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I Rio PhD Forum on Complexity Economics and Economics of Innovation

Institute of Economics - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IE-UFRJ) Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Young Scholars Initiative’s Complexity Economics Working Group (YSI - CEWG) and the Latin American Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (LALICS) invite you to submit a proposal paper to the 1st PhD Forum on Complexity Economics and Economics of Innovation, that will …

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project Series State and Capital in China

South Africa States & Market

Virtual Project Virtual Project

South Africa joined the BRICS group of nations in 2010. Its inclusion represented a desire to expand the representivity of BRICS to include Africa, rather than being a function of South AFrica's economic or geopolitical dynamism. Among so-called emerging markets, post-Apartheid South Africa has been a relatively poor performer - registering high rates of growth …

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Call for applications, YSI workshop at the 2019 ASEER Conference, February

University of Duisburg-Essen Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Workshop “Is orthodox/heterodox a fruitful classification? From static labels to plural and interdisciplinary theory building” Deadline EXTENDED: January 16th. Undergraduate, master and PhD students, as well as young scholars working on any social science are invited to submit a brief note (between 300 and 700 words) stating why and how they think our workshop could …

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YSI @ the 45th Eastern Economics Association Conference

New York Sheraton New York, New York, United States

When the 2008 subprime crisis hit the world, only a few economists had seen the crisis coming and ringed the bells before the tsunami swallowed many big economies in the world. In this context, the need for alternative economic theories and policy responses became evident, creating more space for new economic thinking in both academia …

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“Investment banking networks in Asian financial centres” with Karen Lai

Virtual Project Virtual Project

The 2008 global financial crisis has brought renewed academic attention on the key role of investment banks in shaping financial flows, shifting industry standards, channeling transactions and connecting key actors in global capital markets. Rather than viewing them only as highly globalised financial institutions, the spatial dimensions of such global financial networks are crucial for …

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project Series EMU, Quo Vadis? Interdisciplinary Reflections

The EMU, success, resilience and additional reforms – Webinar Mr. Trichet

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The Finance, Law, and Economics Working Group is thrilled to host the first session of the webinar series entitled "EMU, Quo Vadis? Interdisciplinary Reflections on the post-crisis Economic and Monetary Union's Architecture". For this kick-off session, it is our honour to have Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank, with us. Mr. Trichet …

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Planning Meeting

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Central issues: Empirical bases for economic projections and modernisation models based on post-WWII Europe, must look closer to home for empirical bases for theories and practices. Why hasn't African industrialisation, given that industrialisation was prescribed at different times since before the end of colonialism. Is Economic Transformation blind or aware of this? What are the …

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7th Latin American Energy Economics Conference

7th Latin American Energy Economics Conference (ELAEE) Avenida Presidente Figueroa Alcorta, Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The 7th Latin American Energy Economics Conference (ELAEE) is the bi-annual meeting of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Economía de la Energía (ALADEE), the Latin American chapter of IAEE.The next ELAEE will take place from 10 to 12 March 2019 at Buenos Aires (Argentina). For further information access the website https://7elaee.aladee.org/ The YSI/INET Sustainability WG collaborates …

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project Series YSI IUC Web-Seminars in Law, Economics & Finance

Inaugural webinar “Counter-hegemonic Uses of Private Law”

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In the inaugural webinar of the YSI IUC Web-Seminars in Law, Economics & Finance, professor Ugo Mattei will present some arguments from his lates book (The Turning Point in Private Law Ecology, Technology and the Commons) with Alessandra Quarta: Can private law assume an ecological meaning? Can property and contract defend nature? Is tort law …

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FINANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKSHOP

University of Glasgow Professors' Square, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

In collaboration with Oxfam, Share Action, and the University of Glasgow March 21-22, 2019, University of Glasgow - Scotland APPLY NOW! https://fs24.formsite.com/inet/tuyea5gr1p/index.html Submission Deadline: 18 February 2019 This two-day workshop aims to bring together NGOs, early career academics, and PhD and Masters students to investigate the interconnections between finance and social justice in a way …

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Sustainable Cooperatives for Economic Expansion in Africa

Cooperatives University in Kenya Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

Workshop synopsis After shaking off the chains of colonialism, African countries in their entirety adopted cooperatives as tools to implement “African socialism”. However, soon after the dawn of independence, cooperatives proved to be economically unsustainable in most of the African countries as they promoted a concept of welfarism which required heavy government financial outflows. Towards …

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