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Young scholars

The Mont Pelerin Society continues its efforts to involve younger members in the Society and to recruit new young scholars who have the potential to become members in the future. As part of that effort, the Society is organizing sessions at the 2025 Regional Meeting in Mexico City, for scholars aged 35 years or younger to present their research.

The Young Scholars committee will consider submissions on all topics related to the Society’s aims but is particularly interested in papers that address the meeting’s theme: “The new roads to serfdom: Rebuilding the foundation of prosperity and freedom in the Americas”. We encourage submissions related to our conference themes:

  • Democracy and institutions;
  • Immigration;
  • Drugs, cartels and security;
  • America and the reconfiguration of the world order;
  • Emerging technologies and regulation;
  • The liberal tradition in the Americas and;
  • Central banking, crypto currency and inflation.

The sessions will be cross-disciplinary in economics and other social sciences.

The Young Scholars Program sessions will feature short presentations (15 minutes) by four young scholars in each session. The proposals should be NEW research of the style that one would present at a professional association meeting in the appropriate discipline.

Proposals will be evaluated on the importance of the topic proposed, how it is addressed, how it fits within the conference program theme, and how it fits with other papers proposed by young scholars.

To propose a paper, please send the following materials to the Young Scholars Program Committee at MPS.youngscholars@ttu.edu  no later than November 30, 2024.

  • A title and proposed abstract of no more than 250 words;
  • CV/Resume;
  • Proof of age for eligibility.

Successful applicants will be notified by December 15, 2024. Completed drafts of the papers will be due no later than February 15, 2025.

Participants in these sessions will benefit from a special reduced Young Scholars registration rate of USD $800. Partial travel scholarships will also be made available to Young Scholars Program participants. Applicants requiring a travel scholarship should make a request in their application email.