The EBA launches call for papers for its 2025 Policy Research Workshop

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a call for papers in view of its 14th Policy Research Workshop taking place on 18-19 November 2025 and titled “Bridging capital and growth - the role of financial structures and intermediaries”. The deadline for submitting papers is 6 June 2025.

The workshop aims to bring together economists and researchers from supervisory authorities and central banks, as well as leading academics, to discuss and explore policies that can ensure innovation in a context of competition and risk arbitrage, while ensuring financial stability.

In preparation for the workshop, the EBA invites the submission of policy-oriented, preferably empirical, research papers on the following topics:

• the impact of global capital flows on market efficiency and the role of financial intermediation;
• access to finance by entrepreneurs ensuring that capital is used in the most productive ways;
• provision of mechanisms for managing risk and how regulatory frameworks can contribute to the functioning  and stability of financial intermediaries;
• incorporation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) to support sustainable development and growth;
• progress in digital finance initiatives and better alignment with regulation and policies.

Interested parties can download here the detailed call for papers, which includes additional information on the proposed topics for the papers, composition of the programme committee and contact details for the submission of papers. The submission deadline is 6 June 2025.

Contributors will be notified by mid-September 2025.