About the event
Date: 17-18 February 2027
Location: Leeds, UK
Format: In-person event
The Department of Economics at the University of Leeds, in partnership with the Bank of England, is pleased to announce a joint workshop on Challenges to Monetary Policy, taking place on 17-18 February 2027. The organising committee invites submissions of high-quality theoretical and empirical research addressing contemporary and future challenges in monetary policy and central banking.
Call for papers
Researchers are invited to submit a full paper for consideration. Submissions should be sent by email to: m.a.nasir@leeds.ac.uk
Key dates
- Submission deadline: 10 December 2026
- Notification of acceptance: 20 December 2026
Research themes
- The workshop welcomes submissions addressing a broad range of issues relating to monetary policy and central banking, including:
- Central bank autonomy: Navigating modern systemic risks.
- Central bank communication: Strategies and public efficacy.
- CBDCs: Global development and macro challenges.
- Dual-pillar frameworks: Design and operational insights.
- Inflation targeting: The structural future and historical lessons.
- Geopolitical risks: Implications for absolute price stability.
- Inflation dynamics: Assessing multi-order core shocks.
- Policy transmission: Dynamics in hyper-dynamic environments.
- Labour markets: Intersections with monetary frameworks.
- Trade disruptions: Supply shocks and trade wars.
- Biophysical neutrality: Ecological limits of central banking.
- Fiscal interactions: Ensuring fiscal and monetary stability.
- Regional disparities: Distributional impacts of policies.
- Global spillovers: International spillovers and spillbacks.
Keynote speaker
We are pleased to confirm:
Huw Pill
Chief Economist, Bank of England.
Practical information
There is no attendance fee for the workshop. The event will be held in person only. Participants are responsible for arranging and funding their own travel and accommodation.
Organising committee
University of Leeds
- David Spencer
- Giuseppe Fontana
- Peter Phelps
- Muhammad Ali Nasir
- Annina Kaltenbrunner
Bank of England
- Ivan Yotzov
- Mauricio Salgado Moreno
- Simon Lloyd
- Simon Hong