Topics: - The branding of religions: How do religions and religious institutions try to brand themselves? - Positive and negative public images of religions and their effects - Religion and marketing Communication, media and the promotion of religions - Effects of religious branding and...

Theme of the conference: Social Relations in turbulent times Economic and social crisis in these turbulent times challenges both our sociological skills and our imagination. Since its beginnings as a scientific discipline, sociology has sought answers to the social questions that arise in...

Papers on any risk or insurance related topic are welcome. Specific subject areas include, but are not limited to, finance, economics, risk management, insurance law or regulation, public policy, health care, international issues, retirement, or employee benefits.

Time is arguably the most valuable resource available to the human population. It is therefore important to understand why individuals allocate their time in the way they do and the consequences of those time use decisions. This conference will give members of the growing U.S. and international...

ISNIE, The International Society for New Institutional Economics was founded to stimulate and disseminate interdisciplinary research on economic, political, and social institutions and their effects on economic activity. ISNIE encourages rigorous theoretical and empirical investigation on these...

AREA has pursued two missions: bringing recognition to the combined use of vocational rehabilitation and economic loss assessment as a distinct discipline, and providing a peer-exchange forum for vocational, economic and rehabilitation experts who practice within this growing field.

The objective of this workshop is to discuss these new social risks and the policy responses that are being developed to deal with them. We invite contributions by PhD students working on any aspect of the process of welfare state adaptation to the emergence of new social risks. The workshop is...

What are the implications of the current economic crisis for religious organizations? How might the beliefs and behavior of individuals and congregations change? What faith based initiatives might emerge as governments reduce spending to restore macroeconomic stability? We encourage submissions...

The conference theme will be "After the crisis: religion in the market square." Papers on how faith groups have responded to, or been affected by, the economic crisis are particularly welcome, but as always, the organisers are looking for papers that explore the broad relationships between...