On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

The conference covers various tracks and topics that address broad issues relevant for economic development of South Eastern Europe thus facilitating informed policymaking in the region. Conference Topics: - Social exclusion, poverty and income inequality - Climate change, environment, circular...

The topic of the 8th ASECU Youth International Conference and Summer School is: "Sustainable Development Goals 2030: Challenges for South and Eastern European Countries and the Black Sea Region" The event’s agenda will include three different types of activities: 1. The sessions of the Youth...

2017 Special Focus - Pathways to Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for State and Society. Themes: 1: Environmental Sustainability, 2: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, 3: Sustainability Policy and Practice, 4: Sustainability Education.

IARIW Session on Developments in Income Inequality Across the World

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

The theme for Rio 2010, The right to the City– bridging the urban divide is in harmony with UN-HABITAT’s flagship report, State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011. Concepts that will drive the discussions in Rio include the right to the city, bridging urban income gaps, reducing inequality...

Topics: - Remaking the World of Education: Neoliberal Agenda and Spaces of Resistance - News ways of Governance and Educational Policies: The Tensions between the Local, the National and the Transnational Level’s - Education, Citizenship and Identity(ies) - Education, Migrations, Human Rights...