HEIRS 2018 international conference will focus on the unconventional triad of Capabilities, Happiness and Opportunities. We welcome proposals from economics, psychology, philosophy, social sciences and humanities in general. The main purpose is one of deepening our understanding of the...

Sustainability is often referred to as a major objective to be respected by social policy makers. Yet, what is to be understood by this principle? Is there something as a common understanding of the principle of sustainability, valid across various disciplines, in a cross-national setting and...

Topics: - Financial sustainability and adequacy of social protection systems, – Advocating rights for “invisibles”, – Role, competences, and training of social workers in the face of current emergences, – Globalization and changing labour markets and labour rights, – Social...

We welcome submissions on all population issues (e.g. population and health, migration, families and the welfare state; population and economic development/institutions, well-being, etc.). We particularly encourage submissions that take a life course perspective and/or address social...

The Conference main topics are related to Income and Wealth Distributions, Lorenz Curve, Human Capital, Inequality and Poverty.