Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime (TWEC)

The XV Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime will continue the sequence of Economics of Crime workshops in Paris (2009), Bonn (2010), Torino (2011), Rotterdam (2012), Frankfurt (2013), Milan (2014), London (2015), Stockholm (2016), Philadelphia (2017), Paris (2018), Amsterdam (2019), Gothenburg (2021), Milan (2022), and Ann Arbor (2023).

This 15th edition will be held in person at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) on October 4 – 5, 2024.

We aim to bring together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to present and discuss their work, allowing for an in-depth interaction between those working on the empirical and theoretical analysis of crime and illegal behavior.

The workshop consists of 19 contributed papers and two keynote lectures:

external page Randi Hjalmarsson (University of Gothenburg) & external page Sharad Goel (Harvard Kennedy School)

This year’s theme will focus on the integration and implications of AI/ML in the economics and management of crime and justice. Other suggested topics include:

• Racial bias in the justice system
• Social prevention of crime and violence
• Early childhood interventions
• Law enforcement & judicial decisions
• Re-entry and rehabilitation interventions
• Guns/weapons/violence and crime
• Social interactions, networks, and crime
• Crime and the labor markets

The workshop, sponsored by ETH Zurich and SNSF, offers hotel stays and meals for presenters.

The 2024 scientific committee consists of Elliott Ash (ETH), Anna Bindler (U Cologne), Sergio Galletta (ETH), Mike Mueller-Smith (U Michigan), Olivier Marie (EUR), Aurelie Ouss (UPenn), and Emily Owens (UC, Irvine).

See the TWEC 2024 program Download here (PDF, 109 KB).