The secretariat in Paris has been closed. From 1st January 2012 it is directly run by the secretary general.

The new mailing address will be:
International Economic Association
at the Instituto de Análisis Económico - CSIC
Campus de la UAB
ES 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Phone: +34/93 580 66 12
Fax: +34/93 580 52 14
email: iea@iea-world.org

The contact person at the secretariat is Pilar Palacios (iea@iea-world.org).

Announcement Of The Winner Of The First Edition of the "Birgit Grodal Award", Awarded To A European- Based Female Economist
The Council of the European Economic Association (EEA), in its annual meeting in 2010, agreed unanimously to institute a prize to a European-based female economist who has made a significant contribution to the Economics profession. The award is named after Birgit Grodal, who was the first female elected President of the EEA, but sadly passed away before she was due to take up her presidency. From 2012, the Birgit Grodal Award will be bestowed every even year and the first three editions will be sponsored by Danmarks Nationalbank.

The Turkish Economic Association Foundation Starts Publishing a Scholarly Economics Journal
The Turkish Economic Association Foundation starts publishing a refereed scholarly economics journal in fall 2011. The journal, Ekonomi, will be published three times a year and will address to economists all over the world. The purpose of this journal is to share research findings on theoretical and empirical questions in economics. Articles submitted to the journal will be peer reviewed and be published in a timely manner.

The 16th World Congress of International Economic Association
Beijing, China , July 4- 8, 2011
The sixteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association took place in Beijing, China, on July 4 - 8, 2011, hosted by the Singhua University . The unifying theme of the conference was "Approaches to the Evolving World Economy".