Islands economies (and peripheral areas in general) have been coping with a number of challenging issues, notably the overdependence on a few key sectors such as the tourism industry and an oversized and over subsidized public administration sector. To a certain extent, islands economies can be...

Topics: - Changes in the demand for long-term care; - Healthcare expenditures associated with long-term care; - Funding systems (including international comparisons); - The consequences of informal care on caregivers (e.g., health and employment); - Policies to cope with the increasing demand for...

Theme: Green and inclusive transitions in Southern European regions: What can we do better?

Key Topics: Gender and social inclusion; Gender and ICT; Gender and education; Gender and democracy; Gender equality; Gender in the workplace; Women’s empowerment in science and in other areas; Feminist studies; Men and masculinities; Gender and small and medium sized enterprises; Gender and...

The participation can be in place or on webinar. Beyond the various themes related to regional science this congress will focus on the emerging topic of Sustainable Management of the Sea for Sustainable Regional Development. With the enlargement of the ocean areas managed by countries it is...

Mobility is a key problem in Economic and Social History. Regardless of the period under analysis, people circulate, carrying with them commodities, capital, ideas, languages, traditions. They circulate to survive, to trade, to explore, to conquer, to migrate, and also for leisure. These...

The IWSEA provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of topics related with population ageing, one of the most important social transformations of our times. Research on ageing transcends disciplinary boundaries and this is reflected in the multiple dimensions covered in the workshop....

The European Conference on Knowledge Management - ECKM, brings together academic research and practical applications of Knowledge Management from all areas. Key Topics: The fundamentals of Knowledge Management; Knowledge Management in the Organisation; Knowledge Innovation; Intellectual Capital;...

Papers on any topic related to finance can be submitted: - Asset Pricing – Empirical (APE); - Asset Pricing – Theory (APT); - Behavioral Finance (BF); - Corporate Finance and Governance – Empirical (CFGE); - Corporate Finance and Governance – Theory (CFGT); - Financial Intermediation and...

This congress will allow a debate on the needs and challenges of territorialising public policies and on the role of (big) data, information and technologies in planning and regional development. Topics: (Big) Data for regional science; Agglomeration, clustering, and networking; Climate change...