Topics: - Energy and Resources - Health - Information Technology and Telecommunications - Infrastructure and Urban Development - Manufacturing - Mobility - Science and Technology Participation in these meetings is by invitation only.

Conference themes: - How to measure the progress in QoL? Applicability of QoL data for policy makers and the general public. - What got better what got worse? Who are the winners and losers of societal development? - Why does progress pessimism prevail in public opinion?

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Labor Markets and Distribution - Giuseppe Bertola (EDHEC Business School) The course studies how the structure of labor markets determines employment and unemployment outcomes and, together...

Stream Themes: 1. Welfare State in 'New Eastern Europe'. 2. Welfare state in Central and Eastern Europe in the post-crisis period. 3. Designing comparative social policy analysis. 4. 'New' perspectives on pensions and retirement. 5. The role of public pension systems for the long-term...

Program: Session A: (Natural) Disasters Session B: Climate Change Session C: Environmental Regulation Session D: Air Quality Session E: Energy Prices Session F: Green Jobs and Energy Turnaround

The IUSSP’s main activity is the organization of scientific seminars and conferences. Every four years, the IUSSP organizes the International Population Conference. This conference provides an opportunity for scientists, programme managers and policy makers from all over the world to review...

The main theme of the Congress is "Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy" Besides the main theme, the congress is open for all issues concerning regional problems.

The forum aims to promote communication and collaboration of researchers interested in various issues of modernization study. Here we will focus on five themes. - Modernization and world economy - Modernization and global civic society - Modernization and environmental change - Modernization and...

Topics of interest in this joint seminar on regional science include (but not limited to): 1. Spatial Economics 2. Economic Geography 3. Transportation 4. Asian Regional and Urban Problems 5. Regional Development 6. Location of Economic Activities 7. Housing 8. Regional and Urban Planning 9....

Topics: - Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments regarding the achievement of environmental targets - Assessments of environmental policies regarding their effects on economic welfare indicators - How to create sets of instruments with synergetic effects and how to avoid sets with...