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Catch the Early Rate While it Lasts! | 3rd International Placemaking Week

Posted July 2, 2019 - 11:32

The early rate is $595 and is only available until July 12th at 5pm EST -- just under two weeks away. After this time, the rate will increase and you will miss out on the lowest rate available to attend the event!

ALADIN Online Alert 27

Posted July 1, 2019 - 18:57

The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning.

Cedefop newsletter No 91 - June 2019

Posted June 27, 2019 - 19:00

Here is the latest Cedefop newsletter:

British Council and the University of Glasgow join forces to provide training in Leadership Development in Ukraine - learning city spin-offs

Posted June 24, 2019 - 10:34

The British Council has recently made an award to Donetsk State University of Management in the Ukraine to progress the field of leadership development. A Certificate has been awarded as part of a training programme which included a week-long visit to University of Glasgow from the Rector and Vice Rector of the university and three other staff. The visit to Glasgow provided an opportunity to learn from the experience of staff at Glasgow University and included lectures, workshops and visits within the School of Education. A cultural programme was also organised in the city.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 103, Issue 1

Posted June 24, 2019 - 06:07

In this issue we feature 6 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

  1. An Experimental Study on the Effects of Communication, Credibility, and Clustering in Network Games - Charness, Gary; Feri, Francesco; Meléndez-Jiménez, Miguel A.; Sutter, Matthia;
  2. Network Effects in Internal Migration - Laszlo Lorincz; Brigitta Nemeth;
  3. The Economic Preferences of Cooperative Managers - Alves, Guillermo; Blanchard, Pablo; Burdín, Gabriel; Chávez, Mariana; Dean, Andre;
  4. Identity and Redistribution: Theory and Evidence - Sanjit Dhami; Emma Manifold; Ali al-Nowaihi;
  5. Immigration, Social Networks, and Occupational Mismatch - Sevak Alaverdyan; Anna Zaharieva;
  6. Ostracism in alliances of teams and individuals: Voting, exclusion, contribution, and earnings - Stephan Huber; Jochen Model; Silvio Städter.

 

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