The theme of the conference is "Towards the Future: Emerging Priorities in Regional Policy and Practice". The ANZRSAI Council invites contributions from academics, practitioners and policy advisors on any aspect of regional science for presentation at the conference. The programme will include...

The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...

Der Workshop bildet den Auftakt zu einer neuen Veranstaltungsreihe des DIW Berlin zum Thema „Finanzkompetenz für alle Lebenslagen“. Finanzbildung ist nicht nur ein Thema für spätere Lebenslagen, sondern ist auch für junge Leute von hoher Bedeutung. In Politik und Wissenschaft wird über...

The broad themes: - Economic Malaise and the Social Consequences (Unemployment, migration, hardship and social tensions) - Austerity and the financing of urban and regional investment (Public-Private financial investments and ventures, new patterns of ownership and control, transport) - Whose...

Das Thema der Jahres- und zugleich Jubiläumstagung der Sektion Biographieforschung 2016 – ‚Bildung und soziale Ungleichheiten’ – greift eine komplexe gesellschaftliche Problemlage auf, die in der Geschichte der Sektion Tradition hat, aber auch hochaktuell ist. Ungleichheitsforschung hat...

The North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) is an international Regional Science organizations that, together, promote the exchange of knowledge, theory, and analysis of cities and regions across the globe. The annual conference is structured around a number of thematically-focused...

The Urban Economics Council invites the submission of high quality papers dealing with the economics of cities, housing, real state, local public good provision, transportation, and the distribution of economic activity in space for a series of sessions at the Annual North American Meetings of...

Themes: - Psychology and Well-being (Cultural perspectives of well-being; Antecedents and indicators of well-being; Measurement of well-being; Positive and negative emotions; Positive psychology interventions; Flourishing), - Communication and Well-being (Cyberwellness; Media and society; Health...

The goal of the symposium is to facilitate discussion of recent research on consumers' capabilities, knowledge, preferences, and experiences in the market for financial products and services, as well as the effects of public policy interventions and new regulations on consumers, households,...