13th Conference of the Italian Association of Agricoltural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), 20/21 Giugno 2024
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13th Conference of the Italian Association of Agricoltural and Applied Economics (AIEAA)
The social sustainability of European agricolture facing old and new challenges
Issues, methods and policies
University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
20-21 June 2024
The 13th AIEAA Annual Conference, titled “The social sustainability of European agriculture facing old and new challenges. Issues, methods and policies “, aims at contributing to the discussion
and to advancing the shared knowledge on the above comprehensive theme with respect to concept definitions and analysis, as well as on methodological issues, policy tools and perspectives.
The overall conference theme has a focus on, but is not limited to, the following sub-themes:
✓ Advancing the theoretical framework for analyzing social sustainability.
✓ Advancing the measure(s) of social sustainability through data collection and identification of indicators.
✓ Intersections, synergies, and trade-offs among the three dimensions of sustainability.
✓ Social issues in the agricultural labor market, including workers’ protection and legality of labor; gender issues; demographic change; generational turnover, the management of migration flows.
✓ Social innovations facing emerging challenges: governance, practices and policy issues.
✓ The role of social farming in all its diverse forms.
✓ The social impact of unfairness and unbalances along supply chains (e.g. Unfair Trade Practices).
✓ Implications for the society of food safety and food security disruptions.
✓ Policy options to respond to social sustainability issues.
✓ Social challenges and opportunities deriving from technological innovations and consequent emerging re-organization processes.
✓ Living conditions and quality of life in rural areas.
AIEAA welcomes the submission of contributions on the topics above. However, the submission
of contributions on other agricultural and applied economics topics is also encouraged.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
– Abstract submission by authors: February 29th, 2024
– Organized session/pitches submission: March 15th, 2024
– Notification of acceptance to abstract authors: April 15th, 2024
– Notification of acceptance to session/pitches authors: April 24th, 2024
– Final contributions submission: May 31st, 2024
– Authors’ registration deadline: May 31st, 2024
Registration Procedure
Online registration will be possible on the Conference website.
For AIEAA – Young Researchers Day 2024 follow the instructions in the specific Call.
Information and contacts
For updated information and contacts, please refer to the Conference website or email aieaa2024@conftool.net