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...

In den westlichen Staaten gehört Sozialpolitik zweifelsohne zu den gut erforschten Themen der Gesellschaftswissenschaften. Die Tagung geht der Frage nach, inwiefern uns die bewährten Methoden der westlichen Sozialpolitik- forschung bei der Analyse von Sozialpolitiken in Afrika, Asien,...

Topics: - War, Conflict and Migration - Power Inequalities in Society - Environment, Resources and Livelihoods - Governance, Institutions and State Building - The Economics of Migration - Healthcare and other Social Safety Nets - Civil Society, Social Movements and Grassroots Initiatives

This international forum will certainly be a privileged moment to recognize the increasing importance of the social and solidarity economy in the development strategies of countries in the South and in the North. The creation of public policy in favour of its development has accelerated in Latin...

List of Themes: - Family, Marriage and work - Labour Market Discrimination - Retirement - Program and Policy evaluation - Labour supply - Labour demand - Occupational choice and Intergenerational Mobility - Education, Training and Human Capital - Health - Job and Life Satisfaction - Wage...

Theme of the conference: Social Relations in turbulent times Economic and social crisis in these turbulent times challenges both our sociological skills and our imagination. Since its beginnings as a scientific discipline, sociology has sought answers to the social questions that arise in...

Turku Center for Welfare Research (TCWR) organizes workshop and seminar on the new endeavors and common problems in life course research, with a special emphasis on the register data applications. The three day workshop is targeted to PhD students and researchers. It consists of lectures and...

The 2nd World conference will bring together those interested in applying strategic communications, marketing and behaviour change methodology to solve key social challenges. Focus will be on the policy implications for the emerging evidence base for effective social program design and what this...

General Theme of the Conference: The Social Economy, prop of a new model of sustainable economic development. Objective of the conference: To examine the role that the social economy can play in a new model of economic development which is sustainable for both the North and the South. Main...

Social development is an essential key for ensuring good governance, while good governance sets the parameters and conditions for social development. This international symposium examines the symbiotic relationship between social development and good governance. Major issues and global...