More than half of humanity now lives in cities, and every month there are 5 million new city dwellers. A number of powerful forces are shaping this new phase of urbanization – escalating population growth, the rise of China and India, new connected technologies and pressures on both our...

The conference will be organized around the following themes: - Preconditions for sustainable development (economically, socially and environmentally) in European regions, - the role of universities in the promotion of regional development, - sectoral specificities (resource based and...

The aim of the workshop is to discuss new research on the importance of information frictions for macroeconomic fluctuations. Suitable paper topics include: - Information and sentiments as sources of aggregate movements - Heterogeneity in information, beliefs and expectations - Confidence and...

With its annual conferences, EARIE provides a platform to present and discuss the latest research in the wider field of industrial economics. All interested researchers are invited to submit their papers. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The...

The theme for the 2011 conference is “Responding to Global Changes – Water in an Urbanising World". The World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual meeting place for the planet’s most urgent water-related issues.

We invite Ph.D. students from different disciplinary backgrounds both within and outside the Nordic countries to participate in discussing the development of the welfare states, their preconditions, present status and how we ought to study them. Ph.D. Students present their papers in parallel...

The conference is aimed at researchers and teachers in business studies. In keeping with NFF tradition, a pre–conference Ph.D. Workshop will be held in the Stockholm Archipelago on August 20–21, 2011. The workshop is open to all doctoral students within all fields of business studies. The...

The main goal of the conference is to promote our understanding of the demand and supply side of financial innovation for the household sector. Questions may include, but are not restricted to: - Which mistakes and/or biases are most harmful to household finances? - Is financial innovation for...

Members and friends of the European Finance Association are welcome to submit research papers to be considered for presentation at the 2011 Annual Meetings. Papers on any topic related to finance will be considered.

General theme: Knowledge about assembling and reassembling organizations is now more important than ever. In the light of the current economic crisis, globalization, sustainable futures, financial regulation and social welfare are issues of immense importance for the second decade of this...