Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI and SGH Warsaw School of Economics, the Multidisciplinary International Network on Sanctions (MINOS) is pleased to invite paper proposals for the conference:

“European Sanctions in Perspective: History, Practice, and Policy”

📅 24-25 September 2026
📍 Warsaw

The conference will bring together scholars and practitioners to examine how sanctions have evolved over time, how they are implemented in practice, and how effective they are, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the broader contemporary geopolitical context.

Proposed topics include (but are not limited to):
– Sanctions past and present
– European and global sanctions regimes
– Central Europe as a testing ground for sanctions policy
– What works, what does not, and unintended consequences
– Compliance, enforcement, and circumvention
– Sanctions and international security
– Sanctions and the future global economy
– EU–UK cooperation after Brexit

How to apply:
📩Please send a 300–400 word abstract and a short bio (max. 150 words) to:
sanctions.conference@sgh.waw.pl (Subject line: “Conference Proposal”)
🗓 Deadline to apply: 28 February 2026

Selected papers will be considered for an edited post-conference volume.

More details here: https://lnkd.in/e8p2-JKG

Conference covenors:
Prof. Peter Van Elsuwege (Ghent University)
Prof. Ewelina Szczech-Pietkiewicz (SGH Warsaw School of Economics)
Dr. Kinga Redlowska (Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI, RUSI Europe)
Dr. Celia Challet (European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL), Université catholique de Lille)
Dr Przemyslav Biskup (SGH Warsaw School of Economics, SIFMANET Network)