This workshop will bring together international academics working on political economy issues of governance. The workshop will examine issues of political governance from various angles and from different disciplinary perspectives. Thus e.g. how can laws be changed in the best way to discourage...

The purpose of the workshop is to identify policies and reforms that may suitably support the recovery from the crisis, also through empirical characterization of how institutional factors and past reforms have shaped country-specific crisis experiences.

Mit der Frage, welche Lehren aus der aktuellen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise zu ziehen sind, beschäftigt sich eine internationale Konferenz des Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA). Experten aus den USA und Europa werden vom 13. bis 15. Dezember 2012 an der Universität Heidelberg...

Many countries of the world are changing their planning tools and building codes. Modern planning is moving away from ‘‘controlling development’’ and ‘‘environmental and cultural protection’’ towards ‘‘facilitation of economic growth’’ and ‘‘facing climate...

We invite the submission of theoretical, computational and empirical work for the SEEK Workshop on "Non-Linear Economic Modelling: Theory and Applications". Presentations that consider relations between the financial sector and economic dynamics are particularly welcome. The objective of the...

The conference is the perfect platform to present your new solutions, practical experience, conceptual studies and visions to a highly qualified audience. The aim is to encourage the development of best practices and to promote a high level of professionalism in the region’s real estate sector...

The theme for the 2012 conference is ‘International Business and Sustainable Development’, and we welcome papers not only on traditional IB topics but particularly those that address the potential interaction between international business and development in emerging and transition...

The following themes will be the starting point for discussion at this Winter School: a) What questions have not been resolved since 1972? b) What are new questions that are not dealt with in the report? c) How should one rewrite the “Limits to Growth” study at the beginning of the 21st...

The workshop aims to gather the most recent research concerning advances in the measurement of expectations, empirical testing of expectation formation process, especially the degree of their forward-lookingness, as well as the relevance of direct measures of expectations and empirical...

The IADIS International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE2012) aims to address the main issues which occur by assessing the relationship between Sustainability, Education and Technology. Broad areas of interest are: Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainability and...