We are pleased to share with you the preliminary program overview for the NOEG Conference 2025. More detailed information on individual sessions will be available shortly via ConfTool.
| TUESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2025 | |||
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| 09:30 - 10:30 Conference check-in (Restaurant 2Stein/Denkbar, Campus West) | |||
| 10:30 - 12:00 Parallel Panel Sessions 1 (Campus West) | |||
| 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break | NOeG Board Meeting | |||
| 13:00 - 14:30 Parallel Panel Sessions 2 (Campus West) | |||
| 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break (arte Hotel) | |||
| 15:00 - 16:30 Parallel Panel Sessions 3 (Campus West) | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break (Audimax) | |||
| 17:00 - 18:30 Keynote Lecture by Çağlar Özden (Audimax) | |||
| From 19:00 Conference Reception Heuriger Müllner |
| WEDNESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2025 | |||
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| 08:30 - 09:00 Conference check-in (Campus West, 2nd floor) | |||
| 09:00 - 10:30 Parallel Panel Sessions 4 (Campus West) | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break (arte Hotel) | |||
| 11:00 - 12:30 Parallel Panel Sessions 5 (Campus West) | |||
| 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break | |||
| 13:30 - 14:30 Roundtable on Interdisciplinary Migration Research and the Role of Economics (Audimax) | |||
| 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break (Audimax) | |||
| 15:00 - 16:30 Keynote Lecture by Isabel Ruiz and Young Economist Award Ceremony (Audimax) | |||
| 16:30 - 17:30 NOeG General Assembly (Audimax) |
The Political Economy of Forced Migration
Keynote by Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 17:00 | Room: Audimax
Abstract: Forced migration is a defining feature of today’s global context, with profound economic and political consequences for host societies, displaced populations, and countries of origin. This keynote will examine three interconnected dimensions: the labour market implications of forced displacement; its fiscal repercussions for host economies; and the role of public attitudes and policy preferences in shaping migration governance. Drawing on evidence from diverse case studies—including large South–South migration flows and high-income destinations—the talk will explore how these dynamics interact, and what they mean for economic policy and social cohesion in an era of unprecedented displacement.
Bio: Isabel Ruiz is Associate Professor of Political Economy and Fellow in Economics at the Blavatnik School of Government and Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. She is Associate Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and co-convenes the Economics of Forced Migration Project (ECONFORCED), a global research initiative generating quantitative evidence on the impacts of displacement for host societies, displaced populations, and communities of origin.
Isabel’s research spans development, labour economics, and political economy, with a particular focus on the economics and political economy of migration—especially forced migration. Recent projects explore policy preferences towards migration in the context of large South–South flows, the relationship between immigration and the welfare state, and the legacies of armed conflict for returnees and stayees. She has advised and collaborated with the World Bank, UNHCR, the Agence Française de Développement, and the German Development Institute, and her work has informed debates at the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration. She has served as Director of the Political Economy programme at Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education and, before joining Oxford, Isabel was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Sam Houston State University in Texas. Originally from Colombia, Isabel holds a BA in Economics from Universidad EAFIT, an MSc and PhD in Economics from Western Michigan University. In 2023, she received Western Michigan University’s Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.
