The current food challenges involve issues ranging from food access to national and international regulation. Although the scope and intensity of these challenges vary according to the economic situation of countries, the debate has been global. The purpose of this Conference is to enhance a...

Key questions: - How far are we down the road towards an entrepreneurial society? What is the evidence? - If the old social compact is largely obsolete – what is the nature of the new one? - What is the role of the state in an entrepreneurial society and how does it change? - Can public...

The conference aims to empirically investigate labour relations in commodity chains in their diversity and combination and, thus, also aims to contribute to the conceptual debate on work and labour, value, the functioning of capitalism and the agency or lack of power of directly and indirectly...

Our understanding of the natural constraints of our planet is continually growing and deepening. What prevents us from making changes to our lifestyles and economic activities and especially from placing them on a sustainable footing? Why is no change of direction taking place?

IGLS-FORUM Series is a joint initiative by agri-food groups of leading European and international universities and business schools providing a discussion platform for the European and international scientific community.

Ester Boserup was one of the pioneers of an integrated theoretical approach to questions of development and sustainability. 2010 marks the centennial of her birth. The Ester Boserup Conference 2010 "Long-term trajectories in population, gender relations, land use, and the environment" wishes to...

CLIMATE 2010/KLIMA 2010’s aims are the following: - to introduce the latest findings from scientific research on climate change and its links and impacts on water cycles, water supply and water management; - to introduce projects and other initiatives being undertaken in both industrialized...

Papers are invited primarily, but not exclusively, on the following topics: • the impact of globalization and economic situation on organizational change • organizational change and crisis management • competences needed in the change management process • the influence of culture on...

Technology has been identified with a host of problems and solutions that are closely linked with aims for sustainable development in lowand middle-income countries. It is an essential enabling feature of globalization, and local applications of technology offer possibilities for building...

It is the objective of this Forum to provide an interdisciplinary and creative discussion environment that generatesnew ideas for innovative and multidisciplinary research.Its focus is on the analysis of the food system dynamics and interdependencies; the identification of drivers for...