The workshop aims at stimulating discussion among disciplines on the way current challenges in the economy and in the global polity, as well as, the call of citizens jointly contribute to reshape the existing national states and the resulting economic and societal orders. The focus of the...

We welcome diverse approaches, including, but not restricted to, theoretical, experimental, and neuroscientific. Besides offering networking opportunities, the workshop aims to further existing dialogues on how neuroscientific and gerontological insights can be incorporated into models of...

On the 12 and 13 December 2011, Governments and traders from all over the world, will come together to review the progress made on the Trade Facilitation agenda and to explore the way ahead. They will develop a joint vision and framework to guide the future of Single Windows and their support to...

Key note speaker - Professor Jonathan Eaton, Penn State University

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Marc J. Melitz (Department of Economics Harvard University) Recent empirical evidence has shown that firms/plants producing similar goods react very differently to international forces. Some...

Conference Theme: ‘Quality of Life and Environment’ In the last decades, quality of life has become a central issue for those who plan and study cities or places where people live in response to growing pressures on urban communities, concern about the impacts of urbanisation and the effects...

Topics: 1. Analysis of the impacts of climate change on agriculture: simulations and projections 2. Climate change and sustainability of agricultural production systems 3. Adaption strategies for agriculture in the face of climate change: systems of production, risks in agriculture, and policies...

For 2011 the SHE Conference theme is: "The relevance, contribution and future of Heterodox Economics" Topics of interest to this overarching theme include: the failure of neoclassical economics to predict, explain or find solutions to the global financial and economic crises; the current climate...

Das 3. Viadrina Kulturmanagement Symposium wird von der Professur für Kulturmanagement in Kooperation mit den Berliner Philharmonikern ausgerichtet. Die Veranstaltung findet alle zwei Jahre statt und möchte aktuelle Themen aufgreifen und mit Experten aus dem Kulturmanagement, der...

We invite papers by academics, trade union researchers and social movement activists in the following areas: - basic analyses of what a ‘proper’ free trade system is; - analyses of current free trade policies, the implications of neo-liberalism as well as the concrete results of free trade...