Call for Papers || Green Trade Lab Workshop in Basel || 22-23 June 2026

[Simon Happersberger]

Dear GEP colleagues, 

We are delighted to announce the 5th Annual Green Trade Lab Workshop on “Embedding Trade within Planetary Boundaries: Towards a Common, Equitable Future” at University of Basel and online on 22-23 June 2026. 

The nexus between trade and the environment remains a dynamic and contested terrain. Seven of nine planetary boundaries have now been exceeded due to global production and consumption systems, while single autocrats deem wars, trade wars, and existential threats to contemporaries as adequate behavior for the 21st century. Efforts to avoid these lose-lose scenarios and to embed trade within planetary boundaries unfold amid overlapping challenges. Systemic tensions, ranging from trade wars to the securitization of supply chains, threaten to undermine the cooperative frameworks and international legal advancements established to manage global commons. Furthermore, persistent asymmetries between the Global North and Global South continue to shape heterogeneous visions of what a green transition entails. Yet, there is consensus across epistemic communities in democratic societies and beyond that an equitable, cooperative future within planetary boundaries is possible. This workshop invites contributions that analyze these dynamics from diverse theoretical and regional perspectives, seeking to explore cooperative solutions and address historical injustices in the pursuit of a sustainable future. 

We welcome submissions from all disciplines engaging with the environment-trade nexus, including but not limited to political science, economics, law, sociology, geography, and environmental studies. Abstracts can be submitted via this form until 20 February 2026: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemkHDZJ6uUoy8FptqxxaVZilk2Buhws0g_CPBkiO9k2mo0hg/viewform?pli=1

The full Call for Papers can be found here: https://sites.google.com/view/greentradelab/annual-workshops.

We hope to see many of you in Basel or online and are looking forward to exchanging ideas and findings!

The organizing team

Alexandra Bögner, University of Basel

Charline Depoorter, University of Basel

Christian de Almeida Brandao, Federal University of Pernambuco

Eric Magale, African Centre for Technology Studies Nairobi

Julia Gubler, World Trade Institute in Bern

Kehinde Folake Olaoye, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha

Maudy Noor Fadhlia, Universitas Sriwijaya Palembang

Memory Reid, University Witwatersrand Johannesburg

Nadine Nyamangirazi, University of Cape Town

Paulina Flores Martinez, University of York

Saheli Archana Wikramanayake, National University of Singapore

Scott Hamilton, University of Antwerp

Simon Happersberger, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Timothé Beaufils, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam

Tomoe Koyama, Hitotsubashi University Tokyo

Vishakha Srivastava, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Yeong Jae Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management

PS: Our apologies for cross-posting.