The Eleventh WINIR Conference will be held in Rome, Italy. The conference is hosted by organized in collaboration with the Department of Social and Economic Sciences (DiSSE) at Sapienza University of Rome. Rome’s long history of governance, from ancient times to the present, makes it a fitting venue for our inquiry into private and public institutions…
The Tenth WINIR Conference will be held in Prague, the capital of Czechia. The conference is hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration at the Prague University of Economics and Business. The faculty shares with WINIR a commitment to openness to new ideas and approaches to the study of diverse institutions. The university is easily accessible, located in the centre of the city.
The Eighth WINIR Conference will be held in Pittsburgh, the Steel City, in southwest Pennsylvania, USA. The conference is hosted by University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets (CGM), which is housed in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and shares with WINIR a commitment to the study of diverse institutions and governance arrangements that affect social order and human well-being.
The Eighth WINIR Conference will be held in Catania, the second largest city of the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily, off the coast of Southern Italy. Among other things, Catania, which lies at the foot of the volcano Etna facing the Ioanian Sea, is known for its baroque architecture, for which it is part of the Val di Noto UNESCO World Heritage Site. Click here for general information.
The Sixth WINIR Conference was held in Northern Europe, in one of the oldest cities in Sweden, Lund. Located in the country’s southernmost province, Skåne (Scania), Lund’s neighbour is Malmö, one of Scandinavia’s largest cities, which is connected to the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen, by the Öresund Bridge, made famous by the Scandinavian noir crime series, The Bridge.
The Fifth WINIR Conference was held in East Asia, in the fascinating city of Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China located south of the mainland Chinese province of Guangdong and east of Macao. Its strategic location on the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea has made it one of the world’s most thriving and cosmopolitan cities, nicknamed the “Pearl of the Orient“.
The Fourth WINIR Conference was held in the beautiful city of Utrecht, the capital of the province of the same name in the Netherlands. Utrecht was founded by the Romans roughly in 50 CE, and from the 8th century became the center of Dutch Christianity. In 1024 its bishops were made Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, with the resulting Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht lasting until 1528.
The Third WINIR Conference was held in the New England city of Boston, Massachusetts, situated on the East Coast of the United States. Founded by Puritan settlers in 1630 Boston was first incorporated as a city in 1822, making it one of America’s oldest cities. During the American Revolution many key events such as the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston, Paul Revere’s midnight ride
The Second WINIR Conference took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second largest city, at the Hotel Windsor Atlantica. This 5-star hotel is located on the famous Copacabana beach in one of the culturally richer neighbourhoods of Rio.
The Inaugural WINIR Conference was held in South-East London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, on the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, currently used as its main campus by the University of Greenwich.