This conference will explore the inter-relationships between migration, immigrant integration, and development. The intent is to bring to the foreground issues that are often lost when we discuss these general topics in isolation from one another. In this way we hope to uncover new aspects of...

The purpose of the conference is to encourage dialogue across the field of audit and financial reporting in the context of capital markets' globalization. A special emphasis will be given to issues that arise from the globalization of financial reporting standards.

Suggested topics include: - Driving forces (agricultural development and economic growth; urbanization and industrial and agricultural pollution; enewable energy and agricultural development; natural resource use and sustainable agriculture development) - Institutional and policy aspects...

The Conference constitutes an opportunity to bring together scientists from many disciplines to discuss the actual situation and future challenges of an industrialising agriculture close to urban metropolises. The seminar aims to provide a forum for reviewing the state of the art in research and...

This first conference deals with the environment issues related to transport in different areas with a particular focus on the South countries. It will be aimed at emerging a discussion forum for researchers from different backgrounds, at capitalizing the best practice and sharing North-South...

Title: Ethics and Climate Change: Scenarios for Justice and Sustainability Topics: - Science, Climate, and Society: climatic change and scientific expectations, scientific uncertainty and political action, social impacts, lifestyles, participation, new technology, global environment; - Ethics,...

The following aspects of international employment patterns will be addressed to gain further insights into this topic and to deduce policy implications: - The degree of substitutability of labor across locations - Short run vs. long run effects of FDI - Multinational SMEs - Counterfactual...

Gilles Saint-Paul (University of Toulouse) Topics: - Explaining the divergence in the unemployment experience of different countries in recent years - The role of shocks and institutions - The role of a more volatile environment - Is there a unique natural rate of unemployment? - The...

Good Agricultural Practices are becoming more and more widely adopted with consumer demand for healthy safe and sustainably produced food driving their expansion. An ever increasing number of producers in more than 80 countries are choosing GLOBALGAP certification to fulfil this demand. The...

Thema: "Private Haushalte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Ökonomie und Ökologie" Themen der Veranstaltung sind: - der Konsum, der Energieverbrauch einschließlich der Treibhausgasemissionen, - die Pendler, die Nutzung und Einsparung von Flächen sowie das Abfallaufkommen und die Abfallwirtschaft aus...