The co-operation of several co-organisers makes it possible to fall back on different competences in the areas of sustainability and renewable energy in particular and to seize them in a successful symbiosis.

Sustainably managing the local and the global commons requires not only an understanding of the environmental factors that affect them, but also a knowledge of the interactions and feedback cycles that operate between such resource dynamics and the socio-economic dynamics attributable to human...

Papers are specifically invited on the themes of: - Assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity conservation instruments, taking into account spatial and governmental considerations; - Development of new, incentive-compatible instruments to conserve biodiversity; - Evaluation...

The Annual ESPAnet Conference 2009 focuses on the future of the welfare state. More precisely it will address paths of social policy innovation highlighting existing constraints, path dependencies and opportunities of social policy change. The conference provides a forum to address theoretical...