This two-day workshop provides an opportunity for presentations and discussions about research on the design and impact of public policy on economic and social phenomena in an informal and highly interactive environment. This year we especially encourage submission of papers that examine how...

Topics: Land markets and land reform; Factor markets in agriculture; Agricultural policy; Agro and food trade; Sustainable agricultural growth; Effects of decentralization reform; Trade policies: barriers, non-tariff measures; Agricultural logistics; Performance of farms; Markets and regulations;...

Innen- vor Außenentwicklung – das ist eines der wichtigsten Ziele der Stadtentwicklung. Mehr bezahlbarer Wohnungsbau entsteht jedoch nur, wenn alle Potenziale ausgeschöpft werden. Allerdings ist das in der Praxis nicht immer einfach, und zwar nicht nur, weil einfach zu entwickelnde Flächen...

Mit der eintägigen Fachtagung soll eine differenzierte Auseinandersetzung unter folgenden Fragen erfolgen: - Welchen Einfluss haben die aktuellen raumrelevanten Trends auf die Ungleichheit in Deutschland? - Bedarf es einer Änderung bestehender Förderpolitiken in Richtung einer stärkeren...

Topics: - Food availability; - Landscape of agriculture; - Microfinance; - Agricultural market integration; - Labor migration; - Agricultural product supply chain; - Technology adoption; - Rural development; - Agri-environmental regulation for sustainable development; - Land and water management.

This conference will give PhD students and early career researchers (within 5 years after finishing a PhD) the opportunity to network, collaborate and socialise with others working in regional and urban studies, planning, geography, politics, development studies, economics and related fields....

Topics: - Institutional reform of economic governance - Monetary theory and theories of currency areas - Impact and design of monetary and fiscal policy - Industrial and innovation policy - Regulation of the financial sector and the bank-sovereign nexus - The external role of the Euro - The...

Specific topics of the seminar are: - Cultural changes and food consumption. - Local culture, global culture and rural/sustainable development. - Food quality and culture. - Cultural issues in the organization of agri-food global value chains. - Culture and innovation. - Culture and agricultural...

Theme: Growing a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture. Topics: - Climate smart farming systems; - Agricultural technology, information, and big data; - Agricultural policy reform and implementation; - Resource management and environmental impact; - Strategic agribusiness development and...

The goal of this workshop is to bring together scholars from the social sciences working on the various aspects of human consumption of animal products. We want to engage in a discussion about what we know and do not know about the consumption of meat and dairy, its economic and environmental...