On May 24-25, 2025, the 6th Workshop on Resource Security and Economic Sciences and the 2nd XMU–UM Joint Workshop on Environmental and Behavioral/Experimental Economics was successfully held at Xiamen University. The workshop was jointly organized by the College of Economics at Xiamen University and the Center for Environmental Economics of Montpellier (CEE-M) at the University of Montpellier (UM). The workshop is included in the WISE 20th Anniversary Academic Conference Series.
Resource and environmental economics researchers gathered at this evet. Nearly 60 experts and scholars from more than 30 institutions at home and abroad attended the workshop which had eight parallel sessions, with 35 speakers presenting their research. Keynote Speakers include former Co-Editor of JEEM Prof. Ujjayant Chakravorty from Tufts University, Associate Editor of JEBO Prof. Lana Friesen from University of Queensland, Editor-in-Chief of JAERE Prof. Nick Kuminoff from Arizona State University, and Editor-in-Chief of JEEM Prof. Andreas Lange from the University of Hamburg. The workshop also featured round-table discussions where our invited guests with broad editorial expertise addressed early-career professionals on publishing and identifying research topics.
In June 2024, the first joint Workshop on Environmental and Behavioral/Experimental Economics between Xiamen University and the University of Montpellier was held at the University of Montpellier, France. This is the second time both institutions have joined hands in organizing academic workshops.
The workshop provided a stimulating environment where participants shared and discussed their recent works, and it has contributed to the gradual rise of new characteristics and advantages of the College of Economics, Xiamen University.
