The 9th Global Forum will focus on important emerging trends in international investment and the activities of multinational enterprises. Three new policy frontiers in particular are presenting challenges and opportunities for governments and policy makers dealing with international investment...

Theoretical and empirical papers on the measurement and analysis of economic insecurity and vulnerability, and the implications for economic growth, well-being and policies, are solicited.

Papers Topics - Economic Growth, Economic History: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress versus human capital - Health and demographics - Social structure and the role of families

The main theme of the Eighth Annual Conference is Dynamics of European Migration Space: Economy, Politics and Development, with a focus on the impact of migration upon development in the new EU member states and their direct Southern and Eastern neighbours.

The general theme for this year's conference is ‘Beyond the Crisis: Industrial Relations and Sustainable Growth’. In line with this theme, the general objectives of the conference are first of all to analyze and discuss which has been the contribution of industrial relations to recover a...

The focus of the workshop is to investigate the influence of cognitive and normative factors in the EU's capacity to meet the challenge of governing sustainability. Its focus is energy and environmental public policy-making. We therefore invite papers that examine the following themes: Theme 1:...

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is pleased to announce its IV Summer School in Public Economics that will be devoted to immigration and public policy. Within this broad theme there will be two parts: the economic effects of immigration, and the consequences of segregation (along the...

This workshop will focus on the interplay between institutions and international capital flows. Topics to be covered include: · Political, legal and financial determinants of international capital flows · International capital flows, risk taking and financial fragility · International capital...

The organizing committee is particularly interested in papers at the crossroad of child wellbeing and migration. The three sub-themes that the Global network project encompasses are: 1. Social and Economic Consequences of Age at Migration; 2. Institutions of the Welfare State and Child Wellbeing...

General Theme of the Conference: The Social Economy, prop of a new model of sustainable economic development. Objective of the conference: To examine the role that the social economy can play in a new model of economic development which is sustainable for both the North and the South. Main...