Topics of interest include among others: - Objective Measures of Well-being: HDI, ISEW, GPI, versus GDP - Subjective Measures of Well-being: Happiness, Satisfaction, Mental Health, versus Income - Alternative and New Measures of Well-being both at macro and micro level - Leisure Time, Social...

This conference will discuss the issues associated with urban policies and social capital. The conference is multi-disciplinary. All social science and economics disciplines can be involved provided that the presentation project conforms to TSCF’s standards of quality.

The event is targeted to PhD researchers and post graduate students who have an interest in the economic dimension of cultural diversity. It aims to create awareness of the challenges involved in multidisciplinary research focusing on cultural diversity and to discuss the response that cultural...

The forthcoming CDA Weeklong Seminar (17th – 21st August 2009) will explore the importance of economic bridges to the development and stability of Africa. It is based on the recognition that economic interdependence between African states, and between Africa and other regions can: - Support...

Economists are analyzing issues such as the shadow economy, tax evasion, corruption or social benefit fraud since the late 1960s. These ongoing research efforts have contributed, among other things, to a better understanding of why such behavior patterns occur, what extend they may have, how...

The Summer Institute on bounded rationality in psychology and economics intends to provide a view of human rationality that is anchored in the psychological possibilities of actual humans rather than in the fictional construct of Homo economicus. The common view of economic theory and the...

The UK Social Networks Conference offers an interdisciplinary venue for social and behavioral scientists, sociologists, educationalists, political scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, practitioners and others to present their work in the area of social networks. The...

Seminar contributions are welcome from any perspective shedding light on culture and economic performance, what these terms and the relationship between them might mean, and how we might go about analysing them.

Topics/Methods: We invite research on a broad range of topics in the social-scientific study of religion. We especially welcome proposals that concern: - Religious markets, competition, monopoly, and regulation - Economic growth, development, poverty, and inequality - Social networks, and...

The following three focal points are of special interest for the essay competition and the workshops: - Urban Innovation (chaired by Prof. Mieg) - Security Governance (chaired by Prof. Schuppert) - The Power of Religion (chaired by Prof. Casanova)