The workshop brings together many economists from around the African continent and globally fulfilling one of our major mandates – to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into problems facing the management of economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The five...

FRESH meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The meetings build on the concept that scholars present their ongoing research at an early stage, i.e. normally before it becomes available as a working paper, and certainly before it is published in books or...

Die 9. Nutzerkonferenz widmet sich der Untersuchung der Sozialstruktur und des sozialen Wandels in Deutschland. Es werden auf Basis des Mikrozensus gewonnene neuere Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt und diskutiert. Darüber hinaus ist die Konferenz ein Forum für den Erfahrungsaustausch der...

HEIRS 2018 international conference will focus on the unconventional triad of Capabilities, Happiness and Opportunities. We welcome proposals from economics, psychology, philosophy, social sciences and humanities in general. The main purpose is one of deepening our understanding of the...

Die Frage der nachhaltigen sozialökologischen Entwicklung von und in Europa bleibt unterbelichtet. Das Symposium zu aktuellen Fragen pluraler Ökonomik von WIWA und ZOE bietet hingegen eine Plattform, um diese Lücke zu füllen. Wir laden daher zur Einreichung von Papieren ein, die sich – zum...

This workshop aims to improve the knowledge on welfare and unemployment dynamics under different institutional settings. Potential questions that the workshop intends to answer are: - Unemployment and welfare dynamics: How long do individuals stay unemployed and on welfare? Which paths through...

Perspektiven vorsorgend-transformativen Wirtschaftens: Was hat Gerechtigkeit mit gutem Leben zu tun und was bedeutet das politisch? Leuchtet die Theorie der Praxis voraus – oder verhält es sich heute eher umgekehrt? Geht es um Gerechtigkeit innerhalb bestehender Verhältnisse oder um deren...

The theme of the 2018 conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research is “Causes and Consequences of Inequalities in Europe”. This theme will receive special attention, and as always, we welcome presentations on all relevant areas of sociological research, such as the labor...

How do households recover after civil war? How do households make decisions about their lives and livelihoods during transitions to peace? What is the impact of demobilization programs on local economies and households? Do these processes of recovery fuel renewed conflicts? What are the most...

Sustainability is often referred to as a major objective to be respected by social policy makers. Yet, what is to be understood by this principle? Is there something as a common understanding of the principle of sustainability, valid across various disciplines, in a cross-national setting and...