In person event; Levelling Up was the right idea but has been a policy failure. The large and persistent disparities between UK regions show little sign of narrowing. Using data and analysis from our new dashboard and index, this event presents new findings and policy recommendations on how to...

The 2022 Conference focusses on Fair and Decent Work in the Global Economy? The conference welcomes papers on any aspect of labour processes, labour markets, labour organising and labour reproduction. Illustrative examples of topics include: - Labour process and other critical theories of labour...

The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2022 aims to bring together researchers from around the world, focusing on demography and climate change from diverse perspectives, including - but not limited - to demography, economics, sociology, environmental sciences and geography. Contributions with a...

The world is facing a concurrence of crises: the war in Ukraine and the ongoing recovery from COVID-19 on top of the effects of climate change. While differing very much in nature, these crises all have a decisive effect on economic and monetary policy. With our conference, we seek to develop a...

Welche Auswirkungen hat Digitalisierung auf Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Arbeitswelt? Welche Rolle spielen dabei Geschlechterstereotype? Welche Zusammenhänge und Wahrnehmungen zeigen sich dazu bei Jugendlichen, in der Berufsorientierung und in der betrieblichen Praxis unterschiedlicher...

The pandemic, the crisis in many geopolitically diverse areas and the resulting migration flows, environmental and economic changes extend the range of social challenges to be faced by welfare states. We can observe several paths of change and adaptations that differ across countries,...

The workshop will cover research broadly related to the determinants of child well-being and human capital development, including health as well as cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Examples may include: the effect of economic conditions on infant and child health, the impact of taxes and...

This workshop aims at bringing together top researchers working on different topics related to migration to discuss state-of-the-art recent research in the field. We are regularly checking safety regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If an in-person event is not possible, this workshop...

Topics: - Methodological innovation in interpretive consumer research; - Theoretical approaches that provide new or alternative ways of understanding consumers, consumption and consumer culture (PhD students can submit the theoretical frameworks that underpin their doctoral theses); - Concepts...

Our aim is that the workshop will be held face-to-face but, of course, this will be contingent on the potential evolution of the epidemiological situation. COSME is a subcommittee of the Spanish Economic Association that evaluates and promotes the situation of women economists in academia. The...