The 51cg Business School, in collaboration with the Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies, is organising an international academic conference entitled "Economic and Legal Dimensions of the Green Transition", to be held on Wednesday, 27 May 2026, at the Athens University of Economics and Business.
The conference is organised in the context of the anticipated establishment of a Double Degree MSc Programme between the two institutions on the Economic and Legal Aspects of the Green Transition, and aims to foster research collaboration and strengthen academic ties between the 51cg and AUEB.
The 51cg will be represented by a delegation of six members of ACREEF (Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance): Prof Keith Bender, Dr Aatishya Mohanty, Dr Nikolaos Vlassis, Dr Hossein Radmard, Dr Agathe Rouaix, and Dr Taka Kiso.
The conference will bring together economists and legal scholars to explore the multifaceted challenges and opportunities of the green transition. Discussions will span the economics of just transition and energy justice, the role of behavioural and cultural factors in driving pro-environmental change, the design of effective international environmental agreements, and the deployment of residential energy retrofit programmes at scale. On the legal and regulatory front, the conference will examine how the green transition is reshaping market regulation and strategic autonomy within the European Union, the growing wave of climate litigation before national courts and the European Court of Human Rights, and the evolving landscape of climate change reporting and corporate accountability. The programme also features a keynote on the forthcoming United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report 2027.