The symposium brings together policy makers, academics and business leaders to the INSEAD Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi to share and discuss the latest cutting edge evidence on entrepreneurship and decent jobs in the MENA region.

All papers that present an alternative economic perspective on the conference theme 'The European Union: the Threat of Disintegration' are welcome. In particular, we encourage submissions specific to one of the workshop topics.

TAKE 2016 will have the following objectives: a) To analyze the relation between the theory and the applications the economy of the 21st century. b) To understand how to improve the management of the knowledge based economy we live in. c) To analyze the today’s economy putting together...

Conference themes: - The political and economic map of the UK - The future of the European political economy - Shifting economic power in the early 21st century - The growing environmental and climate crisis - The political economy of welfare

The Conference provides a forum for the dissemination of student research relating to issues of Globalisation and Economic Policy from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. These areas include Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Innovation, Migration, Labour Market Adjustment, the Economic...

Conference Themes: Theoretical and empirical papers on any topic related to wellbeing at work are welcomed. Non-academic contributions from practitioners working in the field are also invited. Topics: - Health and wellbeing at work - Social comparisons at work - Work-life balance -...

The Symposium will examine a variety of national and international initiatives concerning skills measurement and certification. It will discuss the successes and failures and will consider more generally the merits of attempts to quantify skills acquisition. Please note that places are strictly...

The relationship between innovation and economic governance institutions is a relatively under-studied area of research. This has been the case despite extensive work on the relationship between governance quality and other economic outcomes such as growth, investment, and income distribution....

PhD students and young scholars (PhD degree after January 2009) on history of economic thought, economic philosophy and economic history are invited to apply to this Summer School. The Summer School will include a series of seminars and lectures by invited speakers on the theme Economic crises...

Topics: - Health and time use - Parenting and child care - Time poverty - GPS and Tracking - Eating and health - Children's time use - Surveys in Developing Countries - Leisure - Well-being of carers - Travel - Location and Travel - Gendered time use - Health in rural environments - Household...