The project Working, Yet Poor (WorkYP) is focused on the increasing social trend of working people at risk or below the poverty line. The overall purpose is to effectively prevent the risk of social dumping, reduce economic shocks, and grant EU citizens, mostly those who do not circulate,...

The aim of the conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and...

The global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing energy crisis have affected households differently depending on their socioeconomic status. In addition, households react differently to economic policies, depending on the specific constraints to which they are subject and the...

Small states have been ignored in the literature of the welfare regime, though it is likely that they are confronted with specific issues or problems when dealing with social security. Of course, small jurisdictions are very diverse: they can be rich or poor, reflect different legal traditions,...

The Economic Forum is the largest and the most important conference in Central and Eastern Europe. The theme of this year’s edition is ‘Europe facing new challenges‘. As every year, a rich programme of over 200 events awaits the participants. For three days, Karpacz will be visited by the...

What would increase government support around EU enlargement, and what role could membership play in future peace talks? During two summits in March 2022, in Versailles and Brussels, European leaders expressly declined to grant candidate status or even a membership perspective to Georgia,...

The event will be held in a hybrid format with a small number of people joining on site and larger audience watching online. Keywords: Health economics and policy; EU Budget; EU-Finance; Finance; Emerging economies; Decarbonisation; Monetary policy; Digital economy; Innovation; COVID-19; Future of...

The purpose of the conference is to assess the impact of selected demographic, economic and technical processes on functioning of social security systems (especially: pension schemes, healthcare systems and long-term care systems for the elderly) in different countries. The conference will be an...

The conference will focus on the changes which have taken place in Europe and in economics in the last 30 years. We invite papers that draw on evolutionary and institutional methods to explore where Europe stands today. We especially encourage papers that explore how its political and economic...

Topics: - Economic and financial governance of the EU: the institutional framework; - EMU economic issues: ECB monetary policy and sovereign debt sustainability; - The Banking Union: how institutions work in practice; - Developments in EU financial markets: CMU, financial integration, digital...