International Conference on Contemporary Issues in ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS (original) (raw)

Introduction

The 8th International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economics, Management and Business (8th CIEMB 2025) will be joinly organized by National Economics University (NEU) and Australian National University (ANU) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The aim of the conference is to create a forum for scholars from different academic fields of economics, business and management to exchange and present their research. The conference will provide a platform for debates on contemporary issues of aforementioned fields, supporting strategies to stimulate sustainable worldwide growth and development.

ISI and SCOPUS Indexed Allied Journals Publication Opportunity

All full papers will be issued in the conference proceedings with ISBN.

Papers from the conference will have chances to be published with expedited editorial process in our following allied ISI and SCOPUS indexed journal publications:

• Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (SSCI, Scopus Q3)
• International Review of Economics and Finance (SSCI, Scopus Q1, A-ABDC, ABS2)
• Finance Research Letters (SSCI, Scopus Q1, A-ABDC, ABS2)
• Global Finance Journal (SSCI, Scopus Q1, A-ABDC, ABS2)
• Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment (ESCI, Scopus Q1)
• Journal of Economics & Development (ESCI, Scopus Q1)

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Shiro Armstrong, Australian National University, Australia

Prof. Shiro Armstrong

Professor Shiro Armstrong is a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU). He is Director of the Australia–Japan Research Centre and the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, and serves as Editor of the East Asia Forum.

He earned his PhD in Economics from ANU in 2009, following a Master’s degree (2005) and a Graduate Diploma (2004) in International Development Economics from the same institution.

His research expertise lies in international trade, economic integration in East Asia, foreign direct investment, and economic diplomacy. He has edited books and authored numerous papers on these themes.

Professor Armstrong has held multiple visiting roles at institutions including Columbia University, Keio University, Peking University, University of Tokyo, and Harvard’s Kennedy School. He supervises PhD students, teaches at undergraduate and executive levels, and has received awards for public policy outreach and media engagement.

Prof. Arman Eshraghi, Cardiff University, the UK

Prof. Arman Eshraghi

Prof. Arman Eshraghi has 18 years of academic research, teaching and leadership experience across the UK (Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh and University of Manchester), visiting fellowships in the US, UK and Asia, and some years of professional experience in the banking sector prior to academia. His research spans finance, accounting and management with interests including behavioural/corporate finance and financial technology.

His work is published in some of the leading journals across finance and accounting, and cited widely, including in the Financial Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, BBC, Euronews and Harvard Business Review. Arman contributes to several Elsevier journals in an editorial capacity, chairs the professorial committee of the British Accounting and Finance Association and leads the Behavioural Finance Association in London..

Dr. Jochen M. Schmittmann, IMF for Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Lao P.D.R.

Dr. Jochen M. Schmittmann

Dr. Jochen M. Schmittmann is the Regional Resident Representative for the IMF Resident Offices covering Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao P.D.R. Prior to this role, he served as Deputy Head of the IMF’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo, was a Desk Economist on the Japan team, and acted as Mission Chief for the Federated States of Micronesia. He also held the position of Resident Representative in Singapore, covering Singapore, Malaysia, and Asian financial markets.

Within the IMF, Dr. Schmittmann has worked across multiple departments—Asia and Pacific, Western Hemisphere, Finance, and Monetary and Capital Markets—and was part of the team managing the Fund’s investment portfolio. He has published extensively on finance and macroeconomics, with topics including behavioral finance, climate finance, currency hedging, labor markets, and Asia’s demographic-economic trends.

He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt**.**

Dr. Jonathan London, UNDP Viet Nam

Dr. Jonathan London

Jonathan D. London is a political economist and expert in social development. He currently serves as Senior International Economist and Senior Economic Advisor to UNDP Viet Nam. He is also an Associate Professor of Global Political Economy (Asia) at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

He earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2004. His research focuses on comparative political economy, development studies, welfare, inequality, and the political economy of education and health, with a particular emphasis on Viet Nam.

Jonathan London has contributed to various UNDP projects in Viet Nam, including key background papers for the Human Development Reports and policy papers on governance in essential services. He is fluent in Vietnamese and is recognized as a leading international scholar on Vietnamese development.

Venue

The 8th CIEMB 2025 will be held in National Economics University, 207 Giai Phong Street, Bach Mai Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Please see Venue for detailed information.

Topics

We welcome papers both theoretically and empirically on topics in any field of economics, management and business. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Submission

Full submitted papers must be in English, from 5,000 to 10,000 words including references with title of the paper, authors’ names, e-mail addresses and affiliations. Prospective authors will submit their full papers to the email address: ciemb@neu.edu.vn by September 19, 2025. Detailed instructions for formatting the paper are available on Submission Guidelines

Registration Fee

Please see Registration for detailed information.

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