Although papers are invited on all areas of economics, special emphasis will be given on areas such as: - The role of central banks and monetary policy - The role of fiscal policy - The conduct of monetary policy under zero bound conditions - The role of, and prospects for, economic growth - The...

Topics list for parallel sessions: - Global and local analyses of food security - Enabling policies for local and global food security - Sustainable intensification of food production systems - Novel ways of feeding 9 billion - Learning from the past to understand the future - Land sparing, land...

The theme for the EfS 2013 is "Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet" which is dedicated to debating the challenges posed by the increasing concentration of the world's population in cities. Up for discussion are topics grouped under four main categories: Smart Cities,...

The ICPG 2013 is an excellent platform to communicate your research in population geographies to the rest of the academic world. From September 1st, 2012 onwards it is possible to upload your abstracts. Completed papers as well as works in progress are welcome. Plenary sessions on Healthy Ageing...

The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, with special emphasis for the peripheral countries, threatens the very existence of the European common currency. It is then urgent to reflect on what went wrong in the conception and operation of the euro zone itself and point out ways out of...

Topics: - Climate change, business and development - Managerial and entrepreneurial responses to global development challenges - Managing commodity and energy market s - Natural disasters and business (including tourism) - Energy efficiency and competitiveness - Green growth, consumer...

In this workshop we want to consider both the economic dimension and the social dynamics of ageing societies. We welcome submission of theoretical, empirical and policy papers. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the relation between population ageing and the...

The CES “Critical Economics Summer School”, launched in 2009, brings together in annual meetings economists and other social scientists to discuss topics of shared interest. This series of summer schools aims at promoting a forum for critical research on the economy and in economics. This...

Topics: - General trends in market-based environmental policies and instruments - New forms of neoliberal conservation (including web 2.0, species banking, etc) - Agro-food systems, the meat-industrial complex, and aquaculture - Agro-fuels, energy and climate change - The relation between...

The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers in different fields of finance and economics working on financial stability-related issues. We are inviting high quality submissions of theoretical and empirical nature on macro- and microeconomic aspects of financial stability.