
University of Birmingham Dubai, Dubai, UAE, December 14 2025
Future Finance and Economics Association and Birmingham University
FFEA and Birmingham University invite you to submit papers for the Dubai 2025 INFINITI Conference.
Papers, abstracts and workshop proposals can be submitted here
Submissions will be taken until October 15 2025.
We accept submissions for the following types of presentations
- Regular - A standard 20m oral presentation with discussant responding to papers
- Poster - An A1 poster presentation displayed throughout the conference
- Flash Talk - A short, <10m presentation, 8 per session with collective Q&A afterwards and a summarizing moderator.
- Workshop - A 90m workshop on a novel or complex topic with expert moderation and audience interaction.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Regular attendees £400, previous attendees £300, PhD students attending and presenting £200
Registration here
Theme
We welcome all papers and workshops in the broad fields of International, Climate and Green finance, welcoming in particular their interactions with each other and how they can aid the sustainable growth of economies, corporations and organizations. We welcome papers in the area of international financial integration and financial globalization. Papers that examine these issues on their own are welcomed, but papers which examine the overlaps, interstices, conflicts and concordances are highly welcome!
Timeline
Papers, extended abstracts, and proposals for workshops and panel discussions should be submitted by 15 October 2025.
About the Conference
Conference Logistics
- Conference sessions will take place at Birmingham University Dubai , Dubai International Academic City, United Arab Emirates
- The conference will be in person only.
- Sessions typically last for 90m
- Authors of accepted papers will be required to also act as discussants.
- We do not issue visa letters or letters of support. We do issue letters of acceptance of papers or proposals which should act for this.
- Conference fees are all inclusive of meals and supporting documentation etc.
Conference attendance fee £450, but for those who have presented at a INFINITI/CINSC Edinburgh/Reading/Ljubljana/Napoli conference this is reduced to £400
Inquiries
Special Issues
- We have agreed on several special issues, in principle. More details will come as available. At present we have
- International Review of Financial Analysis - Ramzi Benkraiem , Audencia and Emmanuelle Dubocage IAE Paris Est: New developments in environmental and climate financial risk management.
- Managerial and Decision Economics - Brian Lucey, Trinity : Biodiversity and Corporate Financial Strategy
- International Review of Economics and Finance - Imen Tebourbi Birmingham Dubai and Charilaos Mertzanis UAE University : Green Finance and the strains on globalization
- Global Finance Journal - GE TBA - Global Finance and Trade Wars
More details on these initiatives can be found
Local Organization
Imen Tebourbi, Birmingham Dubai

Keynote Speaker :
Prof. Arman Eshraghi has 18 years of academic research, teaching and leadership experience across the UK (Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh and University of Manchester), visiting fellowships in the US, UK and Asia, and some years of professional experience in the banking sector prior to academia. His research spans finance, accounting and management with interests including behavioural/corporate finance and financial technology.
His work is published in some of the leading journals across finance and accounting, and cited widely, including in the Financial Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, BBC, Euronews and Harvard Business Review. Arman contributes to several Elsevier journals in an editorial capacity, chairs the professorial committee of the British Accounting and Finance Association and leads the Behavioural Finance Association in London.
