Two questions that the symposium will address are: 1. What factors make monetary incentives effective in promoting socially desirable behaviours, and what factors compromise their efficacy? 2. Paying people to engage in socially desirable behaviours might have implications for ethics and the...

Topics: Geopolitics; Political economy; Banking and finance; Resources/sustainability; Climate change; Megalopolis; Virtual worlds; Artificial intelligence; Engineering/robotics; Advances in medical science; Psychoanalysis; Media culture; Consumer society; Literary representation of visions; Creative...

The conference will feature invited talks, contributed sessions and a number of academic podia on topics at the frontier of the migration research agenda, as well as two policy events, where high level practitioners, politicians and media representatives will discuss migration related issues. We...

The process of change in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism at the end of the 1980s, the accession of 10 Eastern European states to the EU and the continuing work of European integration in the former Yugoslavia make this an appropriate time to reflect on the experience of Eastern...

Topic areas: - Political Systems and Institutions - Law and Legal Institutions - Regulation, Public Procurement, and Public Provision - Development and Economic Transition - Historical Analysis of Institutions and Organization - Organization and Markets - Norms, Culture, & Behavior

Topic: "Corporate Innovation and Sustainable Community Development" The symposium is intended to discuss corporate innovation as it relates to poverty alleviation in local communities in developing countries, and how corporations are engaging (or not engaging) local communities across the...

The conference will include sessions on agriculture, the environment, rural communities and economic development, food and related industries, land use, and development economics. Day 1 will be a joint conference with Société Française d'Economie Rurale (SFER). [gemäß den Informationen des...

Papers addressing economic analysis of the broad issues relevant for economic development in Africa are invited for the above conference.