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 topic ‘Performance that matters: sparking the entrepreneurial spirit’. What kind of performance does society need and rightly expect from companies? What kind of performance inspires people to give their best and other companies to emulate it? How to link purpose and values with...

Topics of the conference will include: - Methodological and analytical advances in socio-economic metabolism - Concepts, data, and modelling of the stock-flow-service nexus - Resource, waste and recycling management - Circular economy - Socio-economic metabolism and the energy, climate, land and...

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...

The goal of this conference is to exchange ideas and to discuss recent results in the analysis of high-dimensional time series. At this workshop we take the opportunity to celebrate the 80th birthday of Manfred Deistler. As with previous workshops, a special focus will be on cross-fertilization...

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...

Over the past three decades, the world economy was transformed by global value chains (GVCs), which proved an engine of economic growth and development. Deep integration into GVCs also benefited Central, Eastern and Southeastern European (CESEE) economies. In recent years, the pace of GVC...

Submission of papers in all areas of macroeconomics is encouraged. Should the situation prevent us from holding the conference in person, it will simply be cancelled: we will not revert to an online conference.

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...