World Association for Political Economy

WAPE [2007] No.8

Call for Papers

The Third Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE)

Marxism and Sustainable Development

May 24-25, 2008 at Langfang City, China

Hosted by the Academy of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) The School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, and

The U.S. journal Nature, Society, and Thought

l About WAPE

WAPE, registered at Hong Kong, China, is an international academic organization founded on an open, non-profit and voluntary basis by Marxian economists and related groups all around the world. The standing body of WAPE includes the council, secretariat, academic committee and advisory committee. The mission of WAPE is to utilize modern Marxian economics to analyze and study the world economy, reveal the law of development and its mechanism, and offer proper policies to promote economic and social improvement on the national and global level, so as to improve the welfare of all the people in the world. The First WAPE Forum, “Economic Globalization and Modern Marxian Economics”, was successfully held in April 2006 in Shanghai. In October 2007, over eighty Marxian economists from fifteen countries in five continents attended the Second WAPE Forum held in the University of Shimane, Japan, to probe into the theme “The Political Economy of the Contemporary Relationship between Labor and Capital in the World”. A statement adopted at the Second WAPE Forum can be found on the WAPE website at <www.wape2006.org/en>.

l Topics of the Third WAPE Forum

1. The population problem in different countries and on a global scale and its causes and countermeasures.

2. The resource problem in different countries and on a global scale and its causes and countermeasures.

3. The environmental and ecological problem in different countries and on a global scale and its causes and countermeasures.

4. The inter-relationship between population, resources and environment and its modeling analysis.

5. The development and innovation of basic economic theories on population, resources and environment.

6. The sustainable development view of modern Marxian political economy.

7. Review of Marxist ecological theories.

8. Other relevant economic and social issues.

l Schedule

1. Registration on May 23, 2008.

2. Official program on May 24 through May 25, 2008.

3. Excursion on May 26, 2008.

l Venue

Langfang City, Hebei Province (near Beijing International Airport).

l Expenses

All the costs for this forum such as registration fee (US$100), international travel, lodging, and excursion will be covered by the participants.

l Submission of Papers

Please email your application, your paper of about 4000 words in English on the above topics together with your curriculum vitae (stating your affiliation, contacting information, list of published papers, and so on) before March 31, 2008 to hpjjx@vip.163.com (Dr. Xiaoqin Ding/Allen Ding, deputy secretary general of WAPE), and we will send you our official invitation.

Marxian economists from all over the world are welcome to the forum to cooperate with each other to enlarge and strengthen the influence of Marxian economics in the world!

The WAPE Secretariat December 2007