FENS 2026: 3rd Workshop in Financial Economics and Network Science 

London (UK) June 26, 2026

The increasing integration among financial markets has drawn the attention of scholars, policymakers, and market participants. The consequences of these connections are under scrutiny, especially regarding their influence on the real economy. Major financial crises have demonstrated how quickly instability in one country can transmit to others. The goal of this workshop is to offer a forum for presenting new research on the relationships among financial markets (such as equity, bond, exchange rate, and commodity markets) and the real economy, while also emphasising the role that banks and financial institutions may play in reducing the impact of cross-country spillover shocks.  

List of Topics

• Banks and financial intermediation
• Banking efficiency and profitability
• Contagion in financial networks
• Financial geography
• Financial markets integration
• Structural fragility and resilience in financial networks

Submission Guidelines

We invite contributions from Financial Economics, Network Science and related fields. We accept both quantitative and non‑quantitative submissions, including research papers (completed or in progress and unpublished work). Emphasis is placed on discussion and exchange of ideas; thus, we welcome submissions of work in progress.

We welcome either full papers (5–10 pages, excluding references, appendices, etc.) or short papers (up to 5 pages excluding references, appendices, etc.)

Please submit all papers electronically using the EasyChair conference management system, in PDF format.

Papers must be anonymised to support blind reviewing, i.e., they must not include authors’ names and affiliations.

There are no registration fees.

Important deadlines

• Papers due: April 30, 2026
• Paper acceptance: May 15, 2026
• Workshop: June 26, 2026

Organising committee

• Prof. Bruce Cronin (School of Business, Operations and Strategy, UoG)
• Dr Francesco Guidi (School of Economics, Accounting and Finance, UoG)
• Dr Vladimir Popov (Executive Business Centre, UoG)

Invited speakers

• Dr Paolo Barucca (Department of Computer Science, UCL)

Venue

The conference will be held in London (UK) at the University of Greenwich - Park Row, SE10 9LS

Venue: Old Royal naval College - Queen Ann court

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to: f.guidi@greenwich.ac.uk