Kiel,  September 28 & 29, 2026

Save the Date

The fifth conference on the economic impact of robots and automation (CORA) will take place on September 28th and 29th 2026 at ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics in cooperation with University Hamburg and the International Federation of Robotics.

By now, we have established a widely recognized platform for all economists working in the rapidly growing fields of robots, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, the conference provides a forum for discussion between data users and the main data provider in this field, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Researchers from all fields of economics are invited to present new research results and discuss possible directions for future research activities. We welcome the submission of papers with an empirical, theoretical, and/or policy orientation focusing on micro- or macroeconomic aspects of robots, automation, and artificial intelligence.

Topics presented could include but are not limited to

• the effects of automation on economic growth, productivity, and welfare
• the effects of automation on inflation and interest rates
• the environmental effects of automation and AI
• the causes of automation such as technological change, labor market shortages, population aging, low interest rates and investment incentives, etc.
• economic policy implications of automation and AI

Conference organization

Anne Jurkat, International Federation of Robotics, Frankfurt (aj@ifr.org)
Marianne Saam, ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (M.Saam@zbw.eu)

Please visit the conference website for further information.