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...

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...

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...

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...

56. ITH Konferenz "Migration weltweit: Linke Strategien, migrantische Akteur:innen,und kapitalistische Interessen vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart" Wie haben Arbeiter:innenbewegungen und/oder anderen soziale Bewegungen in den Ein-und Auswanderungsregionen die Frage der räumlichen...

The objective of the conference is to provide a critical reflection and a differentiated understanding of future migration scenarios and proactive migration policies. It will provide an overview of existing models, studies and tools to predict and anticipate migration developments, including...

The 2019 Forum on Globalization and Industrialization (FGI) aims to bring together policymakers, representatives from international organizations, academia and business to discuss the challenges and opportunities of technological shifts for global value chains (GVCs) to drive inclusive and...