The theme of the 2019 Business History Conference annual meeting will be “Globalization and De-Globalization: Shifts of Power and Wealth.” Topics: - the contribution of firms and the entrepreneurs to globalization and de-globalization; - the role and responsibility of business in shifts of...

How do households recover after civil war? How do households make decisions about their lives and livelihoods during transitions to peace? What is the impact of demobilization programs on local economies and households? Do these processes of recovery fuel renewed conflicts? What are the most...

Theme: Society, Culture, and Sustainable Development in Ibero-America Topics: - The state of the art in socio-economy studies - Globalization and human development - Environmental governance, social movements and development.o - Regulation, supervision and financial system. - Demographic...

The objective of this conference is to advance the debate on the measurement of well-being, both at the macro and micro levels, through an examination of past experiences and the identification of future challenges.

Topics: - Determinants and causes of poverty and its changes - Consequences and impacts of poverty on human capital formation, growth, consumption and so on - Assessment of poverty strategies and policies - The role of government, NGOs and other institutions in poverty reduction - Rural-urban...

The 18th Workshop on Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (WEHIA 2013) offers an opportunity to present the latest research on various aspects of the economy as a complex system made up of multiple heterogeneous interacting agents. Research from different domains, at the...

This Forum will provide a key platform for the sharing of information and discussion of the most important regional social security trends and priority issues in the Asia-Pacific region. A unique networking opportunity, the Forum will bring together social security administrators, policy-makers...

The Theme: 'Production, Reproduction, Protection in the Welfare State' The 2011 RC19 meeting brings together leading scholars in the field of comparative welfare state studies from different parts of the world and encompassing a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, social policy and...

The Congress aims to bring together academics, educators, students, researchers, professionals, government officials, and representatives from non-governmental organizations in the field of leisure, recreation, tourism, and sports to discuss the academic, social, industrial, and political issues...

The aim of the conference After the Gold Rush: Economic Crisis and Consequences is to explore various aspects of the current global economic crisis from a broad social science perspective. Iceland is an ideal location to host a social science conference addressing these historic events, which...