Main Topics: - Economic clusters and sustainable competitiveness in EU - Social and economic strategies for a sustainable society - The effect of competitiveness development on social values - Institutional factors for social capital enhancement - Social and political influences on the economic...

We would like to invite you to attend the conference and to submit proposals for papers for one of the four workshops shown below. These should address the key themes of EU policy in each area. Workshop 1: Austerity policies Workshop 2: The future of the eurozone Workshop 3: The EU and the...

The regional meeting of the EU branch of the IASC will have as its theme “Shared Resources in a Rapidly Changing World”, reflecting the emphasis on the currently well recognized fact that many if not most resources (e.g. natural resources, social capital, knowledge) require a shared...

Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with an IIASA senior scientist mentor on a project...

Theme and Background: The production and marketing of food takes place in an interdependent dynamic system, the food system, involving activities of - enterprises in chains and networks in agriculture, food processing, and retail and - consumers, media, and an institutional environment for...