The aim of the Globelics Academy PhD School is to support the training of PhD students from all over the world writing theses on issues related to innovation systems and development. The Academy brings together frontier researchers in innovation with PhD students from the South and the North in...

We aim to bring together scholars working on comparative, economic, social, global, and other types of history and related social sciences to address various “East-West” historical processes and events as well as comparative and transnational analysis, including at the Baltic region, Europe,...

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are low-income countries that face severe structural impediments to sustainable development. These countries are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets. To help the LDCs address these specific challenges,...

The theme of the conference is “Emerging Technologies in Regional Development”. Topics: Blockchain Solutions in Regional Development; Logistics, supply chain and regional development; Big Data in regional science; Emerging challenges for regional development; Vision and management of...

In accordance with the latest UN guidelines we regret to inform the 2020 WIDER Development Conference has been cancelled.

Technology advancements are driving the digitalization of financial markets, and large-scale investment in new emerging technologies are fundamentally changing the operating environment as finance is becoming more data driven. While these innovations in artificial intelligence and big data have...

Conference Themes (based on the tracks): - Special Track: Honouring Pontus Troberg; - Corporate Finance and Banking; - Social and Sustainable Finance, Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing; - Accounting, Governance and Risk Perspectives; - Entrepreneurial Finance; - Digitalisation and the...

The theme for the Conference, ‘Real Work in the Virtual World’ addresses the changing contents of work and the upheavals of in current and future work, as well as the changing nature of work across occupations, industries and countries. Work is currently being reorganized globally, with...

We welcome submissions on the evolution of the global service and connectivity infrastructure, 5G and smart cities. In particular, submissions that address these issues through in a multidisciplinary manner are encouraged. Topics: - Infrastructure investment strategies in both fixed and mobile...

The conference will showcase UNU-WIDER, its work, and the many people and institutions that are engaged with it. The conference will hold panel discussions on all of the main themes and findings of UNU-WIDER’s research during 2009-18 — finance, food and climate change; and transformation,...