October 31, 2017 is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church; an episode that has been considered the beginning of the protestant reform. Sombart, Weber, Bataille and many others have underlined the crucial role of Luther and the...

The aim of the workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of various themes concerning social norms in multi-ethnic societies. Social norms attract wide interest in many fields of social sciences, and appear to be highly relevant in societies that include groups having...

Conference Program: Pre-conference Workshop in cooperation with ICABR "The Green Revolution in Africa" - First Session Alexander Sarris "Food Security in Africa" - Second Session Luigi Mennella "Which perspective for Africa: Economic and Social Dimensions", Giovanni Andrea Cornia "The African...

Topics: - Public goods, externalities and pro-social behaviour, - Welfare economics without revealed preferences, - Taxation and behavioral economics, - Neo-utilitarianism and happiness research: measures and implications for public intervention, - Social preferences, moral behaviour and...

The International Conference on Sustainable Development is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present and future generations in a global-scale context. The Conference theme is: "Creating a unified foundation for the...

The Alpine Population Conference (Alp-Pop) brings together scholars interested in population issues across several disciplines, including demography, economics, epidemiology, political science, sociology, and psychology. The conference emphasizes empirical rigor and innovation over a given topic...

We particularly welcome papers on the benefits and risks of social capital across a range of themes, such as: - Theme 1: Social capital and public policy trajectories - Theme 2: The role of social capital in managing volunteers - Theme 3: Social capital and international CSOs - Theme 4: Social...

Workshop Sub-Themes: 1. Rethinking the developmental state 2. Technologies of development 3. Development without/despite the North: South-South cooperation towards development 4. The political economy of poverty

The Riccardo Faini Doctoral Conference aims at providing Ph.D. students working on Development Economics topics an opportunity to present their work, discuss it with senior researchers, and meet colleagues. It honors the memory of Riccardo Faini, who always strived to provide graduate students...

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for Ph.D. students and young researchers who are working in the fields of international economics and development. This year it will focus on the main analytical and empirical approaches to the study of the impact of international...