The Symposium will support the exchange of ideas and encourage delegates to engage in thought-provoking topical debate. - Share comparative knowledge on gender-based discrimination and harassment and raise awareness of current challenges in Europe - Explore innovative solutions for effective...

The theme of this year's Australian Social Policy Conference addresses these issues and invites papers that may address the following areas: Welfare reform; Income distribution and social inequalities; Identity and diversity; Families, work and care; Disability and mental health; Organisation and...

The workshop will cover the following themes: - Marketing strategies for small businesses in a changing environment - Microcredit schemes - Women in business networking - Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and new opportunites for women; the Internet as a source of information and...

Topics: - International Migration and Local Development - Demography - Integration and Trade - Income Distribution and Inequality - Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development - Economic Growth and the Impact of Shocks - Other development-related topics - Comparative research

This year’s conference will unite ‘old’ members of the original IMISCOE Network of Excellence who joined the new IMISCOE and new members who joined the new network during the last year. But this year’s annual conference is also open to non-IMISCOE members, to researchers, practitioners,...

The Centre for Human and Social Capital Research was established in mid 2006 with the objective of fostering high quality research into issues that involve aspects of human and social capital. Presenters include: - Professor Bruce Chapman, Crawford School of Economics and Government at...

In this Forum, the current situation and the major challenge of ensuring adequate funding of retirement for an ageing population into the future will be discussed by Dr Yi Ping Tseng from the Melbourne Institute, Dr David Knox from Mercer, and Professor Ross Guest from Griffith University.