Call for Papers
University of Banja Luka & Marche Polytechnic University organise the 13th REDETE Conference
2026 Theme
Geopolitical Shifts, Supply Chains, and Regional Resilience in the Adriatic–Ionian Region and the Western Balkans
REDETE26 invites scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to contribute to its 13th annual conference dedicated to economic development and entrepreneurship in transition economies. The 2026 edition takes place amid profound geopolitical and geo-economic transformations reshaping global value chains, industrial strategies, and regional development models.
Heightened geopolitical tensions, supply-chain disruptions, energy insecurity, and the twin green and digital transitions are redefining Europe's approach to strategic autonomy, territorial cohesion, and EU enlargement. In this context, the Adriatic–Ionian region and the Western Balkans emerge as strategically pivotal spaces linking EU Member States and accession countries, global markets, and regional production systems.
REDETE26 provides a forum to examine how geopolitical uncertainty, nearshoring, innovation policy, and entrepreneurship interact to shape regional development trajectories, with a particular focus on the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and the EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans.
Research Topics
Topics of Interest
Topics include but are not limited to:
- → Geopolitical risk and geo-economics
- → Supply-chain restructuring, nearshoring, and industrial resilience
- → EU enlargement, Europeanisation, and macro-regional strategies
- → Smart Specialisation Strategies and innovation ecosystems
- → Entrepreneurship and SMEs: future perspectives
- → Digital transformation, data governance, and economic sovereignty
- → Energy security, green transition, and sustainable development
- → Youth, skills, and labour-market transformation
- → Free movement of goods, services and workers
Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome, as are policy-oriented and applied contributions.
Deadlines
Important Dates
Extended abstract (up to 400 words) submitted to redete@unibl.org.
Complete paper submitted following the Author Guidelines.
Ancona, Italy — Università Politecnica delle Marche, Facoltà di Economia "Giorgio Fuà".
How to Submit
Submission Instructions
Submit by e-mail
The submission must be sent by the deadline to:
redete@unibl.org
Participation is free of charge — no conference fee applies.
Guidelines