We invite scholars and researchers from all over the world, but particularly those based in the Asian-Pacific region to propose their thoughts and research results to tackle the aforementioned questions and thus, contribute to the success of the conference in solving some of the burning...

The workshop is aimed at bringing together scholars involved with various aspects of banking in the Europe's emerging markets, as well as emerging markets elsewhere. We will discuss the current issues concerning banking in these countries, regulation challenges, financial crisis influence on...

Conference themes: Recent demands in the work environment, changes in lifestyle, challenges in socio-economic and political agenda, issues in cultural integration, corporate restructuring and social reengineering, to name a few, are exerting socio-cultural pressures on the roles of communication...

A major part of the conference will be devoted to: “Emerging markets and emerging asset classes” Relevant sub-topics of emerging asset classes include: - carbon trades - climate - art - volatility - infrastructure Authors, both academics and from the financial industry, are invited to submit...

Mini-conferences: - New theoretical perspectives in economic sociology - Money, finance and society - Organizations and institutions in emerging markets - Emergence and Innovation in Markets and Organizations - Gender and work transformation - Market society and moral order - Performing economy...

Discussions will centre on Russia’s position in addressing domestic and global challenges. The economic, political and social reforms taking place in Russia now are of great interest to the world community, which recognizes that growth should be inclusive and that all efforts to restore...

Program: Session A: Fertility in Russia Session B: Migrants and their Behavior in Central Asia and Russia Session C: Retirement and Consumption Session D: Invited Policy Lecture Session E: Informality and Self-Employment Session F: Minimum Wages in Russia Session G: Education and Labor Market...

The seminar aims at constituting an opportunity to highlight the adverse effects for the agro-food sector and rural economy due to the recent financial crisis and food markets speculation, to measure and evaluate the depth of the damage in the affected areas, to develop and discuss solutions and...

The purpose of this workshop is to promote the use of advanced economic analysis (both theoretical and applied) in the field of natural resources, energy, and the environment, and their interaction with economic development. The objective is to gather a set of high-quality contributions that...

This year the conference will focus on two themes: Innovation in the context of rural areas and Mordernising the rural economy. Within these two policy streams several topics will be discussed, including: - Skill building - moving from lifetime employment to lifetime employability in rural...