The Melbourne Institute will be holding a conference on 6 December to celebrate and recognise the major achievements the Institute has made in the last 50 years. Speakers will include leading and well respected academics and government representatives from outside the Institute who are in a good...

Environment and development concerns will remain on the agendas, although the financial and economic crises have diverted attention from global and local environmental threats and natural resource management issues in developing and developed economies. The IPCC will release its 5th Assessment...

Four to six papers will be presented daily on open themes, chosen on the basis of the students' field of research, related to the history of economic thought, economic methodology, economic philosophy or economic history. The subjects of the papers may differ from the Summer School's main theme....

Researchers are invited to submit original papers that examine factors that influence The Future of Economics: Research, Policy and Relevance. We welcome the submission of papers that further develop this theme. We believe the theme offers considerable flexibility and could be used to report...

Submissions of individual abstract or panel proposals along the following non-exclusive themes are welcomed. - Theoretical Perspectives (Critical Realism in Economics; Feminist economics; Green economics; Institutional economics; Marxist political economy; Post-Keynesian economics; Social...

What is economic philosophy? The expression is well known. In France, in Europe and worldwide, reviews, research centers and academic programs refer to it. But what does it mean? Does she have an object, a method and references which would really distinguish her from economic theories? Is it...

The objective of the conference is to gather the most recent researches upon the changes in inequality within globalized economies, with a special attention devoted to the links between inequalities, labour markets, skills and education. An additional goal is to create and facilitate links...

Topics: - Inequality measurements - Economic growth, inequalities and poverty - Polarization, fragmentation, discrimination and horizontal inequalities - Economic and social mobility - Constitution of the middle classes - Poverty, vulnerability and vertical inequalities - Inequalities of...

Topics: - International adjustment dynamics; - Current account imbalances and international capital flows; - Global monetary system and financial crises; - International regulation of financial markets and intermediaries; - Open-Economy Macroeconomic Models; - Exchange Rate Regime; -...

We invite colleagues in this field (JEL Classifications F0 to F2) to submit papers for presentation at the workshop.