The theme of the 17th ISS conference is “Innovation, Catch-up, and sustainable development”. Scholars of all levels of experience are invited to submit proposals. The Conference is open to submissions that deal with theoretical, methodological, empirical, and policy issues with Innovation,...

We are inviting contributions that explore heterodox theories of the economy and how they could help us transition to sustainable societies. We encourage national and international contributions from a variety of economic and non-economic disciplines: may it be geography, sociology,...

Topics: Emergence of post-consumerist lifestyles; Impact of the decline in wage labor on consumption practices; Role of behavioral economics and related strategies on consumption routines; Social practices research related to sustainable consumption; Sustainability and the transformation of...

We delve into economic theory to understand the mechanisms behind social change but listen also to subjects such as political science and history as well as the many natural science disciplines that help us understand the resource and environmental challenges we face. These are times when...

Conference program: Session A 1: Culture and Gender, Session A 2: Education and Training in Developing Economies, Session A 3: Educational Outcomes, Session A 4: Employment Protection, Session A 5: Female Labor Force Participation, Session A 6: Health and Labor, Session A 7: Inequality and...

Proposals on any aspect of agricultural and resource economics, including teaching, research, and/or extension are encouraged.

Topics: - Globalization (Sharing globalization benefits and compensate the losers; Demographic Changes, social inclusiveness and migration; Protectionism and welfare in a globalized world; Declining labor shares and technological change; Skills polarization and wages), - Trade (Trade and...

Topics: - measurement of firm productivity, productivity dispersion, and their development over time; - firm internal determinants of productivity and productivity dispersion; - impact of external factors (e.g., institutions) on productivity and productivity dispersion; - impact of globalization...

Topics: - macroeconomic effects and economic policy considerations under global change; - consequences of economic fluctuations on the financial sector and related opportunities; - real sector implications and labour market responses to the changing economic environment; - economic development...

The objective of the conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions to the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the economics of ICT industries. Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Topics: Software and Internet industries;...