Postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

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...

The theme for the 21st Uddevalla Symposium seeks new perspectives on innovation and entrepreneurship. Topics: - Firm growth and new determinants - Regional growth and regional challenges - Minorities, inclusion and discrimination - Gender issues - Geographies of innovation, resources and...

2016 Special Focus: Aging, Life-course, and Social Change. Theme 1: Economic and Demographic Perspectives on Aging; Theme 2: Public Policy and Public Perspectives on Aging; Theme 3: Medical Perspectives on Aging, Health, Wellness; Theme 4: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging.

The conference will engage with the growing inequalities across societies and regions: considering gender, class, race/ethnicity, age, disability, citizenship and migrant status, employment situation, and their intersections. Some of the general themes in Revisioning Gender include: - The Great...

The conference encompasses a very broad definition of economic demography, and encourages applicants from any of the social and medical sciences working on population issues. Papers are welcomed within the fields of demography, sociology, public health, epidemiology, labour economics, and...

We invite scholars to present and discuss their research on the economic, political, social and cultural impacts of migration, with focus on Nordic countries in themselves and in broader international comparisons. Results of empirical research engaging both qualitative and quantitative methods...

The conference is structured around five overlapping and inter-related themes: - Gendering working-class history - Labour feminism and female activism - Women and work - paid and unpaid - Bodies - trade and consumption - local, regional and international perspectives - Cultural and ideological...

The overarching goal of the conference is to develop and understand basic principles that generate these flows of resources of different kind and extent. Sub-themes include consequences of family change for childhood resources and children's well-being; distribution of resources within...