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...

The aim of conference is to discuss different perspectives on scaling and governance issues. The starting point is that scaling and governance deserve more attention as a combination, not just in separate studies. We look at this integration as a major challenge for both the social, economic and...

The conference will be structured around five themes: - Social institutions and ecosystem changes - Managing tradeoffs between multiple ecosystem services - Resilience and vulnerability of social and ecosystems to climate change - Biodiversity, ecosystem change and human wellbeing - Drivers of...

This one day conference is timely given the current atmosphere of global economic and social turbulence. What role can social marketing and socially responsible management play in moving towards a more sustainable and socially equitable economy? Track One: Social Marketing Track Two: Socially...