Understanding when institutions change, how institutional innovations are propagated and how institutional evolution occurs, are key theoretical and empirical questions that have long shaped institutional research in economics, sociology, politics, history, geography and other disciplines. In...

The governance of almost all complex social or natural resource systems is polycentric: it involves distributed, nested and partially overlapping patterns of competitive and cooperative relationships among relatively autonomous private and public actors, operating at different levels, within a...

Due to current travel restrictions, and uncertainty on the date these restrictions will end, we have decided to continue with only the online component of this year's conference. The Seventeenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability features...

2020 Special Focus - Sustainability Lessons in the "Global South": Priorities, Opportunities, and Risks. Theme 1: Environmental Sustainability; Theme 2: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context; Theme 3: Sustainability Policy and Practice; Theme 4: Sustainability Education.

The rise of new growth poles and the emergence of new global institutional dynamics are challenging the old divide between the developed and developing world. At the same time as a majority of the world population have experienced improved living standards, there seems to be rising popular...

Contributions from any academic discipline or theoretical approach that address the challenges and dynamics of the economic, political, legal and social institutions of our time are welcome. Submissions on other aspects of institutional research are also welcome, with preference to those that...

We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes: 1: Environmental Sustainability, 2: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, 3: Sustainability Policy and Practice, 4:...

The conference especially welcomes contributions from any academic discipline that address the challenges and dynamics of the economic, political, legal and social institutions of our time. In addition to the conference theme submissions on any aspect of institutional research are welcome.

2017 Special Focus - Pathways to Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for State and Society. Themes: 1: Environmental Sustainability, 2: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, 3: Sustainability Policy and Practice, 4: Sustainability Education.