We propose to discuss the “multiplicity” of young people within or outside the following topics: Youth cultures, subcultures, scenes, and solidarities; Youth in the new economy and labour market; Civic engagement and political participation; Digital youth; Sexuality, body, and gender in...

Topics of the workshop: - The formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early childhood and adolescence; - Measurement of preferences and skills using survey instruments and experiments; - Malleability of preferences and cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and their rank order...

This second IZA/Higher School of Economics workshop will bring together labor economists who are working on labor market adjustment in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Central Asian former Soviet Republics and China. While the main focus of the workshop is on the specified topic,...

The purpose of this workshop will be to focus on these social consequences of major epidemics – the influenza epidemic of 100 years ago and others. We wish to address questions such as: What types of social groups were more and which less, affected by the epidemic? What are the most important...

The topic of the conference is “Social Security and the changing concept of work”. Both pension schemes and most other social security schemes as we know them are financed by contributions that are levied on salary from work, and / or income from self employment. The sustainability of the...

WAPOR welcomes abstracts and panel proposals related to the conference theme, including but not restricted to the following topics: Social change and genetic diversity; Subjective well-being and happiness; Social capital and corruption; Nationalism, ethnicity and migration; Political...

Topics: - Employment relations - Employee stress and burnout - Positive organizational behavior - Health and interventions - Work-Family Interface - Personnel selection - Human resource management - Leadership and management - Sustainable environment and organizations - Performance and...

Conference streams: 1. Diffusion of Ideas 2. Towards a European Social Policy? 3. Globalization and Social Policy 4. On the Interrelationship of Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability 5. Comparative Methodology- Reforms of Social Security Programs as Case 6. Welfare Funding 6a)...

The conference aims at developing empirical quantitative comparative (cross-country and cross-regional) studies in social science. Conference topics: • Social Well-Being and Its Measurement • Social Solidarity and Welfare States • Values, Trust and Happiness • Nationalism, Ethnicity and...