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Dynamic Game Theory in Sustainability

edited by

Subhadip Ghosh

and Arka Mukherjee

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: nash equilibrium in dynamic settings; stackelberg game; differential games; evolutionary game theory; climate change mitigation; common-pool resource management; intergenerational equity; transboundary pollution; mechanism design for sustainability; renewable resource dynamics; environmental regulation; feedback strategies; public goods games

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Game Theory)

Recent Advances in Microeconomics and Game Theory

edited by

Arnaud Z. Dragicevic

submission deadline 29 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1366 | Submission Open

Keywords: algorithmic game theory; network formation; behavioral economics; experimental economics; mechanism design; dynamic games; market design; evolutionary games; artificial intelligence; climate games

Evolutionary Games on Networks and Biological Systems

edited by Kalliopi Kastampolidou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: evolutionary game theory; complex networks; replicator dynamics; microbial public goods games; virus– host interaction models; public-goods and prisoner’ s dilemma in biology; quantum evolutionary games; quantum automata and game protocols; ML-driven and knowledge-graph game models; cooperation dynamics; network reciprocity; spatial reciprocity; altruism evolution; cooperative behavior in structured populations; multi-level selection; adaptive networks; co-evolutionary dynamics; stochastic evolutionary dynamics; agent-based modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Game Theory)

Advancements in Social Choice and Mechanism Design

edited by

Stefano Vannucci

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 804 | Submission Open

Keywords: aggregation protocols; voting systems; matching protocols; allocation rules; auction protocols; classification and identification protocols; deliberative decision-making procedures; communication and bargaining protocols

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Game Theory)

Game-Theoretical Analysis of the Division of Labor and Trade Conflict

edited by

Guang-Zhen Sun

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 971 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-cooperative games; conflict; the division of labor; rent seeking; globalization; tariffs

The Mathematics of Uncertainty in Game Theory

edited by

Giuseppe De Marco

, Maria Romaniello and Alba Roviello

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: game theory; ambiguity; imprecise probabilities; noncooperative games; psychological games; general equilibrium; insurance mathematics

Decision Making Under Complexity

edited by

Jianying Qiu

and Zhihua Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: complexity; uncertainty; ambiguity; complex strategy; biases; noises

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioral and Experimental Game Theory)

Recent Advances in Network and Graphical Games

edited by Nizar Allouch, Mingyan Liu and

Yevgeniy Vorobeychik

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 869 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic interactions; networks; graphical games; Nash equilibrium; computation

Advances in Contest Theory: Strategic Foundations and Mechanism Design

edited by Jun Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: contest theory ; all-pay auctions; rent-seeking models; tournaments; prize optimization; asymmetric contests; entry and participation decisions; information structures; dynamic and stochastic contests; multi-stage competition

Games with Incomplete Information

edited by

Yasuko Kawahata

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: game theory; incomplete information; complete information; network analysis; AI/Bots; information fatigue; informational health; discourse conflict; social stability; mathematical modeling; simulation; reputational risk management; lookism; doomscrolling; mental health; human behaviors; critical thinking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Game Theory)

Game Theory, Sports and Athletes’ Behavior Under Pressure

edited by

Jonathan Newton

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4706 | Submission Open

Keywords: game theory; sports analytics; athletes’ behavior under pressure; strategically optimal play; evolutionary game theory and sports; performance analysis; behavioral economics in sports; tactics and strategy in sports; violations of optimal play

(This special issue belongs to the Section Learning and Evolution in Games)

New Advances in Computational Game Theory and Its Applications

edited by

Sam Ganzfried

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1113 | Submission Open

Keywords: Nash equilibrium computation and approximation; computation of equilibrium refinements; alternative solution concepts and their computation; learning in games; stochastic games; imperfect information; applications including security; biology; education; law; and political science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Algorithmic and Computational Game Theory)

Strategic Investment and Dynamic Decision-Making: Advances in Real Options and Game Theory

edited by

Antonio Di Bari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: real options; game theory; option games; investment decision-making; strategic interactions; multi-stage projects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Game Theory)

Game Theory and Large Language Models

edited by

Andreas Duus Pape

and

Christopher Zosh

submission deadline 11 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: game theory; large language models; agent-based modeling; learning; experimental economics; behavioral economics; communication; signaling; game design; equilibrium selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Game Theory)

Mechanism Design: Theory, Experiments, and Market Applications

edited by Cemil Selcuk and

Indrajit Ray

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanism design; market design; implementation theory; auction theory; matching markets; contract theory; pricing; procurement; experimental economics; behavioural economics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Market Design and Auctions)

Economic Theory and Applications

edited by

Theofanis Tsoulouhas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 484 | Submission Open

Keywords: asymmetric information; game theory; auction theory; contract theory; tournament theory; contest theory; economics of information; expected and non-expected utility theories; behavioral economics

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