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The inaugural WINIR conference will be held on the grounds of the stunning Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, UK. The conference will start in the afternoon of 11 September and finish on the morning of 14 September with a guided tour of this UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Royal Observatory, home of the Greenwich prime meridian.Keynotes lectures, representing five academic disciplines, will be given by:Geoffrey Ingham (University of Cambridge, sociology) Timur Kuran (Duke University, economics) Katharina Pistor (Columbia University, law) Barry Smith (SUNY Buffalo, philosophy) Kathleen Thelen (MIT, politics)Abstract submissions (400 words max.) from any discipline are welcome. All submissions must be explicitly about institutions (or organisations), and/or address institutional thought.Submissions will be evaluated by the WINIR Scientific Quality Committee, currently composed of: Peter Boettke (George Mason University, economics), Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge, law), Geoff Hodgson (University of Hertfordshire, economics), Timur Kuran (Duke University, economics), Uskali Mäki (University of Helsinki, philosophy), Katharina Pistor (Columbia University, law), Sven Steinmo (European University Institute, politics), Wolfgang Streeck (Max Planck Institute Cologne, sociology).All conference participants must be members of WINIR.The conference registration fee is £320, excluding the official conference dinner. To benefit from the early-bird registration fee of £270 registration must be completed by 31 May 2014.Please note the following important dates:28 Feb 2014Abstract submission deadline31 Jul 2014Registration deadline for accepted authors1 Apr 2014Notification of acceptance1 Aug 2014Non-registered authors removed from programme1 Apr 2014Registration opens31 Aug 2014Registration deadline for non-presenters31 May 2014Early registration deadline1 Sep 2014Full paper submission deadlineFor information about the conference theme please write to Geoff Hodgson (g.m.hodgson@herts.ac.uk). For information about the conference venue please write to David Gindis (d.gindis@herts.ac.uk). Queries regarding membership and conference fees should be addressed to Francesca Gagliardi (f.gagliardi@herts.ac.uk).Download the call for papers