The seminar will focus on both theories and empirical applications of policy and governance of agri-food value chains. Emphasis is on applications using various methodologies such as econometrics, simulations, experimental economics, networks, mathematical programming and case studies. Topics: -...

AT THIS EVENT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: - IDENTIFY new production and investment opportunities across Latin America - LOOK at intra-region and international trade flows and identify supply gaps for both fuel and non-fuel ethanol - HEAR first-hand the strategic issues ethanol producers from across the...

Wir wollen uns auf dem Herbstforum mit den Schlüsselthemen Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialpolitik und der Rolle der Gewerkschaften auseinandersetzen, um einerseits die Gefahren, die sich auf nationaler wie europäischer Ebene zeigen, deutlich zu benennen, aber andererseits gezielt die neuen und...

The conference aims at developing empirical quantitative comparative (cross-country and cross-regional) studies in social science. Conference topics: • Social Well-Being and Its Measurement • Social Solidarity and Welfare States • Values, Trust and Happiness • Nationalism, Ethnicity and...

Das Ziel des Workshops besteht darin, NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen eine Plattform zu bieten, ihre Forschungsprojekte vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Dadurch sollen interinstituti-onelle Netzwerke gefördert und den TeilnehmerInnen ein Austausch ermöglicht und gegen-seitiges Feedback über...

This unique global event is the most important in the ISSA's triennial calendar, and is expected to involve more than one thousand directors and senior managers of social security institutions, ministers and policy-makers, representatives of international organizations and social policy experts...

The AESI 2013 annual conference will include a keynote address as well as contributed papers on themes such as agriculture, the environment, rural development, food marketing, land use and development economics.

The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for the leading experts in economics and political science to meet and to exchange ideas and research results about redistribution.

The conference will address cross-sectoral issues and aspects related to sustainable management of sectors like agriculture, industry, energy and transport; as well as the adoption of sustainable life styles reducing individual ecological footprints, equity concerns, and strategies for poverty...

Topics of interest include but are not limited to evaluation of European and international experience with policy approaches to: 1) labor market policy and reform 2) youth unemployment 3) inequality and poverty 4) informality 5) gender and family issues 6) education. Both single country and...