We are pleased to invite all labour economists to submit papers for presentation at the 36th annual conference of the European Association of Labour Economists in Bergen, Norway. The event will take place at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) from 5-7 September 2024 and will be organized by...

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...

The workshop is for current and prospective PhD students who are using or planning to use lab-in-the field experiments in developing countries and/or working on behavioral economics in general. There will be two keynote presentations and eight slots for selected students to present and receive...

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

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...

The main aim of the workshop is to gather primarily Scandinavian (and Scandinavian-based) researchers, who are interested in economic and social history, in a friendly and non-imposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive criticism from their peers and...

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,...