ZEW Mannheim is pleased to announce the 14th Mannheim Conference on Energy and the Environment – MCEE 2026 to be held on May 19-20, 2026 at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim (Germany). The Conference is supported by EAERE.

The Conference

The MCEE aims to promote the exchange of ideas among researchers at all career stages working in the fields of energy, climate, and environmental economics. Its parallel sessions enable a wide variety of topics and intensive discussions among researchers sharing similar interests. The conference provides an inclusive platform that bridges different methodological perspectives, featuring empirical analyses, theoretical work, behavioral approaches, and simulation modeling.

Keynote speakers

Call for papers

Interested researchers are invited to submit an academic paper. Extended abstracts (min. 1,000 words) are accepted. However, all else equal, preference will be given to completed papers.  Topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following economic fields:

  • Environmental economics
  • Energy economics
  • Climate economics
  • Public economics

Submissions should be uploaded to the conference submission portal no later than January 31, 2025.

Fees

The conference fee is EUR 290. This covers the conference materials, meals, refreshments, coffee breaks, and the conference dinner. Participants who present a paper will pay a reduced fee of EUR 240. PhD students (both presenting and non-presenting) pay a reduced fee of EUR 190. Presenters are asked to discuss a paper. Authors shall send their papers to the discussant at least two weeks before the start of the conference.

Important dates

January 31, 2026: Submission deadline
March 16, 2026: Notification of acceptance
April 12, 2026: Registration as presenter
May 3, 2026: Registration as participant only
May 19-20, 2026: Conference

Scientific committee

MCEE 2026 scientific committe’s members are Christoph Böhringer (University of Oldenburg, DE), Antoine Dechezleprêtre (OECD, FR), Eugenie Dugoua (London School of Economics, UK), Natalia Fabra (Fundación Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), ES), Massimo Filippini (ETH Zürich, CH), Gautam Gowrisankaran(Columbia University, US), Kathrine von Graevenitz (ZEW and University of Mannheim, DE), Martin Kesternich (University of Paderborn, DE), Andreas Lange (University of Hamburg, DE), Matti Liski (Aalto University, FI), Andreas Löschel (Ruhr-University Bochum, DE), Erica Myers (University of Calgary, CA), Sebastian Rausch (ZEW and University of Heidelberg, DE), Oliver Schenker (ZEW Mannheim, DE), Ulrich Wagner (University of Mannheim, DE) and Frank Wolak (Stanford University, US).

Organisers

MCEE 2025 organisers are Sebastian Rausch (ZEW Mannheim and University of Heidelberg), Kathrine von Graevenitz (ZEW Mannheim and University of Mannheim) and Oliver Schenker (ZEW Mannheim).

Additional information

Contact mcee2026@zew.de for any further information, and visit the Conference’s webpage for more information.