The raison detre of the AHE is the belief that institutions of the discipline of economics systematically discriminate against those economists working in non-mainstream modes: those writing from a heterodox standpoint or active in minority areas. For this reason we argue for pluralism in economics, in opposition to the hegemony of the neoclassical mainstream.

The Seventh Annual Conference will continue this tradition and build on the success of the previous conferences, held at various locations in the British Isles, including London, Dublin, Leeds and Nottingham. Papers from a plurality of perspectives and topic areas are encouraged. These conferences provide a forum for advancing new ideas on how to take heterodox political economy forward in theoretical and policy debates, and demonstrating the continuing relevance of heterodox political economy to those within and without modern economics.

In particular, we encourage the submission of abstracts of papers, or proposals for a session or stream of sessions, which

• examine issues or deploy approaches neglected by the current orthodoxy;
• develop the critique of the neoclassical orthodoxy, or even – since we advocate pluralism;
• propose a defence of neoclassicism against heterodox critics;
• assess the contribution of one or more heterodox approaches towards opening up economics;
• open up a dialogue between economics and related social sciences by going beyond the traditional, narrow academic boundaries that define social science disciplines today; or
• make a contribution to the scholarship of teaching and learning in economics from a heterodox or pluralist perspective.

The AHE proposes to publish a selection of the best papers presented at the conference in a special volume of the book series Advances in Heterodox Economics, edited by Professor Frederic S. Lee.

Deadline for submission
The conference will have both a thematic part and an open part. The AHE is happy to consider papers of both types; however, priority will be given to papers addressing the conference theme, "Pluralism in Economics".

For proposals for single papers, please send an abstract of up to 500 words by email only to the local organiser, Andy Denis (a.denis@lse.ac.uk), AND the AHE coordinator, Andrew Mearman (aj-mearman@uwe.ac.uk), by 28 January 2005. Text, HTML, Word and PDF format email attachments are acceptable.

For proposals for sessions and streams, please e-mail Andy Denis and Andrew Mearman by 28 January 2005. Please indicate exactly what you are proposing, give the names and email addresses of the proposed speakers, and attach the abstracts (not more than 500 words each) for their papers. Text, HTML, Word and PDF format email attachments are acceptable. Parallel sessions will be 90 minutes long and will consist of two papers. Sessions may have a discussant for each paper. The conference is to be conducted in English.

All abstracts will be considered by the AHE Committee.

To see details of previous meetings, to keep up to date with the 2005 conference, and to find out about other AHE activities please visit:

http://www.hetecon.com

For a map of the venue, go to:

http://www.city.ac.uk/maps/nsq.htm.

Overnight accommodation at reasonable prices will be available in the nearby Walter Sickert, Peartree Court, and Finsbury, Halls of Residence.

November 3, 2004.