The conference will take place at the University of Graz. All submissions remain valid for the new date. The research conference will focus on social policy research in Austria and social policy research on Austria, analyses from a regional, national or comparative perspective as well as in a...

This conference deals with selected gender-related topics in money and finance: Does gender diversity affect economic outcomes? Would a more balanced gender mix in policy institutions such as central banks make for different or better decisions? Would a balanced gender mix in financial firms...

The conference will convene development practitioners, policy experts and academic researchers from around the world to examine the ways in which the food and fuel price volatility, financial market volatility and global economic slowdown are affecting children and youth in both developing and...

The 2009 Cambridge Symposium on International Manufacturing (CamSIM) will focus on 'configuring manufacturing value chains'. It will explore how leading firms are responding to the uncertainties of global supply and the current economic downturn. It will highlight novel approaches currently...

Ziel ist es, die Vielfalt und Interdisziplinarität des Themas mit ihrer Verknüpfung verschiedener räumlicher Untersuchungsebenen darzustellen. Zur inhaltlichen Strukturierung heben wir zwei Schwerpunkte hervor: - Die Migrationen nach Europa sind durch eine zunehmende Diversität der Migranten...

Abstracts are welcome on theoretical, empirical and applied housing research but are particularly welcomed from a sociological or social sciences perspective (broadly and not in any way exhaustive: geography, political science, public policy, social policy, economics, finance, management &...

Topics: · Challenges of measuring emigration and remittances · Challenges to implement the Migration section of the CES Recommendations for the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses · Presentation of the new EC Regulation on Migration Statistics · The CES Work plan to improve...

Topics relevant to the conference include: - Pension research in general - Labour markets and pension decisions - Pensions and financial markets - New tools for studying pension system reform (eg surveys such as SHARE)

The conference goals are to further debate, stimulate new research, and contribute to theory and practice on critical issues of gender, marketing and consumer behavior. Innovative perspectives, methods and topics are encouraged. Suggested subject areas include, but are not limited to: - Gender...