The 2026 Monte Verità Conference on Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics – SURED will be held from 31 May to 4 June 2026 on Monte Verità in Ascona (Switzerland).

SURED conferences

The SURED conferences have become well-known events in the fields of resource, energy and environmental economics and dynamic economic theory. By bringing together leading experts and young scientists from different disciplines and countries, SURED 2026 will provide a forum for the discussion of the latest developments in the field and for identifying future research agendas. SURED takes place every two years on Monte Verità in Ascona.

Concept note

Governments are increasingly using industrial policy to address the transition to a low-carbon economy. Such policy aims to transform the structure of the economy by providing support to specific industries, companies or technologies, and to secure and reshape global value chains for critical materials. The recent surge of industrial policy as a tool to achieve the clean energy transition is thus highly relevant for the field of environmental economics when it comes to making policy-relevant recommendations. While economic theory has long criticized industrial policy on the ground of coordination failures and advocated carbon pricing instead as the main policy, there is a need for more systematic theoretical and empirical analysis about the benefits and costs of such policies.

SURED 2026 will provide an opportunity to present and discuss the latest research in this area, and more generally in the area of climate policy. It will explore how economic policy can limit the most severe adverse impacts and identify potential opportunities that will help map a path forward into a sustainable future.

Keynote speakers

Call for papers

The call for paper is available on the Conference’s website.

Organising Committee

Beat Hintermann, University of Basel
Joëlle Noailly, Geneva Graduate Institute & VU Amsterdam
Sjak Smulders, Tilburg University
Christa Brunnschweiler, University of East Anglia
Corrado Di Maria, University of East Anglia

More information

Details about the Conference will be shared in due time. To stay updated please visit the Conference’s website. For additional information contact sured@unibas.ch.