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Political Economy in the Chicago Area Conference
February 23, 2009
The idea of the conference is to bring together researchers in political economy from the greater Chicago area, present papers, share ideas, and foster a tighter research community. The conference is intended for rigorous theoretical, empirical, and experimental work in the field of political economy.
Presented by the Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship & the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Conflict and Cooperation Conference
November 7-8, 2008
The conference covered a wide range of topics including national and ethnic conflict, conflict between firms, between firms and consumers or national leaders and some of their citizens, etc.

Conflict and Cooperation Conference
November 16-17, 2007
The conference covered a wide range of topics including national and ethnic conflict, conflict between firms, between firms and consumers or national leaders and some of their citizens, etc.

Communication, Game Theory & Language Conference
September 8-9, 2007

Values-Driven Judgment and Reasoning
April 6-7, 2007
Our intention is to bring together around 40 scholars with research and teaching interests in issues related to values. The motivation for the conference stems from a perception that a common interest has spawned several separate lines of research that appear to address the same general phenomenon from a variety of different directions.  We hope this conference will examine the key theoretical and empirical issues these perspectives share and facilitate direct communication between scholars. Examples of relevant questions include: How do strongly held values influence perception, construal, and judgment?  What is the relationship between values, cognitive biases, and heuristic processing?  What is the role of affect in the formation, maintenance, and functioning of values?  How does culture affect the acquisition, transmission, and expression of values?

Conflict and Cooperation Conference
November 10-11, 2006
The conference covered a wide range of topics including national and ethnic conflict, conflict between firms, between firms and consumers or national leaders and some of their citizens, etc. Read about the conference

Business and Ethics Conference
May 19-20, 2006
The intention was to bring together scholars with both research and teaching interests in ethical issues confronting managers and business organizations. The motivation for the conference derives less from the recent and very public series of corporate scandals, and more from the increased academic interest in integrating the insights of social psychology with more standard economic theory. In particular, we investigated questions regarding managerial decision-making when individuals are not governed exclusively by material incentives. Examples of such questions include: How should managers design incentives when agents are motivated at least in part by considerations of fairness and trust? What happens to decision-making when the individuals affected by a decision hold heterogeneous ethical values?

Conflict and Cooperation Conference
March 31-April 1, 2006
The conference covered a wide range of topics including national and ethnic conflict, conflict between firms, between firms and consumers or national leaders and some of their citizens, etc. Read a synopsis of the conference.

Conference on Complex Systems 2004
October 30-31, 2004
Second annual. The Center for Business Government and Society rapidly expands its study on complexity theory as an enterprising partner in the newly-founded Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).

Conference on Complex Systems 2003
October 24-25, 2003
The Complexity Group held its first conference at the Allen Center on Northwestern's Evanston Campus.