Seventeenth Annual Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE)

The Seventeenth Annual Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE) will take place at LSE on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th November and will be organised by the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

CURE is an annual conference that brings together researchers working at the frontier on topics in urban and regional economics from around the world. It has been held annually since 2009, alternating between Europe and the United States.

We are writing to invite you to submit a paper or to express your interest in attending this conference. We invite papers dealing with urban and regional topics; both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

Kindly note that it will not be possible to accept all applications to attend the event. Thus, we would like you to confirm your interest in attending the conference and indicate whether or not you wish to present a paper by the deadline indicated.

CEPR and the local organisers will offer some funding for travel and accommodation, but we cannot guarantee funding for all participants. If you have alternative research travel funding at your disposal, we encourage you to indicate this on your reply form. This will help fund travel for participants who do not have other sources of funding, young researchers in particular. Where funding is provided for travel costs, this will be in accordance with the CEPR Travel Guidelines which will be circulated at a later date.

Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

1. Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in
2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4867
3. Click on "Step 1: Apply"
4. Under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"
5. Tick the boxes that apply to you
6. Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information.
7. Click "Submit form" to make the submission.

Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

1. Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register
2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4867
3. Click on "Step 1: Apply"
4. Under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"
5. Tick the boxes that apply to you
6. Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information.
7. Click "Submit form" to make the submission.

The deadline for submissions is 18:00 (BST) on Sunday 31st August 2025.