SASE Meeting 2008
University of Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
July 21-23, 2008

“Economic Flexibility and Social Stability in the Age of Globalization”

The theme of the SASE 2008 meeting is suggested by Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation. Polanyi interprets the history of industrial society in the 19th and 20th centuries in terms of a pendulum-like “double movement”. Call for Papers.

One-day conference on Karl Polanyi

The Université populaire et citoyenne de Paris hosted a two day international conference on “Innovations socio-économiques. Le débat contemporain” organized by Institute Board Member, Jean Louis Laville. The conference included a one-day session on “Revisiter Polanyi”. The event was held at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), Paris. June 25-26, 2007. Program.


Continental Network for the Co-Production of Knowledge
2006-2007

The Karl Polanyi Institute is hosting a project on A Continental Network for the Co-Production of Knowledge, Research and Training. One of the activities organized by this project is a conference and an international training seminar on “The Processes of Co-Construction of Social Policy. Social Economy, Poverty Reduction and Labour market access”, held at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11-15, 2006.
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