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Monday, June 09, 2025 at 08:00 p.m.

The Madrid campus hosts the 25th World Economics Meeting

The Madrid campus hosts the 25th World Economics Meeting The Madrid campus hosts the 25th World Economics Meeting

The day, of international character and promoted by the FCEE, took place on May 29 and 30.  

Daniel Blazquez

At the end of last week, the XXV World Economy Meeting, held with the aim of analyzing the global economy itself and its position in the face of the challenges of geopolitics and neo-mercantilism. In this regard, Jorge Malfeito, president of a broad organizing committee made up of nearly twenty members from the URJC, highlighted the importance of hosting this meeting, "which has been held for a quarter of a century in public universities around the world."

Following the submission of the documents, the opening ceremony of the meeting took place early Thursday morning, led by Miguel Cuerdo, dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, and the aforementioned Jorge Malfeito, also a professor in the Department of Applied Economics at URJC. The presentation of Issue 57 of the journal followed. 'Dossiers: The Economics of War. Economists Without Borders', with the participation of, among others, Juan Antonio Gimeno, a member of Economists Without Borders and former rector of the UNED (National University of Madrid). The inaugural conference, entitled "Theses on the New Era," was also held that same morning, featuring Manuel Escudero, Spain's former permanent ambassador to the OECD.

On Friday, the Vicálvaro campus's lecture hall hosted the closing plenary session, which featured a roundtable discussion on the effects of geopolitical tensions and the trade war. Speakers included José Antonio Alonso, professor emeritus at the Complutense University of Madrid; Valpy Fitzgerald, professor emeritus at the University of Oxford; and Miguel Sebastián, former Minister of Industry and Trade and professor at the UCM.

In addition, seventeen panel discussions were held in parallel sessions, divided into diverse and interesting thematic areas such as geopolitics, the environment, the digital transition, and teaching innovation, all analyzed from the perspective of this new paradigm of the global economy.

Finally, it is worth highlighting that this event was organized by the World Economic Society (SEM) and the Department of Applied Economics I and Economic History and Institutions, in collaboration with the Department of Business Economics (ADO), Applied Economics II, and Foundations of Economic Analysis at the Rey Juan Carlos University.