The 3rd Summer School on Open and Collaborative Governance (OpenGov2015) organized by the University of the Aegean in Samos island in collaboration with Instituto Superiore Mario Boella from Italy and Delft University of Technology from Netherlands, under the auspices of Hellenic Parliament and the

How much better is life today than it was in the past? And do we always need income growth to improve welfare? This summer school is devoted to exploring a new research avenue that uses broad indicators of human welfare and the standard of living to measure levels and growth of economic well-being

In today%E2%80%99s plural societies, manifestations of cultural diversity are of great interest to many different academic disciplines. In this summer school, issues of diversity and equality, migration and minorities, intergroup relations and identities will be examined from different

%E2%80%9CI saw %E2%80%A6 someone like a son of man%E2%80%A6 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire%E2%80%A6 I fell at his feet as though dead%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D This narration of a vision of God in the Revelation of John is one of the best

%E2%80%9CTribe%E2%80%9D is an administrative category in India comprising some 100 million people. Politically and academically it is a contested concept. When it comes to the tribal people of India a lot has been written about their alleged backwardness and about politics, much less about their

Recent advances in historical demographic research have placed great emphasis on longitudinal micro-level approaches of all important aspects of demographic behaviour, in other words historical demographic phenomena need to be studied within the context of life course analysis. This approach

This course brings together two different, yet complementary, ways of using the written word in art and design. Starting in Istanbul you will look at Calligraphy where the written word becomes more art as you explore the tools, techniques and history of this ancient skill. You will then travel to

Every year, the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) organises an intensive summer course in which students learn and develop internet research techniques for studying societal conditions and cultural change. During the DMI course, participants actively engage in empirical research projects, employing

This course is organized by the UNIDO Institute for Capacity Development in cooperation with the Central European University (CEU). It is supported by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).Trends in resource use and energy consumption indicate that current forms of industrial

Does welfare spending reduce poverty? Does the minimum wage destroy jobs? Does trade liberalisation increase inequality? Does development aid really help poor countries? Do longer sentences reduce crime? Policy makers around the globe are confronted with these questions on a daily basis and