Theme: Sustainable Supply Chains in Times of Multiple Crises This year’s edition of the Forum brings together key stakeholders from policy and representatives from the private sector, academia and civil society to discuss sustainability in light of the energy crisis, changes in the global...

The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2022 aims to bring together researchers from around the world, focusing on demography and climate change from diverse perspectives, including - but not limited - to demography, economics, sociology, environmental sciences and geography. Contributions with a...

The world is facing a concurrence of crises: the war in Ukraine and the ongoing recovery from COVID-19 on top of the effects of climate change. While differing very much in nature, these crises all have a decisive effect on economic and monetary policy. With our conference, we seek to develop a...

The 2022 ITH conference takes from the present epidemiological crisis to reflect on other times of disaster and their implications for workers, organised labour and labour relations. This includes ecological disasters like earthquakes, floods or droughts; technological disasters such as...

The pandemic, the crisis in many geopolitically diverse areas and the resulting migration flows, environmental and economic changes extend the range of social challenges to be faced by welfare states. We can observe several paths of change and adaptations that differ across countries,...

Both practitioners and academics, are invited to submit papers on any topic within the field of public economics. While over 80% of the world’s population live in low- and middle-in-come countries, research in public finance has for a long time been focused on high-income countries. In...

The scientific as well as political interest in behavioral responses to environmental policy as well as measures beside the traditional policy instruments (like taxes, permits or command and control) has grown considerably in the last twenty years. “Behavioral schemes” like providing...

To meet our climate targets and to reduce the economic dependence on fossil fuels we have to develop alternative energy systems and set up an appropriate infrastructure. This transition requires additional investments from companies and governments. Our conference will focus on these investment...

In alignment with the Paris targets the EU has committed to carbon neutrality by mid-century. All member states are therefore required to propose and update their long-term strategies for 2050 accordingly. The summer school discusses the current state of economic modeling to support the design...

The conference will take place at the University of Graz. All submissions remain valid for the new date. The research conference will focus on social policy research in Austria and social policy research on Austria, analyses from a regional, national or comparative perspective as well as in a...