The IOEA aims to promote advanced and original research on institutional and organizational economics. Institutional and organizational economics (IOE) has been one of the most prolific fields of research during the past forty years.
It combines theoretical and empirical analyses of the diversity of mechanisms, formal and informal, allowing coordination between agents, interaction between these different mechanisms and their consequences on economic performances and dynamics.
Two Strong Traditions
IOE is characterized by two strong traditions:
Operationalization
Its constant attention to operationalization. This research program aims at developing analyses leading to empirically refutable propositions. The continuous round trip between theoretical developments and empirical analyses result into operational propositions for both researchers, and public and private decision-makers.
It explains why today IOEA alumni hold positions not only in the academia, but also in governmental or international agencies, and even in businesses.
Interdisciplinary Approach
The research community in IOE has always been aware of the importance of developing interactions between numerous social sciences in order to make advances. The community of researchers who form the IOEA is composed not only of economists but also of political scientists, lawyers, sociologists and management scientists who work on intricate matters such as contracts, organizations and institutions.
Fostering Young Researchers
Beyond the will to promote IOE research, another major target of the academy is to foster its development among young researchers, to identify promising talents, and to spread their work within the community.
PhD candidates, Post-doc., as well as young professors, benefit from both a high-level training and a chance to fit into the international network of the IOE. Moreover, the academy enables an international network of researchers able to work together to be built up gradually.
More than Twenty Years of the IOEA
In more than twenty years of existence, the Institutional and Organizational Economics Academy (IOEA) has become one of the most prominent events in research on institutional and organizational economics.
Using rigorous scientific methods, Institutional and Organizational Economics (IOE) focuses on the analysis of the economic impacts and on the evolutions of co-ordination frameworks: institutions, organizations and contracts. Main subjects of investigation cover issues that are essential in the design of efficient public policies and firm strategies. IOE put emphasis on applied analysis to confront the theory to facts to enrich the former accordingly. In addition, it is based on multi-disciplinarity to stimulate cross-fertilisation among political science, anthropology, sociology, management, law, and economics.
The IOEA organizes three types of activities:
- A one-week spring school which is held every year at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse in Corsica (France) and combines lectures given by internationally recognized scholars, and workshops and seminars coordinated by young scientists known for their expertise either on a research topic or on a methodology;
- Workshops focusing on a specific topic in the field
Over the years, IOEA has continually built up a dense and wide network of researchers and students interested in this dynamic field.
The strong mobilization of scholars, the organization of complementary workshops and joint publications, the development of on-line resources, the benefit of well-suited facilities, the support of renowned universities, the reiterated financial support from numerous noteworthy institutions and the positive signal that these supports gives to researchers have all contributed to a long-term success. Today more than 350 alumni currently hold academic positions throughout the world, and many scientific co-operations were initiated in this framework.