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Current Economic Trends in Emerging and Developing Countries

Call for Papers TIMTED 2025

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, and the East-European Center for Research in Economics and Business (ECREB) are pleased to invite you to attend the International Conference “Current Economic Trends in Emerging and Developing Countries” (TIMTED-2025).

The 8th edition, TIMTED-2025 (May 22-24, 2025) aims to bring together academics, professors, researchers, Ph.D. students, as well as professionals from around the world. It seeks to provide participants with a high-quality scientific context and facilitate debates and exchanges of ideas regarding contemporary social issues such as globalization, the unpredictable organizational environment and the advancement of digital technologies. The conference encourages interdisciplinary research grounded in economics and business.

Accepted Papers

Extended abstracts of between 3000 and 6000 characters long (with spaces) will be prepared according to the template and following authors’ guidelines available on the conference website.  The conference reviewers will evaluate these first. Every participant may submit a maximum of two extended abstracts as sole author or co-author. Only original papers on subjects related to all fields of economics and business administration are accepted.

Main Topics

Although these are the proposed topics, the conference welcomes papers focusing on other topics. However, when choosing the title, it is recommended to consider the following areas or topics:

  1. Accountancy and Audit

  2. Business Communication

  3. Business Information Systems

  4. Economics

  5. Finance

  6. International Business and Economics

  7. Management

  8. Marketing
  9. Tourism

Special sessions

  • INFER Special Session
    Chairs: Prof. dr. Camelia Turcu & Prof. dr. Claudiu Albulescu
  • ESCE Paris Special Session
    Chairs: Prof. dr. Kirsten Ralf & Assoc. Prof. dr. Albert Lessoua
  • ECREB-IES Belgrade Joint Session
    Chairs: Principal Research Fellow Isidora Ljumović, PhD & Senior Researcher Ștefana Dima, PhD
  • PhD Students Special Session & Workshop „An Introduction to Python”
    Invited Speaker: Assoc. Prof. dr. Jibonayan Raychaudhuri (University of East Anglia, UK)
    Chairs: Prof. dr. Petru Ștefea & Prof. dr. Grațiela Noja

The three-day conference program will include a plenary session and several special and parallel sessions. The official language of the conference is English. For any questions or inquiries please send us an e-mail at .

Conference Fee

The conference fee is 150 Euros per participant, and it includes attendance, conference bag and materials, coffee breaks and participation in the Gala Dinner. Ph.D. Students pay a reduced conference fee of 75 Euros per participant.

For further information on TIMTED 2025 related issues,
please contact us at:

West University of Timisoara
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
ECREB – East European Center for Research in Economics and Business
16 J.H. Pestalozzi Street
300115, Timisoara, Romania

Tel: +40.256.592.588
Fax: +40.256.592.500

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