The development landscape has never been static but in these times of uncertainty and insecurity, we are witnessing ever more profound shifts in global relations, inequalities, and forms of exclusion. Dominant trajectories and paths of ‘development’ have led the world to the brink of...

Topics: - Women's Political Participation and Leadership ; - Women and Civil Society Policies (Feminist movements, NGOs) ; - Women and Employment (Equal pay, rights) ; - Women's Human Rights and Global Conventions (CEDAW, Beijing Declaration, Istanbul Convention) ; - Education of Girls and...

Topics: - Accounting/Auditing Issues and Taxation; - Banking & Financial Services/Investment Banking; - Big Data - AI, Cyber Security and Global Finance & Banking; - BRICS, MIST, MINT, NEXT 11, PIIGS, SANE and Emerging Markets; - Corporate Governance/Executive Compensation & Economic –...

Topics: - Changes in the demand for long-term care; - Healthcare expenditures associated with long-term care; - Funding systems (including international comparisons); - The consequences of informal care on caregivers (e.g., health and employment); - Policies to cope with the increasing demand for...

Key Topics: Gender and social inclusion; Gender and ICT; Gender and education; Gender and democracy; Gender equality; Gender in the workplace; Women’s empowerment in science and in other areas; Feminist studies; Men and masculinities; Gender and small and medium sized enterprises; Gender and...

Mobility is a key problem in Economic and Social History. Regardless of the period under analysis, people circulate, carrying with them commodities, capital, ideas, languages, traditions. They circulate to survive, to trade, to explore, to conquer, to migrate, and also for leisure. These...

The IWSEA provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of topics related with population ageing, one of the most important social transformations of our times. Research on ageing transcends disciplinary boundaries and this is reflected in the multiple dimensions covered in the workshop....

Gender as an analytical tool has been increasingly used by historians in the last few decades in a wide range of domains. The aspects of social and economic history where the gender dimension is relevant are numerous: assessment of social functions, different patterns of insertion in the labour...

European countries have transformed. Fiscal consolidation, the 2008 financial collapse, demographic changes, the refugee crisis, social movements, unemployment, and new political forces are all a threat to social dialogue, solidarity and the European project. Social policy has played a key role...

Themes: - Psychology and Well-being (Cultural perspectives of well-being; Antecedents and indicators of well-being; Measurement of well-being; Positive and negative emotions; Positive psychology interventions; Flourishing), - Communication and Well-being (Cyberwellness; Media and society; Health...