The 5th International Conference for Alternative Finance Research is a dedicated forum for alternative finance researchers and practitioners from all around the globe. It covers themes addressing crowdfunding, digital fundraising and lending, microfinance and prosocial lending, invoice trading, crypto assets and currencies, etc.

 

The conference serves as a cross-disciplinary meeting place for scholars of information systems, economics, finance, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, business ethics and law under one roof to exchange ideas and help develop the field both theoretically and practically, while engaging in close dialog with industry stakeholders and policy makers.

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The 2026 event is organized as a collaboration between the University of Agder's School of Business and Law, the Utrecht University European Center of Alternative Finance, and the University of Malaga. 

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Important Dates:

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Paper submission deadline: 30.11.2025

Author notification: by 20.01.2026

Early-bird registration: until 01.03.2026

Abstract submission for proceedings: 25.03.2026

Paper presentation delivery: 02.04.2026

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Keynote Speakers (to be announed): 

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Panel Discussion Participants: (to be continuously announced)