Theoretical and empirical papers on the measurement and analysis of economic insecurity and vulnerability, and the implications for economic growth, well-being and policies, are solicited.

Papers Topics - Economic Growth, Economic History: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress versus human capital - Health and demographics - Social structure and the role of families

The general theme for this year's conference is ‘Beyond the Crisis: Industrial Relations and Sustainable Growth’. In line with this theme, the general objectives of the conference are first of all to analyze and discuss which has been the contribution of industrial relations to recover a...

The focus of the workshop is to investigate the influence of cognitive and normative factors in the EU's capacity to meet the challenge of governing sustainability. Its focus is energy and environmental public policy-making. We therefore invite papers that examine the following themes: Theme 1:...

General Theme of the Conference: The Social Economy, prop of a new model of sustainable economic development. Objective of the conference: To examine the role that the social economy can play in a new model of economic development which is sustainable for both the North and the South. Main...

Topics: - Entry, exit and firms’ survival - Innovation and new entrants - The spatial dimension of firm demography - Entrepreneurship and firm demography - Industry dynamics and firm demography - Job destruction, jobs creation and firm dynamics - Internationalization (trade, ownership and FDI)...

Contributions from economics and the social sciences are invited. Possible fields of enquiry include: - Social cohesion and growth - Social cohesion and inequality - Governance, institutions and social cohesion - Social cohesion and (global) public goods - Education policies and social...