The UACES Annual Conference in Contemporary European Studies offers an important interdisciplinary forum for researchers in Political Science, Economics, Law, Geography, History, Public Policy and Sociology. We welcome panel and paper proposals worldwide from established academics,...

This interdisciplinary research seminar addresses whether the legal frame of Economic and Monetary Union is in irreconcilable tension with the EU’s renewed social agenda, also questioning whether the Pillar of Social Rights is sufficient to revive the EU’s original socio-economic model in...

UACES accepts papers and panels on all areas of contemporary European Studies. We broadly define contemporary European Studies as an interdisciplinary field that focuses on current developments in European integration. We accept papers from across a range of disciplines including (but not...

Theme: Surviving and Thriving in Business Schools Target Group: This conference is aimed at the International and External, PR, Marketing, Communication and Alumni Professionals in business schools.

The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based exercises. The following topics are likely to be covered: - techniques for modelling unobserved economic components, state-space...

Topics: - Corporate governance in emerging economies versus developed economies - The role of institutions and national business systems in corporate governance - Convergence towards best practices versus path-dependence - Complementarities and substitution among governance mechanisms at...

The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: - models of financial services regulation including the ‘twin peaks’ model adopted in the United Kingdom; - a judgement-based, forward-looking approach to prudential supervision; - the interplay between...

The topics covered are likely to include: - an overview of aspects of the data justifying an analysis of financial frictions; - different ways of deviating from the frictionless benchmark: - costly state verification - collateral constraints - costly enforcement; - models of financial...

The event will cover both theoretical and empirical analyses of the functioning of the international monetary system. The following topics are likely to be covered: - the interplay between domestic policy frameworks and the international monetary and financial system; - the role of ‘rules of...

The following key topics are likely to be covered: - approaches to business model analysis for banks, insurers and significant investment firms; - using the results of analysis to focus supervisory activity; and - flexible and proportionate approaches to business modelanalysis that can be...