In response to the financial crisis of 2007-2009, a number of countries are currently reconsidering and changing the setup of their financial supervisory system. In a large number of countries, central banks will be given a more prominent role, in micro- and especially in macro-prudential...

The conference will be structured around five themes: - Social institutions and ecosystem changes - Managing tradeoffs between multiple ecosystem services - Resilience and vulnerability of social and ecosystems to climate change - Biodiversity, ecosystem change and human wellbeing - Drivers of...

Papers, theoretical, empirical and policy oriented, are actively solicited on issues like: - Does the mobility of students contribute to generate higher wages? - Does that mobility generate efficiency gains in the EU Single market for graduates? - Do such gains justify public intervention and...

Sustainable Innovation 2010 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers covering sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Papers particularly focused on the relationship between sustainable innovation, products, technology, entrepreneurship and job...

CONFERENCE THEMES: - Sustainable Universities and Higher Education - Knowledge Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation, Design, Business & CSR - Sustainable Consumption and Production - Climate, Energy, Water - Sustainable Cities and Regions - Sustainable Consumption and Production in...

Topics: quantitative measures the degree of cross-country risk sharing, and of the gains from risk sharing, based on micro and macro data; determinants of the degree of risk sharing; comparisons between interregional and international risk sharing; portfolio choices and international risk...

The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers to discuss theoretical approaches to modelling financial crises. The recent global financial crisis has challenged prevailing views about functioning and appropriate modelling of the financial markets. In particular, it revealed the...

The International Wuppertal Colloquium 2010 will bring together top experts and aims to analyze the contribution of increasing resource productivity to sustainability. Having a focus on economics and sustainability, the international Colloquium shall also cover the technological, environmental...

Authors are invited to submit theoretical or empirical papers on issues related to financial crises, particularly the most recent one, and to the potential overall stability and instability of developed and emerging financial markets, institutions, and economies. Topics include but are not...

As with previous conferences, the primary aim of the 9th Conference is to develop further insights into the field of organizational discourse. It is envisaged that the Conference will provide a forum in which academics with contrasting epistemological and ontological perspectives on both...