THEME: Crisis, Critique and Change Which crisis? Whose critique? What changes? Making the world safe for banks is only one side of the coin. The present crisis is multi-faceted. It is not just a debt crisis, but also a political and a social crisis.

We invite PhD students from different disciplinary backgrounds both within and outside the Nordic countries to participate in the discussion on the development of welfare states, their preconditions, present status and how we ought to study them.

The IAMO Forum 2013 will provide a platform for academic exchange focusing on the development of rural areas in transition economies of Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and Asia. We welcome contributions that discuss the consequences of demographic changes in rural areas, the structural...

We invite scholars and researchers from all over the world, but particularly those based in the Asian-Pacific region to propose their thoughts and research results to tackle the aforementioned questions and thus, contribute to the success of the conference in solving some of the burning...

Angesichts der andauernden Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise stellt der Sozialstaat mit seinen Institutionen ein stabilisierendes Element dar, wird aber gleichzeitig durch eine schwindende Einnahmebasis geschwächt. Politische Akteure stehen vor der Herausforderung, den Sozialstaat mit seinem...

Topics: • Consequences of armed conflict and crime on households well being (including health, consumption, schooling, investments and entrepreneurial decisions, among others) • Households’ coping strategies in (post-)conflict and crime situations • Consequences of armed conflict and...

Themes of the conference: - Economic Growth, Equality and Human Development - Organization, Work and Innovation - State, Governance and Citizenship - Community, Identity And Marginalisation - Environment, Resources and Resistance - Inequalities, Vulnerabilities and Human Health and Well-being -...

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