The aim of the conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and...

At this conference, experts from academia, trade unions and the European Commission will exchange perspectives on the impact of NextGenerationEU (NGEU) on national and EU social and labour policies. How different is this recovery strategy from the way the EU managed the 2011 euro crisis? What...

Since 2008, the Bank for International Settlements and the World Bank, in corporation with partner institutions, have organized this biennial conference to discuss policy issues, quantitative methods and current challenges for central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension plans. The...

Against the background of rising support for right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) in Europe, FES Democracy of the Future has recently published the report Understanding Right-Wing Populism And What To Do About It which unpacks the reasons for the success of these parties. The report identifies...

Topics: - Household savings behaviour; - Occupational pension schemes; - The role of housing and home equity release products; - Risk-management and investment strategies of pension funds and insurance companies; - Bank business models, bank funding and lending; - Low interest rates and...

The first session deals with the role of direct democracy and the implications of women in politics. The second and third session focus on the persistence of elite structures after democratic transitions as well as the role of perceptions of public and religious organizations. The last set of...

To expand the frontiers of global knowledge around jobs and advance the discussion on the most effective policies, we are interested in papers that focus on: - Increasing wage labor demand. - Creating jobs in the formal sector of the economy, including mobilizing capital for private sector...

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the latest policy-relevant research to foster the creation of multi-sector, multi-disciplinary solutions to jobs challenges around the world based on research and empirical evidence. In addition to the regular sessions in all fields of labor...

Topics include (but are not limited to): - Earnings inequality and workers’ well-being - Precarious versus stable jobs - Informality and job quality - Innovative ways to measure the quality of the work environment - The impact of early entry into the labor market on job quality - Gender...

The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss labor markets dynamics and their relation with growth. Topics: - Labor market responses to macroeconomic and policy changes: structure of labor markets, downward wage rigidities, the institutional environment...