Removing impediments to economic mobility and ensuring fair access to economic opportunities is a central concern for citizens and policymakers. This conference seeks proposals that analyze the causes, consequences, and policy implications of barriers to mobility across the income and wealth...

Topics: Governing Diversity & Inequality; Stability in Multi-Level Governance; Inequality, Diversity & Welfare; Managing Conflicts in Plural Societies; Culture and Inequality; Regional Inequalities & Public Policy; Education, Inequality and Social Policies; Diversity and Social Values; Digital...

Program: Panel 1: Keynote: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Labor Migrants: Accentuation of Inequalities. Panel 2: What Makes a Politician an Expert on Colonial Labor? The ILO and the Concept of ‘Native Labor’. Panel 3: Debates on "Trafficking in Persons and Slavery" in Cameroon. Panel...

Das WSI-Herbstforum 2021 s erörtert, ob und wie Solidarität die Gestaltung der Post-Corona-Gesellschaft prägt: Ist die Gesellschaft durch Corona gleicher oder ungleicher geworden? Welche Faktoren haben die Entwicklungen beeinflusst? Mit welchen sozialstaatlichen Instrumenten soll Arbeit...

Considering that one percent of the world population is displaced and ten percent of the world population lives under conflict, the complex nexus of forced migration, development, and security is central to the analysis of household welfare. When accounting for the consequences of the current...

The seminar is open to contributions in the fi eld of the economics, sociology and demography of pensions and ageing, covering the following themes: - the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the various aspects of pensions and ageing; - economic and demographic cycles, public transfers and...

Im Rahmen dieser inter- und transdisziplinären Tagung soll die Bedeutung von Zeit für die Nachhaltigkeit des Konsums erörtert werden. Welche Rahmenbedingen und Kompetenzen sind notwendig, damit sich Zeitwohlstand auf nachhaltige Lebensweisen auswirkt? Zeitpolitische Perspektiven...

Key themes: Time Use during COVID-19; Time Use and Family Health Behaviors; Time Use and Gender; Behavioral Effects Time and Financial Stress; Sleep and Employment; Fatigue and Leisure Consumption; Sleep Deprivation Wellbeing; Employment and Time Use; Mental Health and Labor Market. Keywords:...

With this conference we have the ambition to highlight the challenges that new forms of work generate for traditional social security systems. The conference is planned to take place on-site, but this also depends on the COVID-19 related health concerns at that time.

Topics: Labor market inequality; Family relations; Gender inequality; Cognitive and noncognitive skills; Educational inequality; Work-life interferences; Well-being; Civic and democratic participation. Research on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly welcome.