The RIDGE forums aim at the spreading of high quality research in economics by bringing together prestigious researchers working on the frontier of knowledge to local and regional researchers and policymakers.

Against this background, the 2020 annual conference of the Research Committee 19 (on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy) of the International Sociological Association (RC19) invites contributions that assess the changing contexts of globalization and its backlash; and analyse the impacts...

Die Bundesregierung hat sich das Ziel gesetzt, Deutschland bis 2050 weitgehend CO2 neutral zu machen. Es ist klar, dass eine solche Transformation nur mit fundamentalen Veränderungen in den Produktionsweisen und Verbrauchsgewohnheiten möglich ist.Doch kann eine solche Transformation gelingen,...

Over the last few decades we have seen a lot of progress in the sustainability debate and practice. A growing number of companies are taking steps to be more responsible in how they treat their employees, communities and the planet. International organizations and governments are stepping up...

The aim of the course is to give an in-depth overview of the current state and contribution of Responsible Organising research on social inequalities. At the core of Responsible Organising (RO) is research on how different actors are organising for transformative action towards sustainability,...

We are inviting papers in any realm of the empirical, micro-level analysis of violent conflict. As every year, we have a special theme for the workshop. In particular, we are inviting empirical, micro-level papers that shed a light on the nexus between pandemics, social unrest and violent...

A one day summit aimed at bringing together finance practitioners, university researchers and policy makers in order to intensify the debate on the role of sustainable development in finance. We invite submissions of unpublished research papers addressing the overall conference theme, in...

The Netspar Pension day offers new insights that are presented from a large number of Netspar related research projects. This will not only be presented by senior researchers but also young researchers will get a chance to present their project to the attendees. Program: Wellbeing and Welfare;...

In light of COVID-19, GEM20 will be fully remote for the week of September 21-25, 2020. The Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM) is the Center for International Development's (CID) premier event featuring cutting-edge research and initiatives in global development. The topic of GEM20 is...

At Forum20 we will examine “collective well-being” and ask how groups, organizations and our social spheres shape our destiny, fulfillment and life satisfaction. To be sure, individual and group influences are bi-directional. This year, we examine how well we are employing principles of...