2026 SkiLMeeT Conference: “Workers, Firms, and Skills in the Digital and Green Transition”.

SkiLMeeT is a research project carried out by eight research institutions, exploring how the digital and green transformation of European economies are changing the demand for skills. We analyse the scope of skills shortages and mismatches, identify their drivers and propose innovative ways to reduce skills gaps.

To expand the frontiers of knowledge on skills gaps and mismatches, we are interested in papers from researchers across all social science disciplines, particularly contributions that focus on:

• Effects of the digital and/or the green transition on workers, firms and skills
• Measurement and analysis of skill demand and supply
• Skill gaps and skill shortages arising through the digital and/or the green transition
• Labour-market policies to reduce skill gaps and shortages
• Education measures to reduce skill gaps and shortages.

Please submit a full paper or an extended abstract via the ConfTool System: https://www.skilmeet.eu/conftool by midnight CET, 10 May 2026.

Keynotes

Ines Helm JKU Linz

Ines Helm is Professor of Economics at JKU Linz. She completed her PhD at University College London and has previously held positions at Stockholm University and LMU Munich. Her research focuses on labour economics and local labour markets, with particular interest in job displacement, wage inequality, and labour market power.

Oskar Nördstrom Skans Department of Economics, Uppsala University

Oskar Nordström Skans is Professor of Economics at Uppsala University. His research focuses on empirical studies of the labour market, in particular the role of labour market networks, the impact of new technologies, and the microfoundations of macroeconomic theory. He is the author of several policy reports on the Swedish labour market.

Scientific Committee

• Ronald Bachmann, Coordinator, RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
• Vassil Kirov, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Christina Gathmann, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
• Piotr Lewandowski, IBS – Institute for Structural Research
• Joost van Genabeek, TNO – Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
• Francesco Vona, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
• Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage, Utrecht University

Key dates

• 10 May, 2026 – Deadline for full paper or extended abstract submission (by midnight CET)
• 17 June, 2026 – Notification of accepted papers
• 30 June, 2026 – Registration deadline for presenters