EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON MICROFINANCE

Since 2009, e-MFP and the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi), in partnership with a broad group of European Universities, organise the conference every two years with the objective of encouraging academics and other inclusive finance sector stakeholders to meet and engage in relevant debates and collaborations, and to ensure that the latest research is disseminated to the whole microfinance and inclusive finance community.

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The 8th European Research Conference on Microfinance took place on 24-26 June 2024 at the University of Bergamo, Italy. The conference was organised by the University of Bergamo in collaboration with the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) and the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi).

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Previous editions

7th European Conference on Microfinance was held on 20th-22nd June, 2022 at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom. The conference saw many contributions from all over the world, with 31 countries represented in total. There were 68 speakers at the parallel sessions and 109 delegates overall.

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6th European Research Conference on Microfinance was held at University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France, 3rd - 5th June 2019. Over 130 participants attended the conference which was co-organised by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier Business School and Paris Dauphine University in cooperation with the European Microfinance Platform. 
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5th European Research Conference on Microfinance was held at the University of Portsmouth, 12th to 14th June 2017. It was organized by the Portsmouth Business School in collaboration with e-MFP and CERMi,  and gathered more than 130 delegates. Three Plenary sessions and close to 90 papers were presented over the three days.
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4th European Research Conference on Microfinance was held at the University of Geneva (Geneva Finance Research Institute), 1st - 3rd June 2015. It was organised by the University of Geneva’s School of Economics and Management and its Center for Microfinance and Financial Inclusion. The conference brought together 160 participants from universities, investment funds and policy making institutions of 24 countries.
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3rd European Research Conference on Microfinance was held in the University of Agder, Norway, June, 10th - 12th 2013. Organised by the Norwegian Centre for Microfinance Research at the University of Agder in cooperation with the Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) and the University of Groningen, it gathered 250 participants from 35 countries and more than 180 papers were presented and discussed.
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2nd European Research Conference on Microfinance was held in Groningen University, the Netherlands, 16th - 18th June 2011. Organised by the former e-MFP Research Action Group, the conference provided a collection of 170 research papers, which were discussed by a public of over 200 researchers and practitioners in microfinance from all over the world.

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1st European Research Conference in Microfinance was held at Université libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, 2nd to 4th of June 2009.  Organised by CERMi in collaboration with the former e-MFP Research Action Group, it gathered 250 participants from 50 countries and over 70 papers were presented.