This conference will bring together economists, policymakers and practitioners to explore the causes and conditions of poverty and to begin a dialogue on the policies and strategies that may address the needs of communities with high concentrations of poverty.

THE 2006 CONFERENCE TOPIC Social policy and regional development are often narrowly defined and treated as separate and distinct areas of scientific study. Indeed, in the context of transition and prospective membership of the European Union, reforms in each are considered necessary and are the...

USAID’s Office of Poverty Reduction (PR), the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) plan to co-sponsor a two-day international conference on the special challenge of poverty reduction in conflict and fragile states. Examining the...

The programme offered by the 2nd World Ageing & Generations Congress aims to capture the breadth of this topic, structured in the following four modules: (1) Work and Welfare (2) Health (3) Innovation (4) Lifestyle and Society

Conference themes: Boundaries and Connections in a Changing Europe & Health and well-being in Europe’s Cities and Regions The conference will continue the tradition of previous EURS meetings in providing a forum for discussion of the relationships between economic, political and cultural...

A Lifetime of Assets—Building Families, Communities & Economies will bring key stakeholders together to shape the future of asset building. Almost 900 participants will gather in beautiful Phoenix to: - Exchange practice, research, and policy strategies to promote a lifetime of asset-building...

This workshop will seek a highly interactive exchange seeking common ground between the themes of poverty and the role of access to finance in development. We are interested in work, both empirical and theoretical, that examines this set of barriers to establishment and growth. Possible areas...

The Summer School is targeted at PhD-students who have started, or are about to start, a project on a social policy issue, and who feel a need to broaden and deepen their understanding of: • welfare states and social policies, their origin, aims, principles, and practices, as well as about the...

Nach Art. 20 Abs. 1 des Grundgesetzes ist die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ein demokratischer und sozialer Rechtsstaat. Um die Aufgabe der Daseinsvorsorge zu erfüllen, hat der Staat bisher vor allem Sozialabgaben erhoben, die an den Tatbestand der Beschäftigung anknüpfen. In Zeiten dauerhafter...

The conference is focussing on global social and political change and the approaches different scientific disciplines take in studying justice vis-à-vis these changes. The globalization of the economic order, the changing role of the welfare state, and the ongoing transformation of previously...