The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2022 aims to bring together researchers from around the world, focusing on demography and climate change from diverse perspectives, including - but not limited - to demography, economics, sociology, environmental sciences and geography. Contributions with a...

The pandemic, the crisis in many geopolitically diverse areas and the resulting migration flows, environmental and economic changes extend the range of social challenges to be faced by welfare states. We can observe several paths of change and adaptations that differ across countries,...

Both practitioners and academics, are invited to submit papers on any topic within the field of public economics. While over 80% of the world’s population live in low- and middle-in-come countries, research in public finance has for a long time been focused on high-income countries. In...

To meet our climate targets and to reduce the economic dependence on fossil fuels we have to develop alternative energy systems and set up an appropriate infrastructure. This transition requires additional investments from companies and governments. Our conference will focus on these investment...

The conference will take place at the University of Graz. All submissions remain valid for the new date. The research conference will focus on social policy research in Austria and social policy research on Austria, analyses from a regional, national or comparative perspective as well as in a...

Topics: - Life expectancy based indicators of wellbeing; - Wellbeing over the life course and over time; - Applying demographic metabolism model to forecast wellbeing along cohort lines; - Demographic differentials/inequalities in wellbeing; - What matters more for wellbeing: age or gender,...

Theme of the Forum: “Growth and Inclusive Prosperity”

ISQOLS conferences provide a space for scholars to present their research findings on quality of life, well-being, and happiness, as well as to discuss their relevance for policy making. Scholars from all corners of the world, from many disciplines, with different methodological and theoretical...

In 2017, our workshop topic reflects the context of culture. “The challenges of culture!”—indeed, it holds true for understanding and predicting consumer behavior. We understand “culture” in a very broad sense: also different corporate cultures of companies, culture of different...

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...