IPW – International Pension Workshop 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS

NETSPAR INTERNATIONAL PENSION WORKSHOP, JUNE 17-19, 2026

The city of Leiden (The Netherlands)

DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION: MARCH 3, 2026

Netspar stimulates innovative academic research in all disciplines within the social sciences related to pensions, aging and retirement. Netspar invites contributions from all areas of Netspar’s research program for the Netspar International Pension Workshop, to be held on June 17-19, 2026.
Topics of interest related to pensions, aging and retirement include, but are not limited to:

• Well-being and welfare of older age groups
• Savings, insurance
• Optimal (sustainable) investments for pension funds and insurance companies
• Measurement of risk and sustainability preferences
• Communication surrounding retirement and old age
• Household decision-making on retirement, choice architecture, financial planning
• Labor market for older age groups
• Vulnerable groups (e.g., freelancers, migrants, women, financially illiterate people, people incapacitated for work), poverty
• Housing and healthcare of the elderly
• Institutions, governance, legal issues
• Inequality, diversity, solidarity

DESCRIPTION WORKSHOP
Date                      June 17-19, 2026
Location              City Resort Hotel, Leiden (The Netherlands)
(Approximately 15 minutes from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol by train)

The workshop will consist of contributed paper sessions, we are proud to announce the following keynote speakers:

• David Laibson is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Faculty Dean of Lowell House, where he also leads the Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative. His research is rooted in behavioral economics, with a particular focus on intertemporal choice, self-regulation, behavior change, household finance, and aging. Laibson is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he directs the NIA Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health and Savings. He serves on several influential boards and advisory committees, including Harvard’s Pension Investment Committee and the Russell Sage Foundation.

PAPER SUBMISSION / REGISTRATION

Researchers are invited to submit a complete paper via the registration form below by March 3, 2026 at the latest. If you are not interested in submitting a paper, but are willing to participate as a discussant, please register via the registration form below. This will be highly appreciated.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The program committee assessing the submitted papers consists of:

• Stefan Zeisberger (Radboud University – University of Zurich)
• Raymond Montizaan (Maastricht University)
• Viola Angelini (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
• Thomas Post (Maastricht University)

TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT

For all speakers and discussants, we will provide two or three nights of accommodation. For speakers and discussants who need financial support for their travel costs, limited funding is available upon request (provided that participants stay for the entire duration of the conference). For other conference participants, there is a conference fee of €500 (this fee will be waived for Netspar fellows and representatives of Netspar partners).

FURTHER INFORMATION
For any questions, please contact the events coordinator of Netspar:
Monique Gianotten

+31 6 46 36 1071

[email protected]