WWWforEurope Newsletter May 2013

The WWWforEurope Newsletter 1/2013 has been published!

WWWforEurope Lecture: Remaking Manufacturing in the US & Europe

Suzanne Berger, MIT, and Karl Aiginger, WIFO, discuss challenges to industrial policy, Vienna, May 21st at WIFO.

Call for Papers

Call for papers for the 6th WIFO - Regional Economics Workshop in Vienna on September 16th and 17th, 2013. Deadline for abstracts: June 15th, 2013.

Deadline for Best Paper Award Extended

The deadline for the Best Paper Award has been extended to May 31st. Submit your paper, master or doctoral thesis and be invited to WWWforEurope's First Feedback Conference!

New Policy Paper

The new WWWforEurope Policy Paper "Wettbewerbs(des)orientierung" by Georg Feigl and Sepp Zuckerstätter has been published.

Policy Network Workshop in London, May 7th, 2013

Attend the WWWforEurope Policy Network Workshop "Refocusing EU Economic Governance on Long-term Challenges" in London on May 7th, 2013

WWWforEurope Newsletter November 2012

Call for Papers

Call for papers for the 6th WIFO - Regional Economics Workshop in Vienna on September 16th and 17th, 2013. Deadline for abstracts: April 29th, 2013.

WWWforEurope Lecture: Alternative Welfare Indicators

Two perspectives on alternative welfare indicators on April 11th at WIFO, Vienna

Conference Keynotes online

Keynotes and presentations from WWWforEurope Lecture on "Modelling Growth and Socioecological Transition" now available online.

Commentary on energy transition in PNAS

Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh, area lead of the WWWforEurope project, wrote a commentary on “Policies to enhance economic feasibility of a sustainable energy transition“ that just appeared in PNAS. PNAS is one oft he most influencial science journals.

Lecture on “Growth and Socio-ecological Transition”

In the next WWWforEurope Lecture on March 12th in Vienna, Graciela Chichilnisky (Columbia University) and Jan Rotmans (Erasmus University Rotterdam, DRIFT) present their perspectives on “Growth and Socio-ecological Transition: Chances and Challenges”.

Conference on “Growth and Socio-ecological transition”

The WWWforEurope conference on modelling “Growth and Socio-ecological transition” takes place on March, 12th and 13th in Vienna. It investigates the availability of models incorporating the social and the environmental dimension taking into account smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

Best Paper Award

Call for papers relating to Sustainable Development and Socio-ecological Transition in Europe - a chance to receive the WWWforEurope Best Paper Award and get published in the WWWforEurope working paper series. Submission deadline: April 30th

ÖGfE-Policy Brief "Key Points of a Sustainable EU-Budget"

Margit Schratzenstaller analyses in an ÖGfE -Policy Brief the challenges and key factors of a sustainable EU-budget in the light of the upcoming summit of the European council next Thursday (in German).

Second policy brief published

„Policy options for the development of peripheral regions and countries of Europe“ is the title of the 2nd policy brief published by the WWWforEurope project. It was presented at a press conference at WIFO on December 12th. [more]

WWWforEurope Lecture: Is Green Growth possible?

Roland Kupers, research director of THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership, and Clive L. Splash, professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, will discuss this topic at WIFO in Vienna on January 23rd, 2013.[more]

Policy Brief: Reconciling the short and the long run

“Reconciling the short and the long run: governance reforms to solve the crisis and beyond” - under this heading the first of nine policy briefs of the research project WWWforEurope was published on Nov. 8th, 2012. [more]

WWWforEurope in Brno on Nov. 22nd

Karl Aiginger from the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) will hold a key note address on ”Europe needs a new strategy and a better governance“ at the International Conference ”Political Economy of Eurozone Crisis: Is Fiscal Union Feasible?” in Brno. The conference will take place on 22th – 23th November. Scientist from whole Europe and the USA will exchange strategies and ideas how to deal with the financial crisis of the European Economic and Monetary Union.[more]

WWWforEurope lecture in Jena

Dr. Peter Huber from the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) will speak about “Policy Options for the development of rural and peripheral EU regions” at the University of Applied Sciences in Jena on October 25th, 2012 at 6 p.m.