the Second EU Cohesion Policy Conference organised by the RSA and DG Regio, together with the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, aims to take stock of the challenges and opportunities for Cohesion policy in 2014-20. Papers are invited on the following questions and themes...

The Conference will provide a forum for the first international academic debate on the Fifth Cohesion Report between regional studies researchers and senior officials from the European institutions. The key topics of the conference will be: the contribution of cohesion policy to Europe 2020, the...

Topics: - Magnitude of the costs of conflict in cross-country analysis - Effects on health and schooling - Household coping strategies in (post-)conflict situations - The relationship between conflict and foreign investment - Accounting techniques for the calculation of conflict costs - Case...

It is a forum of debate among academia, practitioners, and policy makers. This year’s topic is "Innovation in Liberalized Network Industries - Markets and Regulation, Pull and Push". The sectoral foci are transport, energy, telecommunication & internet, water, waste, and the health...

This year’s topic is “New Challenges to Infrastructure Theory and Policy – Markets and Planning, Development and Sustainability”. The sectoral foci are transport, energy, telecommunication & internet, water, waste, and the health sector.