Effects bibliography

A collection of research papers and other resources related to the theory and practice of computational effects.

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Software

See also the Effects and handlers Rosetta stone, a comparison of how computational effects and handlers are implemented in various programming languages.

• Coop: A prototype programming language for programming with runners
  by Andrej Bauer and Danel Ahman
  (GitHub)

• Desk: A statically-typed functional language with an effect system based on set-operation
  by Ryo Hirayama from Hihaheho Studio
  (GitHub) (an effects tutorial article)

• Eff: programming language with algebraic effects and handlers
  by Andrej Bauer and Matija Pretnar
  (www)

• Eff in F#: A library for programming with algebraic effects in F#
  by Nick Palladinos
  (GitHub)

• Effects.js: algebraic effects for Javascript based on Koka and Eff
  by Jason Butler
  (GitHub)

• Effekt Language: A research language with effect handlers and lightweight effect polymorphism
  by Jonathan Brachthäuser, Philipp Schuster, and Klaus Ostermann
  (www)

• EvEff: A Haskell library for programming with evidence-translated effect handlers
  by Daan Leijen and Ningning Xie
  (GitHub)

• Extensible effects: a Haskell library for effects
  by Oleg Kiselyov
  (hackage) (www)

• F*: an ML-like effectful dependently typed functional programming language aimed at program verification
  by Microsoft Research and Inria
  (www)

• Frank: programming language with first-class handlers, invisible effect variables, and multihandlers
  by Sam Lindley, Conor McBride, and Craig McLaughlin
  (GitHub)

• Freak: a programming language with coalgebraic effects and cohandlers
  by Mateusz Urbańczyk
  (GitHub)

• Fused effects: a Haskell library for effects
  by Rob Rix
  (hackage) (GitHub)

• Helium: a functional programming language with effect handlers and an ML-like module system
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Maciej Piróg, Piotr Polesiuk, and Filip Sieczkowski
  (BitBucket)

• Idris Effects: library for algebraic effects and handlers in Idris - inspired by Eff language
  by Edwin Brady
  (www) (GitHub)

• Koka: a function-oriented language with effect inference
  by Daan Leijen
  (GitHub)

• Links effect handlers: an effect handlers extension for the Links web programming language
  by Daniel Hillerström and Sam Lindley
  (www) (GitHub)

• Multicore OCaml: a multicore + effect handlers extension for OCaml
  by Stephen Dolan, Anil Madhavapeddy, KC Sivaramakrishnan, Leo White, and Jeremy Yallop
  (GitHub) (now incorporated into OCaml 5+)

• Polysemy: a Haskell library for effects
  by Sandy Maguire
  (hackage) (GitHub)

• Pyro: a deep universal probabilistic programming language
  by Uber AI Labs
  (www)

• Scala Effekt: extensible algebraic effects with handlers in Scala
  by Jonathan Brachthäuser
  (GitHub)

• Unison: a programming language with effects called abilities, inspired by Frank
  by Unison Computing
  (www) (GitHub)

• WasmFXtime: A fork of Wasmtime extended with support for effect handlers
  by Luna Phipps-Costin, Frank Emrich, and Daniel Hillerström
  (www) (GitHub)

• Wasm/k: WebAssembly, extended with support for first-class continuations
  by Donald Pinckney
  (www) (GitHub)

• Æff: An interactive interpreter for asynchronous algebraic effects
  by Matija Pretnar and Danel Ahman
  (www) (GitHub)

• atnos-org/eff: extensible effects for Cats in Scala
  by Eric Torreborre
  (www) (GitHub)

• cpp-effects: effect handlers in C++
  by Maciej Piróg
  (GitHub)

• libhandler: an implementation of algebraic effects and handlers in portable C99
  by Daan Leijen
  (GitHub)

• libmprompt: robust multi-prompt delimited control and effect handlers in C/C++
  by Daan Leijen
  (GitHub)

• effects: An experimental C++ runtime effect system by Michael Truog
  (GitHub)

• multicont: continuations with multi-shot semantics in OCaml
  by Daniel Hillerström
  (GitHub)

• shonky: a dynamically typed variant of Frank with C-like syntax
  by Conor McBride
  (GitHub)

• Turbolift: algebraic effects for Scala 3
  by Marcin Żebrowski
  (www) (GitHub)

• Enterprise: library for creating HTTP services using algebraic effects and handlers (Turbolift)
  by Marcin Żebrowski
  (GitHub)

Tutorials

2022

• Effect-Handler Oriented Programming (lecture given at SPLV)
  by Sam Lindley
  (YouTube) (slides)

• Effect handler oriented programming (lecture series given at OPLSS)
  by Sam Lindley
  (Videos: 1, 2, 3, 4)
  (Notes: 1, 2, 3, 4)

2018

• What is algebraic about algebraic effects and handlers? (tutorial given at Dagstuhl and OPLSS)
  by Andrej Bauer
  (pdf)
  (Videos: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)

2017

• Concurrent Programming with Effect Handlers (tutorial given at CUFP)
  by Daniel Hillerström and KC Sivaramakrishnan
  (www) (GitHub)

2015

• An Introduction to Algebraic Effects and Handlers (MFPS 2015)
  by Matija Pretnar
  (dblp) (bibtex) (doi) (pdf)

Papers

2024

• Asymptotic speedup via effect handlers (JFP 2024)
  by Daniel Hillerström, Sam Lindley, and John Longley
  (doi) (pdf)

• Active Objects Based on Algebraic Effects (Active Object Languages: Current Research Trends)
  by Martin Andrieux, Ludovic Henrio, and Gabriel Radanne
  (doi) (pdf)

• Soundly Handling Linearity (POPL 2024)
  by Wenhao Tang, Daniel Hillerström, Sam Lindley, and J. Garrett Morris
  (doi) (pdf)

• On Model-Checking Higher-Order Effectful Programs (POPL 2024)
  by Ugo Dal Lago and Alexis Ghyselen
  (doi) (pdf) (pdf (extended version))

• Effectful Software Contracts (POPL 2024)
  by Cameron Moy, Christos Dimoulas, and Matthias Felleisen
  (doi) (pdf)

• An Intrinsically Typed Compiler for Algebraic Effect Handlers (PEPM 2024)
  by Syouki Tsuyama, Youyou Cong, and Hidehiko Masuhara
  (doi) (pdf)

2023

• From Capabilities to Regions: Enabling Efficient Compilation of Lexical Effect Handlers (OOPSLA 2023)
  by Marius Müller, Philipp Schuster, Jonathan Lindegaard Starup, Klaus Ostermann, and Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser
  (doi) (pdf)

• Continuing WebAssembly with Effect Handlers (OOPSLA 2023)
  by Luna Phipps-Costin, Andreas Rossberg, Arjun Guha, Daan Leijen, Daniel Hillerström, KC Sivaramakrishnan, Matija Pretnar, and Sam Lindley
  (doi) (arxiv)

• Typed equivalence of labeled effect handlers and labeled delimited control operators (PPDP 2023)
  by Kazuki Ikemori, Youyou Cong, and Hidehiko Masuhara
  (pdf) (bibtex)

• Error Localization for Sequential Effect Systems (SAS 2023)
  by Colin S. Gordon, Chaewon Yun
  (doi)

• A General Fine-Grained Reduction Theory for Effect Handlers (ICFP 2023)
  by Filip Sieczkowski, Mateusz Pyzik, and Dariusz Biernacki
  (doi) (pdf)

• With or Without You: Programming with Effect Exclusion (ICFP 2023)
  by Matthew Lutze, Magnus Madsen, Philipp Schuster, and Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser
  (doi) (pdf)

• Hefty Algebras: Modular Elaboration of Higher-Order Algebraic Effects (POPL 2023)
  by Casper Bach Poulsen and Cas Van Der Rest
  (doi) (pdf)

• Towards a Reflection for Effect Handlers (PEPM 2023)
  by Youyou Cong and Kenichi Asai
  (doi)

2022

• Category-Graded Algebraic Theories and Effect Handlers (MFPS 2022)
  by Takahiro Sanada
  (pdf)

• Modular probabilistic models via algebraic effects (ICFP 2022)
  by Minh Nguyen, Roly Perera, Meng Wang, and Nicolas Wu
  (pdf)

• Automated Temporal Verification for Algebraic Effects (APLAS 2022)
  by Yahui Song, Darius Foo, and Wei-Ngan Chin
  (pdf)

• An Algebraic Theory for Shared-State Concurrency (APLAS 2022)
  by Yotam Dvir, Ohad Kammar, and Ori Lahav
  (pdf)

• First-class Names for Effect Handlers (OOPSLA 2022)
  by Ningning Xie, Youyou Cong, Kazuki Ikemori, and Daan Leijen
  (pdf)

• High-level effect handlers in C++ (OOPSLA 2022)
  by Dan Ghica, Sam Lindley, Marcos Maroñas Bravo, and Maciej Piróg
  (pdf)

• Algebraic effects for extensible dynamic semantics (Journal of Logic, Language and Information)
  by Julian Grove and Jean-Philippe Bernardy
  (pdf)

• A Typed Continuation-Passing Translation for Lexical Effect Handlers (PLDI 2022)
  by Philipp Schuster, Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser, Marius Müller, and Klaus Ostermann
  (doi) (pdf)

• Structured Handling of Scoped Effects (ESOP 2022)
  by Zhixuan Yang, Marco Paviotti, Nicolas Wu, Birthe van den Berg, and Tom Schrijvers
  (pdf) (pdf (extended version))

• Effects, Capabilities, and Boxes: From Scope-Based Reasoning to Type-Based Reasoning and Back (OOPSLA 2022)
  by Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser, Philipp Schuster, Edward Lee, and Aleksander Boruch-Gruszecki
  (pdf)

2021

• Efficient Compilation of Algebraic Effect Handlers (OOPSLA 2021)
  by Georgios Karachalias, Filip Koprivec, Matija Pretnar, and Tom Schrijvers
  (doi) (pdf)

• Latent Effects for Resuable Language Components (APLAS 2021)
  by Birthe van den Berg, Tom Schrijvers, Casper Bach Poulsen, and Nicolas Wu
  (doi) (arxiv) (pdf (extended version))

• Composing UNIX with Effect Handlers (ML Workshop 2021)
  by Daniel Hillerström
  (pdf)

• Safe mutation with algebraic effects (Haskell 2021)
  by Hashan Punchihewa and Nicolas Wu
  (doi) (pdf)

• Contextual Modal Types for Algebraic Effects and Handlers (ICFP 2021)
  by Nikita Zyuzin and Aleksandar Nanevski
  (doi) (pdf)

• Reasoning about Effect Interaction by Fusion (ICFP 2021)
  by Zhixuan Yang and Nicolas Wu
  (doi) (pdf) (extended pdf)

• Generalized Evidence Passing for Effect Handlers (ICFP 2021)
  by Ningning Xie and Daan Leijen
  (doi) (pdf)

• A Functional Abstraction of Typed Invocation Contexts (FSCD 2021)
  by Youyou Cong, Chiaki Ishio, Kaho Honda, and Kenichi Asai
  (pdf) (doi)

• Derivation of a Virtual Machine For Four Variants of Delimited-Control Operators (FSCD 2021)
  by Maika Fujii and Kenichi Asai
  (pdf) (doi)

• Contextual Effect Polymorphism Meets Bidirectional Effects (Extended Abstract) (TyDe 2021)
  by Kazuki Niimi, Youyou Cong, and Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser
  (pdf)

• Formalising Algebraic Effects with Non-Recoverable Failure (HOPE 2021)
  by Timotej Tomandl and Dominic Orchard
  (pdf)

• First-class Named Handlers (HOPE 2021)
  by Ningning Xie, Youyou Cong, and Daan Leijen
  (pdf)

• Higher-Order Asynchronous Effects (HOPE 2021)
  by Danel Ahman, Matija Pretnar, and Janez Radešček
  (pdf)

• Handler Calculus (HOPE 2021)
  by Sam Lindley
  (pdf)

• Retrofitting Effect Handlers onto OCaml (PLDI 2021)
  by KC Sivaramakrishnan, Stephen Dolan, Leo White, Tom Kelly, Sadiq Jaffer, and Anil Madhavapeddy
  (arxiv) (pdf)

• Polymorphic Iterable Sequential Effect Systems (TOPLAS 2021)
  by Colin S. Gordon
  (doi) (arxiv)

• Automatic Differentiation via Effects and Handlers: An Implementation in Frank (PEPM 2021)
  by Jesse Sigal
  (arxiv)

• Staged Effects and Handlers for Modular Languages with Abstraction (PEPM 2021)
  by Casper Bach Poulsen, Cas van der Rest, and Tom Schrijvers
  (pdf)

• A Separation Logic for Effect Handlers (POPL 2021)
  by Paulo Emílio de Vilhena and François Pottier
  (pdf)

• Asynchronous Effects (POPL 2021)
  by Danel Ahman and Matija Pretnar
  (arxiv) (doi) (pdf)

2020

• Graded Algebraic Theories (FoSSaCS 2020)
  by Satoshi Kura
  (pdf)

• Modular verification of programs with effects and effects handlers (FAOC 2020)
  by Thomas Letan, Yann Régis-Gianas, Pierre Chifflier, and Guillaume Hiet
  (doi)

• Not by equations alone: reasoning with extensible effects (JFP 2020)
  by Oleg Kiselyov, Shin-Cheng Mu, and Amr Sabry
  (pdf)

• Automatic Reparameterisation of Probabilistic Programs (ICML 2020)
  by Maria I. Gorinova, Dave Moore, and Matthew D. Hoffman
  (pdf)

• Compiling Symbolic Execution with Staging and Algebraic Effects (OOPSLA 2020)
  by Guannan Wei, Oliver Bračevac, Shangyin Tan, and Tiark Rompf
  (doi) (pdf)

• Composing Effects into Tasks and Workflows (Haskell 2020)
  by Yves Parès, Jean-Philippe Bernardy, and Richard A. Eisenberg
  (doi) (pdf)

• Handling Bidirectional Control Flow (OOPSLA 2020)
  Yizhou Zhang, Guido Salvaneschi, and Andrew C. Myers
  (pdf)

• Designing with Static Capabilities and Effects: Use, Mention, and Invariants (ECOOP 2020)
  by Colin S. Gordon
  (doi) (pdf)

• Lifting Sequential Effects to Control Operators (ECOOP 2020)
  by Colin S. Gordon
  (doi) (pdf)

• Degrading Lists (PPDP 2020)
  by Dylan McDermott, Maciej Piróg, and Tarmo Uustalu
  (doi) (pdf)

• Wasm/k: Delimited Continuations for WebAssembly (DLS 2020)
  by Donald Pinckney, Arjun Guha, and Yuriy Brun
  (pdf)

• A Complete Normal-Form Bisimilarity for Algebraic Effects and Handlers (FSCD 2020)
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Sergueï Lenglet, and Piotr Polesiuk
  (doi) (pdf)

• A Reflection on Continuation-Composing Style (FSCD 2020)
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Mateusz Pyzik, and Filip Sieczkowski
  (doi) (pdf)

• Effect Handlers in Haskell, Evidently (Haskell 2020)
  by Ningning Xie and Daan Leijen
  (pdf)

• Effects as capabilities: effect handlers and lightweight effect polymorphism (OOPSLA 2020)
  by Jonathan Brachthäuser, Philipp Schuster, and Klaus Ostermann
  (doi) (pdf)

• One-shot Algebraic Effects as Coroutines (TFP 2020)
  by Satoru Kawahara and Yukiyoshi Kameyama
  (doi) (pdf)

• Generalized Monoidal Effects And Handlers (JFP 2020)
  by Ruben P. Pieters, Exequiel Rivas, and Tom Schrijvers
  (pdf)

• Signature restriction for polymorphic algebraic effects (ICFP 2020)
  by Taro Sekiyama, Takeshi Tsukada, and Atsushi Igarashi
  (pdf)

• Effects for Efficiency: Asymptotic Speedup with First-Class Control (ICFP 2020)
  by Daniel Hillerström, Sam Lindley, and John Longley
  (arxiv)

• Effect Handlers, Evidently (ICFP 2020)
  by Ningning Xie, Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser, Daniel Hillerström, Philipp Schuster, and Daan Leijen
  (pdf)

• Compiling Effect Handlers in Capability-Passing Style (ICFP 2020)
  by Philipp Schuster, Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser, and Klaus Ostermann
  (doi) (pdf)

• Effekt: Capability-passing style for type- and effect-safe, extensible effect handlers in Scala (JFP 2020)
  by Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser, Philipp Schuster, and Klaus Ostermann
  (pdf)

• Doo bee doo bee doo (JFP 2020)
  by Lukas Convent, Sam Lindley, Conor McBride, and Craig McLaughlin
  (pdf)

• Effect handlers via generalised continuations (JFP 2020)
  by Daniel Hillerström, Sam Lindley, and Robert Atkey
  (pdf)

• Runners in action (ESOP 2020)
  by Danel Ahman and Andrej Bauer
  (arxiv)

• Interaction Trees: Representing Recursive and Impure Programs in Coq (POPL 2020)
  by Li-yao Xia, Yannick Zakowski, Paul He, Chung-Kil Hur, Gregory Malecha, Benjamin C. Pierce, Steve Zdancewic
  (pdf)

• Binders by Day, Labels by Night: Effect Instances via Lexically Scoped Handlers (POPL 2020)
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Maciej Piróg, Piotr Polesiuk, and Filip Sieczkowski
  (pdf)

• Combining predicate transformer semantics for effects: a case study in parsing regular languages (MSFP 2020)
  by Anne Baanen and Wouter Swierstra
  (pdf)

• From Equations to Distinctions: Two Interpretations of Effectful Computations (MSFP 2020)
  by Niels Voorneveld
  (pdf)

• Unifying graded and parameterised monads (MSFP 2020)
  by Dominic Orchard, Philip Wadler and Harley Eades III
  (pdf)

• Local Algebraic Effect Theories (JFP 2020)
  by Žiga Lukšič and Matija Pretnar
  (doi) (arxiv)

• Explicit Effect Subtyping (JFP 2020)
  by Georgios Karachalias, Matija Pretnar, Amr Hany Saleh, Stien Vanderhallen and Tom Schrijvers
  (arxiv)

• The Fire Triangle: How to Mix Substitution, Dependent Elimination, and Effects (POPL 2020)
  by Pierre-Marie Pédrot and Nicolas Tabareau
  (pdf)

2019

• A Sound and Complete Logic for Algebraic Effects (FoSSaCS 2019)
  by Cristina Matache and Sam Staton
  (pdf)

• On the expressive power of user-defined effects: effect handlers, monadic reflection, delimited control (JFP, ICFP 2017 special issue)
  by Yannick Forster, Ohad Kammar, Sam Lindley, and Matija Pretnar
  (pdf)

• Dijkstra Monads for All (ICFP 2019)
  by Kenji Maillard, Danel Ahman, Robert Atkey, Guido Martínez, Cătălin Hriţcu, Exequiel Rivas and Éric Tanter
  (pdf)

• A predicate transformer semantics for effects (Functional Pearl) (ICFP 2020)
  by Wouter Swierstra and Anne Baanen
  (pdf)

• Monad transformers and modular algebraic effects: What binds them together (Haskell 2019)
  by Tom Schrijvers, Maciej Piróg, Nicolas Wu, and Mauro Jaskelioff
  (pdf)

• A Hierarchy of Monadic Effects for Program Verification using Equational Reasoning (MPC 2019)
  by Reynald Affeldt, David Nowak, and Takafumi Saikawa
  (pdf) (GitHub)

• Handling Local State with Global State (MPC 2019)
  by Koen Pauwels, Tom Schrijvers, and Shin-Cheng Mu
  (pdf)

• Bisimulations for Delimited-Control Operators (LMCS 2019)
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Sergueï Lenglet, and Piotr Polesiuk
  (pdf)

• Typed equivalence of effect handlers and delimited control (FSCD 2019)
  Maciej Piróg, Piotr Polesiuk, and Filip Sieczkowski
  (pdf)

• Handling Polymorphic Algebraic Effects (ESOP 2019)
  Taro Sekiyama and Atsushi Igarashi
  (arxiv)

• Extended call-by-push-value: reasoning about effectful programs and evaluation order (ESOP 2019)
  by Dylan McDermott and Alan Mycroft
  (pdf)

• Abstracting Algebraic Effects (POPL 2019)
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Maciej Piróg, Piotr Polesiuk, and Filip Sieczkowski
  (pdf)

• Abstraction-Safe Effect Handlers via Tunneling (POPL 2019)
  by Yizhou Zhang and Andrew Myers
  (technical report)

• Behavioural Equivalence via Modalities for Algebraic Effects (TOPLAS 2019)
  by Alex Simpson and Niels Voorneveld
  (pdf)

2018

• Behavioural Equivalence via Modalities for Algebraic Effects (ESOP 2018)
  by Alex Simpson and Niels Voorneveld
  (pdf)

• Call-by-need effects via coeffects (Open Computer Science 2018)
  by Dylan McDermott and Alan Mycroft
  (pdf)

• Pyro: Deep Universal Probabilistic Programming
  by Eli Bingham, Jonathan P. Chen, Martin Jankowiak, Fritz Obermeyer, Neeraj Pradhan, Theofanis Karaletsos, Rohit Singh, Paul Szerlip, Paul Horsfall, and Noah D. Goodman
  (arvix)

• Automatic Reparameterisation in Probabilistic Programming (AABI 2018)
  by Maria I. Gorinova, Dave Moore, and Matthew D. Hoffman
  (pdf)

• Effect Handling for Composable Program Transformations in Edward2 (PROBPROG 2018)
  by Dave Moore and Maria I. Gorinova
  (arvix)

• Factorisation Systems for Logical Relations and Monadic Lifting in Type-and-effect System Semantics (MFPS 2018)
  by Ohad Kammar and Dylan McDermott
  (doi)

• Functional Programming for Modular Bayesian Inference (ICFP 2018)
  by Adam Ścibior, Ohad Kammar, and Zoubin Ghahramani
  (pdf)

• JEff: Objects for Effect (Onward 2018)
  by Pablo Inostroza and Tijs van der Storm
  (pdf)

• Effect Handlers for the Masses (OOPSLA 2018)
  by Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser, Philipp Schuster, and Klaus Ostermann
  (pdf)

• Abstract Nonsense (FARM 2018)
  by Junia Gonçalves
  (doi)

• Syntax and Semantics for Operations with Scopes (LICS 2018)
  by Maciej Piróg, Tom Schrijvers, Nicolas Wu, and Mauro Jaskelioff
  (pdf)

• First Class Dynamic Effect Handlers: or, Polymorphic Heaps with Dynamic Effect Handlers (TyDe 2018)
  by Daan Leijen
  (doi)

• Algebraic Effect Handlers with Resources and Deep Finalization (MSR technical report)
  by Daan Leijen
  (pdf)

• Shallow Effect Handlers (APLAS 2018)
  by Daniel Hillerström and Sam Lindley
  (pdf)

• Versatile Event Correlation with Algebraic Effects (ICFP 2018)
  by Oliver Bračevac, Nada Amin, Guido Salvaneschi, Sebastian Erdweg, Patrick Eugster, and Mira Mezini
  (pdf)

• Modular Verification of Programs with Effects and Effect Handlers in Coq (FM 2018)
  by Thomas Letan, Yann Régis-Gianas, Pierre Chifflier, and Guillaume Hiet
  (metadata) (pdf)

• Explicit Effect Subtyping (ESOP 2018)
  by Amr Hany Saleh, Georgios Karachalias, Matija Pretnar, and Tom Schrijvers
  (pdf) (pdf with appendix) (technical report/extended version)

• Handle with Care: Relational Interpretation of Algebraic Effects and Handlers (POPL 2018)
  by Dariusz Biernacki, Maciej Piróg, Piotr Polesiuk, and Filip Sieczkowski
  (pdf) (Coq formalisation)

• Handling fibred algebraic effects (POPL 2018)
  by Danel Ahman
  (pdf)

2017

• Staged Generic Programming (ICFP 2017)
  by Jeremy Yallop
  (pdf)

• Concurrent System Programming with Effect Handlers (TFP 2017)
  by Stephen Dolan, Spiros Eliopolous, Daniel Hillerström, Anil Madhavapeddy, KC Sivaramakrishnan, Leo White
  (pdf)

• Handlers for Non-Monadic Computations (IFL 2017)
  by Ruben P. Pieters, Tom Schrijvers, and Exequiel Rivas
  (pdf) (technical report/extended version)

• Effekt: Extensible Algebraic Effects in Scala (Scala 2017)
  by Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser and Philipp Schuster

• Efficient Compilation of Algebraic Effects and Handlers
  by Matija Pretnar, Amr Hany Saleh, Axel Faes, and Tom Schrijvers
  (technical report)

• Structured asynchrony with algebraic effects (TyDe 2017)
  by Daan Leijen
  (OpenTOC) (technical report)

• Implementing Algebraic Effects in C (or "Monads for Free in C") (APLAS 2017)
  by Daan Leijen
  (technical report) (GitHub)

• Continuation Passing Style for Effect Handlers (FSCD 2017)
  by Daniel Hillerström, Sam Lindley, Robert Atkey, and KC Sivaramakrishnan
  (pdf)

• On the expressive power of user-defined effects: Effect handlers, monadic reflection, delimited control (ICFP 2017)
  by Yannick Forster, Ohad Kammar, Sam Lindley, and Matija Pretnar
  (arxiv)

• A Generic Approach to Flow-Sensitive Polymorphic Effects (ECOOP 2017)
  by Colin S. Gordon
  (doi) (pdf)

• Do be do be do (POPL 2017)
  by Sam Lindley, Conor McBride, and Craig McLaughlin
  (dblp) (bibtex) (arxiv)

• Type directed compilation of row-typed algebraic effects (POPL 2017)
  by Daan Leijen
  (dblp) (bibtex)

• No value restriction is needed for algebraic effects and handlers (J. Funct. Program. 2017)
  by Ohad Kammar and Matija Pretnar
  (dblp) (bibtex) (arxiv)

2016

• Combining Effects and Coeffects via Grading (ICFP 2016)
  by Marco Gaboardi, Shin-ya Katsumata, Dominic Orchard, Flavien Breuvart, and Tarmo Uustalu
  (pdf)

• Effects as Sessions, Sessions as Effects (POPL 2016)
  by Dominic Orchard and Nobuko Yoshida
  (pdf)

• Effect Systems Revisited -- Control-Flow Algebra and Semantics (Semantics, Logics, and Calculi 2016)
  by Alan Mycroft, Dominic Orchard, and Tomas Petricek
  (pdf)

• Efficient Algebraic Effect Handlers for Prolog (TPLP/ICLP 2016)
  by Amr Hany Saleh and Tom Schrijvers
  (pdf)

• Eff Directly in OCaml (ML Workshop 2016)
  by Oleg Kiselyov and KC Sivaramakrishnan
  (pdf) (extended abstract)

• Compiling Links Effect Handlers to the OCaml Backend (ML Workshop 2016)
  by Daniel Hillerström, Sam Lindley, and KC Sivaramakrishnan
  (pdf)

• Liberating effects with rows and handlers (TyDe 2016)
  by Daniel Hillerström and Sam Lindley
  (pdf) (dblp) (bibtex)

• Dependent Types and Fibred Computational Effects (FoSSaCS 2016)
  by Danel Ahman, Neil Ghani, and Gordon Plotkin
  (pdf) (dblp) (bibtex)

• From Monads to Effects and Back (PADL 2016)
  by Niki Vazou and Daan Leijen
  (pdf)

2015

• Algebraic Effects, Linearity, and Quantum Programming Languages (POPL 2015)
  by Sam Staton
  (pdf)

• Effective Concurrency with Algebraic Effects (OCaml Workshop 2015)
  by Stephen Dolan, Leo White, KC Sivaramakrishnan, Jeremy Yallop and Anil Madhavapeddy
  (pdf)

• Fixing Non-determinism (IFL 2015)
  by Alexander Vandenbroucke, Tom Schrijvers, and Frank Piessens
  (pdf)

• Customizable Gradual Polymorphic Effects for Scala (OOPSLA 2015)
  by Matias Toro and Eric Tanter
  (doi)

• Freer monads, more extensible effects (Haskell 2015)
  by Oleg Kiselyov and Hiromi Ishii
  (pdf)

• Programming with Algebraic Effects and Handlers (JLAMP 2015)
  by Andrej Bauer and Matija Pretnar
  (arxiv) (dblp) (bibtex) (doi)

• Fusion for Free: Efficient Algebraic Effect Handlers (MPC 2015)
  by Nicolas Wu and Tom Schrijvers
  (pdf)

• Interleaving data and effects (JFP 2015)
  by Robert Atkey and Patricia Johann
  (dblp) (bibtex) (doi) (pdf)

• Stateful Runners of Effectful Computations
  by Tarmo Uustalu
  (doi)

2014

• Algebraic Effects and Handlers in Natural Language Interpretation (NLCS 2014)
  by Jiří Maršík and Maxime Amblard
  (pdf)

• Algebraic effects and effect handlers for idioms and arrows (WGP 2014)
  by Sam Lindley
  (dblp) (bibtex) (pdf)

• A Theory of Gradual Effect Systems (ICFP 2014)
  by Felipe Banados Schwerter, Ronald Garcia and Eric Tanter
  (doi)

• Effect handlers in scope (Haskell 2014)
  by Nicolas Wu, Tom Schrijvers and Ralf Hinze
  (pdf)

• Embedding effect systems in Haskell (Haskell 2014)
  by Dominic Orchard and Tomas Petricek
  (pdf)

• The semantic marriage of monads and effects (extended abstract) (Unpublished, 2014)
  by Dominic Orchard, Tomas Petricek and Alan Mycroft
  (pdf)

• Inferring algebraic effects (LMCS 2014)
  by Matija Pretnar
  (arxiv) (dblp) (bibtex) (doi)

• An Effect System for Algebraic Effects and Handlers (LMCS 2014)
  by Andrej Bauer and Matija Pretnar
  (arxiv) (dblp) (bibtex) (doi)

• Parametric Effect Monads and Semantics of Effect Systems (POPL 2014)
  by Shin-ya Katsumata
  (doi)

2013

• Programming and reasoning with algebraic effects and dependent types (ICFP 2013)
  by Edwin Brady
  (pdf)

• The constrained-monad problem (ICFP 2013)
  by Neil Sculthorpe, Jan Bracker, George Giorgidze and Andy Gill
  (pdf)

• Handlers in action (ICFP 2013)
  by Ohad Kammar, Sam Lindley and Nicolas Oury
  (pdf) (GitHub)

• Extensible effects: an alternative to monad transformers (Haskell 2013)
  by Oleg Kiselyov, Amr Sabry and Cameron Swords
  (pdf)

• JavaUI: Effects for UI Object Access (ECOOP 2013)
  by Colin S. Gordon, Werner Dietl, Michael D. Ernst and Dan Grossman
  (dblp) (doi) (pdf)

• Handling algebraic effects (LMCS 2013)
  by Gordon Plotkin and Matija Pretnar
  (arxiv) (dblp) (bibtex) (doi)

• Normalization by Evaluation and Algebraic Effects (MFPS 2013)
  by Danel Ahman and Sam Staton
  (doi) (pdf)

• The Sequential Semantics of Producer Effect Systems (POPL 2013)
  by Ross Tate
  (doi)

2012

• Lighweight Polymorphic Effects (ECOOP 2012)
  by Lukas Rytz, Martin Odersky and Philipp Haller
  (doi)

• The Frank Manual (2012)
  by Conor McBride
  (www)

• Control.Effects (2012)
  by Sjoerd Visscher

• Koka: A Language with Row-Polymorphic Effect Inference (HOPE 2012)
  by Daan Leijen

2011

• Idioms are Oblivious, Arrows are Meticulous, Monads are Promiscuous (ENTCS 2011)
  by Sam Lindley, Philip Wadler and Jeremy Yallop

• Lightweight Monadic Programming in ML (ICFP 2011)
  by Nikhil Swamy, Nataliya Guts, Daan Leijen and Michael Hicks
  (pdf)

• Monads, zippers and views: virtualizing the monad stack (ICFP 2011)
  by Tom Schrijvers and Bruno C.d.S. Oliveira

• Just Do It: Simple Monadic Equational Reasoning (ICFP 2011)
  by Jeremy Gibbons and Ralf Hinze

2010

• Monad transformers as monoid transformers (Theor. Comp. Science 2010)
  by Mauro Jaskelioff and Eugenio Moggi

• The Operational Monad Tutorial (The Monad Reader, 2010)
  by Heinrich Apfelmus

2009

• Handlers of Algebraic Effects (ESOP 2009)
  by Gordon Plotkin and Matija Pretnar
  (pdf)

• Parameterised Notions of Computation (JFP 2009)
  by Robert Atkey
  (pdf)

• Algebras for Parameterised Monads (CALCO 2009)
  by Robert Atkey
  (pdf)

2008

• Lightweight Monadic Regions (Haskell 2008)
  by Oleg Kiselyov and Chung-chieh Shan

• A Logic for Algebraic Effects (LICS 2008)
  by Gordon Plotkin and Matija Pretnar
  (pdf)

• What is a Categorical Model of Arrows? (MSFP 2008)
  by Robert Atkey
  (pdf)

• Data types a la carte (JFP 2008)
  by Wouter Swierstra
  (pdf)

• Types and trace effects of higher-order programs (JFP 2008)
  by Christian Skalka, Scott Smith, and David van Horn
  (doi)

2007

• Combining algebraic effects with continuations (Theor. Comput. Sci. 2007)
  by Martin Hyland, Paul Blain Levy, Gordon Plotkin and John Power

2006

• Programming Monads Operationally with Unimo (ICFP 2006)
  by Chuan-kai Lin

• Monadic Regions (JFP 2006)
  by Matthew Fluet and J. Gregory Morrisett

2003

• A Monadic Multi-stage Metalanguage (FOSSACS 2003)
  by Eugenio Moggi and Sonia Fagorzi
  (pdf)

• Algebraic Operations and Generic Effects (Applied categorical structures, 2003)
  by Gordon D. Plotkin and John Power
  (pdf)

• The Marriage of Effects and Monads (Trans. Comp. Logic, 2003)
  by Philip Wadler and Peter Thiemann

2002

• Composing Monads Using Coproducts (ICFP 2002)
  by Christoph Lüth and Neil Ghani

• Notions of computation determine monads (FoSSaCS 2002)
  by Gordon D. Plotkin and John Power

2001

• Monadic Encapsulation of Effects: A Revised Approach (Extended Version) (JFP 2001)
  by Eugenio Moggi and Amr Sabry

• Adequacy for algebraic effects (FoSSaCS 2001)
  by Gordon D. Plotkin and John Power

2000

• Deriving Backtracking Monad Transformers (ICFP 2000)
  by Ralf Hinze

• Monads and Effects (APPSEM 2000)
  by Nick Benton, John Hughes and Eugenio Moggi

1999

• Representing layered monads (POPL 1999)
  by Andrzej Filinski
  (ps.gz)

1995

• Monad Transformers and Modular Interpreters (POPL 1995)
  by Sheng Liang, Paul Hudak and Mark Jones

• Monads for functional programming (1995)
  Philip Wadler

1994

• Extensible Denotational Language Specifications (TACS 1994)
  by Robert Cartwright and Matthias Felleisen
  (ps.gz)

• Building interpreters by transforming stratified monads (Unpublished, 1994)
  by David Espinosa
  (pdf)

• Representing monads (POPL 1994)
  by Andrzej Filinski

• Building Interpreters by Composing Monads (POPL 1994)
  by Guy L. Steele, Jr.

• Monads and composable continuations (J. Lisp & Symb. Comp. 1994)
  by Philip Wadler

1993

• Imperative Functional Programming (POPL 1993)
  by Simon Peyton Jones and Philip Wadler

• Combining Monads (Functional Programming, 1993)
  by David J. King and Philip Wadler

• How to Compose Monads (Thinking Machines Corporation tech. report, 1993)
  Guy L. Steele, Jr.

• Modular denotational semantics (Unpublished, 1993)
  by David Espinosa
  (pdf)

1992

• The essence of functional programming (POPL 1992)
  by Philip Wadler

1991

• Notions of computation and monads (Information and Computation, 93(1), 1991)
  by Eugenio Moggi
  (pdf)

1990

• Comprehending Monads (Lisp and Functional Programming, 1990)
  Philip Wadler

• Abstracting Control (LFP 1990)
  by Olivier Danvy and Andrzej Filinski

1989

• Computational lambda-calculus and monads (LICS 1989)
  by Eugenio Moggi
  (pdf)

• An abstract view of programming languages (Ed. Uni. Tech Report, 1989)
  by Eugenio Moggi

1988

• Polymorphic effect systems (POPL 1988)
  by John M. Lucassen and David K. Gifford
  (pdf)

• The FX-87 Interpreter (ICCL 1988)
  by Pierre Jouvelot and David K. Gifford
  (doi)

Theses and Dissertations

2024

• Algebraic Effects and Handlers for Arrows (PhD Dissertation, Kyoto University)
  by Takahiro Sanada
  (pdf)

2023

• Elaine: Elaboration of Higher-Order Effects as First-Class Language Feature (MSc Dissertation, TU Delft)
  by Terts Diepraam
  (pdf)

• Deriving Effect Handler Semantics (MSc Dissertation, TU Delft)
  by Chris Lemaire
  (pdf)

• Concurrent Structures and Effect Handlers: A Batch Made in Heaven (BSc Dissertation, Yale NUS College)
  by Lee Koon Wen
  (pdf)

2022

• Algebraic Effect Instance Scopes (BSc Dissertation, University of Wroclaw)
  by Patrycja Balik
  (pdf)

• Comprehending Pure Functional Effect Systems (MSc Dissertation, University of Oxford)
  by Daniel Tattan-Birch
  (pdf) (Summary post)

2021

• Foundations for Programming and Implementing Effect Handlers (PhD Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Daniel Hillerström
  (pdf) (GitHub)

• Extending Effekt with Bidirectional Effects (MSc Dissertation, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  by Kazuki Niimi
  (pdf)

2020

• Linear Frank (BSc Dissertation, The University of New South Wales)
  by James Treloar
  (pdf)

• Applications of Algebraic Effect Theories (PhD Dissertation, University of Ljubljana)
  by Žiga Lukšič
  (pdf)

• Asynchronous Effect Handling (MSc Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Leo Poulson
  (pdf)

• Relational Reasoning for Effects and Handlers (PhD Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Craig McLaughlin
  (doi) (pdf)

• Design and Implementation of Effect Handlers for Object-Oriented Programming Languages (PhD Dissertation, University of Tübingen)
  by Jonathan Immanuel Brachthäuser
  (dblp)

2019

• A Type System for Dynamic Instances (MSc Dissertation, TU Delft)
  by Albert ten Napel
  (pdf)

• Efficient Algebraic Effect Handlers (PhD Dissertation, KU Leuven)
  by Amr Hany Saleh
  (pdf)

• Program Equivalence for Algebraic Effects via Modalities (MSc Dissertation, University of Oxford)
  by Cristina Matache
  (pdf)

• Defined Algebraic Operations (PhD Dissertation, University of Birmingham)
  by Bram Geron
  (pdf)

2018

• Algebraic Subtyping for Algebraic Effects and Handlers (MSc Dissertation, KU Leuven)
  by Alex Faes
  (pdf)

2017

• Distributive Interaction of Algebraic Effects (PhD Dissertation, University of Oxford)
  by Kwok-Ho Cheung
  (pdf)

• Enhancing a Modular Effectful Programming Language (MSc Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Lukas Convent
  (pdf)

• Fibred Computational Effects (PhD Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Danel Ahman
  (pdf)

2016

• Compilation of Effect Handlers and their Applications in Concurrency (MSc Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Daniel Hillerström
  (pdf)

• On the expressive power of effect handlers and monadic reflection (MSc Dissertation, University of Cambridge)
  by Yannick Forster
  (pdf)

2015

• Handlers for Algebraic Effects in Links (MSc Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Daniel Hillerström
  (pdf)

2010

• The Logic and Handling of Algebraic Effects (PhD Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh)
  by Matija Pretnar
  (pdf)

1996

• Controlling Effects (PhD Dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University)
  by Andrzej Filinski
  (dvi.gz) (ps.gz)

1995

• Semantic Lego (PhD Dissertation, Columbia University)
  by David Espinosa
  (pdf) (pdf slides)

1987

• Types and Effects — Towards the Integration of Functional and Imperative Programming (PhD Dissertation, MIT)
  by John M. Lucassen
  (pdf)

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