The Workshop will provide an international forum to discuss theoretical and empirical contributions with the purpose of increasing the common knowledge on how skills and competences affect individual and organisational performance.

The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative theoretical and empirical research on the brain drain and the way it affects sending and receiving countries. Possible topics include (but are not restricted to): the effects of skilled migration on human capital...

The objective is to provide an arena for researchers to discuss new and ongoing research, identify research gaps and suggest new research agendas on systems of higher education, research and knowledge; with a view to forging closer links between the research communities and UNESCO in these fields.

The conference will showcase research on these issues from (social) science and technology studies, and feminist and post-colonial studies under the framework of the project Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study (KNOWING, Framework Programme 6, www.knowing.soc.cas.cz).

This conference will focus on policy-oriented theoretical and empirical research which is meant to contribute to this debate, based on a careful analysis of existing constraints and relevant goals. Papers dealing with one or more of the following issues are particularly welcome. - Welfare state...

The event will cover the following research themes: • Education and Inequality • Pupil Performance and School Resources • The Labour Market for Teachers • Gender Differences in Educational Attainment • International Differences in Education Systems

The core of the Conference discusses various dimensions of Demographic Change and Sustainable Development in Europe from different perspectives, country-specific experiences and theoretical as well as empirical approaches. This hopes to contribute in pushing the frontier of knowledge and to...

Conference themes We are interested in high-quality papers that provide new insights on impact evaluation in the following development policy areas: - Health and Education - Public Service Delivery - Micro Finance and Micro Insurance Policy - Agriculture - Aid (Macro and Fiscal Impact) - Foreign...

We are calling for papers relevant to the following themes for presentation at the seminar: - Determinants of child labour and education; - Child labour and vulnerability; - Link between child labour and education; - Impact of child labour involvement on youth employment outcomes; - Labour...

Niemand kann sich heute mehr auf das einmal erworbene Wissen von gestern verlassen. Jeder muss versuchen, sich den Anforderungen des modernen Arbeitsmarktes anzupassen. Dazu gehört unausweichlich, sich permanent fortzubilden. Warum werden viele Steuergeleder mit sinnlosen ABM-Massnahmen...