Themes for the conference have revolved around the linkages between Domestic Policy Reform, Trade Liberalisation, Economic growth, Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education for Agribusiness.

Conference Themes: - Biophysical Limits, - Equity, Social Justice and the Commons, - Alternative Movements and Discourses, - Finance, Markets and Ecological Macroeconomics, - Pathways to Change: Tools and Strategies.

The main objective of the conference is to take stock of the state of current research and identify knowledge gaps: - How can poverty data be used to compare the situation in different industrialized nations? - What are the scope and the limitations of such comparisons? - How can we define the...

RC19’s annual conference brings together leading international scholars in the field of comparative welfare state studies covering all parts of the globe and encompassing a wide range of disciplines including sociology, social policy and political science.

Main Conference Themes: - Motivation for migration and return: social, cultural and economic implications - Consequences of financial and energy crisis: a quest for a balanced economical development - Intercultural knowledge managment and culture identity in relation to migration of ideas,...