We invite papers that address the changing nature of the Nordic welfare states and other European countries in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic (as an external shock) or in response to other structural and institutional changes. Both quantitative and qualitative investigations and studies...

The 17th annual ESPAnet conference in Stockholm will increase the interest to bridge research on migration, social protection and European welfare states, thus creating a solid foundation for evidence-based policymaking, not only in Sweden but also internationally. Topics: European refugee...

Topics: Environmental policy; Natural resource economics; Food security and poverty; Spatial analysis; Chains and networks; Food quality and food safety; Price analysis; Agricultural policy analysis; International trade and trade policies; Consumer choices and agri-food marketing; Innovation and...

The seminar addresses these questions by an exchange of current ideas and knowledge related to the effect of human personal characteristics, values, rationality, attitudes, emotions, goals, cognition etc. on production and consumption decisions. Such insights are important for the advancement of...

The conference will provide a robust but relaxed forum for researchers and policy makers to come together and discuss issues related to the design, financing, delivery and impact of social security. Topics. - Child Poverty and Public Policy in Anglo-Saxon Countries: - Intra-Household Allocation...

This year’s conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on how social security systems are responding to the many challenges they face, including growing inequality, the adverse impacts of poverty in all its dimensions, the equitable treatment of vulnerable groups, the changing nature of...

The Summer School on The Empirics of Economic Organizations and Transaction Costs seeks to promote the exchange and dissemination of state of the art quantitative research in Industrial Organization with application to the agri-food sector. We invite applications from promising young scholars in...

Foodnews Juice MENA, brought to you by the organisers of World Juice is a first of its kind. It will enable you to better identify what consumers want in these regions in terms of product trends. The programme does this by specifically breaking down the regions internationally so you can hear...

The seminar will focus on empirical applications on the study of governance of food and fibre value chains. Emphasis is on applications using various methodologies such as econometrics, simulations, experimental economics, networks, mathematical programming case studies, applied theory, and...

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...