
- Future of trade rules/institutions in the age of trade wars
- International finance law in a transforming economic order
- Future of ISDS between state sovereignty, indigenous rights and investor protection
- Decolonising the epistemological foundations of IEL
- Corporate social responsibility: wishful thinking or necessary foundation in IEL?
- Future of international economic cooperation between globalisation and regionalism Global labour, migration and refugee law
- Carbon capitalism and the limits of ‘green growth’
- Growth dependency, economic development and international law
- Emerging technologies and strategic economic resources under contestation
- Climate Apartheid: Vulnerabilities and responsibilities in international economic law
- Law, land, and food systems: towards an ecological political economy of IL
- Digital capitalism and the geopolitics of technological infrastructures
- Security, sanctions, and the weaponisation of interdependence in international economic relations
Download the complete Call for Paper here.