Call for Papers – International Conference “Workers, Firms, and Skills in the Digital and Green Transition”

The EU Horizon project “Skills for Labour Markets in the Digital and Green Transition” (SkiLMeeT) invites submissions of papers or extended abstracts on topics related to:

• The effects of the digital and/or green transition on workers, firms, and skills
• Measurement and analysis of skill demand and supply
• Skill gaps and skill shortages arising from the digital and/or green transition
• Labour-market policies to address skill gaps and shortages
• Education and training measures to mitigate skill gaps and shortages

The conference will feature a keynote lecture and contributed sessions.

The keynote lecture will be given by:  Matias Cortes (York University, Toronto).

Submission Details:

• Please submit a full paper or an extended abstract via the ConfTool System: https://www.skilmeet.eu/conftool/ by midnight CET, 1 May 2025.
• Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 1 June 2025.
• All presenters must register by 1 July 2025.

Registration:

There is no registration fee for this event.

Scientific Committee:

• Ronald Bachmann (Coordinator, RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research)
• Vassil Kirov (Local Organiser, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, 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)

For further information on the SkiLMeeT project and the conference, please visit our website: https://skilmeet.eu/our-2025-conference/