This year, F.O. Licht’s 14th annual conference will broaden its scope to cover all the latest developments across all green fuels – first generation ethanol and biodiesel, cellulosic biofuels, algae fuels and drop-in fuels. F.O. Licht’s World Ethanol and Biofuels will reflect the changing...

The UNRISD Conference will critically examine the following interrelated issues and questions: 1. Social impacts and distributional consequences of policies and processes associated with green economy. 2. The potential and limits of structural and institutional change. 3. Agency and social...

We welcome papers analyzing: - The measurement of both, inter and intra generational income mobility - The effect of educational, labor market and social policies in enhancing / obstructing social mobility - Political economy aspects of an emerging middle class: Do the poor face the risk of...

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is pleased to announce its IV Summer School in Public Economics that will be devoted to immigration and public policy. Within this broad theme there will be two parts: the economic effects of immigration, and the consequences of segregation (along the...

This workshop will focus on the interplay between institutions and international capital flows. Topics to be covered include: · Political, legal and financial determinants of international capital flows · International capital flows, risk taking and financial fragility · International capital...

The organizing committee is particularly interested in papers at the crossroad of child wellbeing and migration. The three sub-themes that the Global network project encompasses are: 1. Social and Economic Consequences of Age at Migration; 2. Institutions of the Welfare State and Child Wellbeing...

The organizers welcome submissions on the general theme of Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes. Relevant aspects of globalization include trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment and the operation of multinational enterprises, current account imbalances, real exchange rate...

Theme: The opportunities, threats, and future trends of business in China, India and ASEAN countries. The Conference will accept papers directly associated with the theme, as well as any other topic associated with business or business education.

The objective of this workshop is to discuss these new social risks and the policy responses that are being developed to deal with them. We invite contributions by PhD students working on any aspect of the process of welfare state adaptation to the emergence of new social risks. The workshop is...

ICBME is intended as a forum for academics and practitioners to meet and discuss the diverse realities of business education around the world. We thus invite interesting submissions in all areas related to the conference theme, which this year is "Business Education and Poverty Alleviation". We...