Within the general fields of economic growth and economic history, we are looking for papers dealing with, among others, the following topics: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress...

The main themes of the workshop are: 1. Understanding the situation: Analysis of the metabolic patterns of societies 2. Exploring the option space: Analysis of the viability of alternative energy sources 3. Policy implications: Scenarios of energy transition away from fossil energy

The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss the links between the recent crisis and financial globalization, broadly focusing on two main themes: 1) the two-way relationship between global imbalances and the crisis; 2) the impact of the crisis on the...

The conference will address the need for a macro-prudential regulatory framework to confront systemic risk. Issues of interest include the definition and measurement of systemic risk and bubbles, the design and institutional implications of macro-prudential regulation, and its relation to...

World Biofuels 2010 goes straight to the heart of the key issues facing the ethanol and biodiesel industries around the world. Join speakers drawn from a cross-section of stakeholders in green fuels and sustainable mobility, including policy-makers, NGOs, oil companies, automotive OEMs, ethanol...

The Conference will cover chemistry, physics and material sciences related to energy technologies. In addition to plenary keynote presentations on diverse energy themes, parallel sessions will deal with energy sources, storage and conversion of energy and end-use including energy conservation.

Degrowth carries the idea of a voluntary reduction of the size of the economic system, which implies a reduction of the GDP. Test a new model of organizing a conference, based on participative methods for the development of policies and research priorities around the topic of degrowth.

All over 2010, the World Social Forum process will take place in a decentralized manner with events and activities across the globe. The main objective of the events will be to sum up, from the analyzes and experiences of global civil society social movements and organizations, proposals to face...

Provisional program: - Yves Smeers: "The ambiguous effect of contracts on competition and prices in restructured electricity markets" - Per Agrell: "Coordination, Conflict and Network Investment Incentives among National Energy Regulators" - Nicolas Boccard: "The impact of wind-power integration...

When will the economy recover? Prime Minister Zapatero predicts the economy will bottom out in the second half of 2009 and recover by next year. How resilient is the banking system? And following government intervention in Caja Castilla La Mancha, will another bailout be needed? These questions...