This conference will examine the process of EU economic convergence in its various forms and consider its driving factors. How can we spot the crucial trends in convergence and how can they help us understand and stimulate the process? What roles do education, structural funds and regional...

Do outside interventions in conflict-affected areas do any good? Do they fuel the conflict further? Can donor agencies and NGO’s plan their intervention in such a way as not to become an actor in the conflict themselves? What is the space in which the development and humanitarian aid community...

The summer school is intended for PhD students, post-docs and junior faculty members. The main components will be lectures by leading researchers and participants’ presentations. Lecture topics include social networks and development, issues in network data, spatial methods in development...

Topics: - International Migration and Local Development - Demography - Integration and Trade - Income Distribution and Inequality - Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development - Economic Growth and the Impact of Shocks - Other development-related topics - Comparative research

Changing societal expectations places new challenges on businesses and societies. In the global information society, a large number of actors outside of business’ traditional stakeholders create an ever-growing list of expectations of the business world. For today’s managers, financial...