On September 19, 2025, the International Conference on Economic and Financial Modeling (ICEFMod 2025) was held, jointly organized by the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Kozminski University (Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego), and the Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics.

The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers and industry experts to discuss cutting-edge quantitative methods and their application in modeling financial markets, institutions, and economic systems.

The event was supported by Elsevier and the journal Economic Modelling.

• Conference papers covered a broad spectrum of topics, including:
• Financial Econometrics and Credit Risk Modeling
• Portfolio Management, Trading Strategies, and Market Microstructure
• Corporate Finance, Banking, and Financial Stability
• Climate Risk in Banking
• Behavioral Finance and Financial Decision-Making
• Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting
• Microeconomic Modeling
• Economic Policy, Financial Regulation, and Systemic Risk
• Labor Markets, Income Distribution, and Economic Growth
• The Relationship between Financial Markets and the Real Economy
• Political Economy of Conflict

A special panel dedicated to the study of the Ukrainian economy

Across six sessions with two parallel streams, papers were presented by scholars and practitioners from leading universities and institutions around the world, including

• University of Birmingham, United Kingdom,
• Northeastern Illinois University, United States
• KU Leuven, Kingdom of Belgium,
• Universitat de les Iles Baleares, Kingdom of Spain,
• Deutsche Bundesbank, Federal Republic of Germany,
• University of Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• FernUniversität in Hagen, Federal Republic of Germany,
• Charles University, Czech Republic
• IESEG School of Management and INE PAN, University of Lille, French Republic,
• National Bank of Slovakia,
• Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic,
• Darwin College, University of Cambridge, and the Royal Statistical Society,
• Aarhus University, Kingdom of Denmark
• University of Lodz, Republic of Poland
• University of Warsaw, Republic of Poland
• Ministry of Finance, Republic of Poland,
• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Republic of Poland,
• DWS Group, Federal Republic of Germany
• Kozminski University, Republic of Poland,
• ING Hubs Poland, Republic of Poland,
• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Republic of Poland
• Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
• National Bank of Ukraine,
• National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine,
• Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine

The conference fostered an inspiring atmosphere of scientific inquiry, encouraging the exchange of ideas, vibrant discussions, and engagement with pressing contemporary issues.

We sincerely thank the organizing committee for their invaluable support and experience, and we look forward to continued collaboration!