RESPONDER brings together high-level scientists, policy-makers and practitioners to explore, discuss and address pressing questions about the contradictions between sustainable consumption and economic growth. In this final conference we revisit the propositions of Sicco Mansholt, President of...

Seminar Programme: Panel 1: Natural resource governance, climate change and well-being Panel 2: Security, development and inequality Panel 3: Spatial knowledge in informal settlements and flood risk management

Topics of interest include but are not limited to evaluation of European and international experience with policy approaches to: 1) labor market policy and reform 2) youth unemployment 3) inequality and poverty 4) informality 5) gender and family issues 6) education. Both single country and...

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

Topics: - International Migration and Local Development - Demography - Integration and Trade - Income Distribution and Inequality - Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development - Economic Growth and the Impact of Shocks - Other development-related topics - Comparative research

The Brussels Economic Forum (BEF) 2013 will focus on the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its further development. The annual gathering of economic decision makers, legislators and opinion leaders will again be the forum in which current economic issues are tackled through high-level...

The overarching theme of the symposium is to analyse how the concept of transition ties in with the notion of sustainable development (What are the issues that justify a transition? Which kind of transition and how to put it in place? Is it scientifically, economically, and socially achievable?...

The objective of this Conference is to bring the academic community and industry together, in order to discuss risk management and commodity trading (agricultural, energy, environmental and metal commodities), in accordance with the themes of interest suggested by the Executive...

The 2nd European Dialogue will bring together a selected group of policy makers and scientists to explore and discuss - What challenges arise on this development path and how might these be overcome? - What are conflicting priorities in key policy areas that are essential for greening the...

The ECMI Annual Conference brings together international experts in capital markets from industry, policy making and academia for a full day of discussion in Brussels. This year’s conference is structured around four sessions focusing on the following topics: the outlook for the euro area, the...