- social and cultural challenges of migration in EU
- incorporation of immigrants into the labor market in EU
- business, economics, innovation
and technology
- entrepreneurship and conditions
for business creation and growth
- innovation systems and strategies,
innovation policy
- social innovation, social business,
social cohesion
- welfare, social and territorial
cohesion
- income distribution and poverty
- rural / agricultural development
- territorial / community
development
- smart, sustainable and inclusive
growth
- emergent industries, cluster
dynamics, sectoral change
- market development &
intelligence
- finance & investment
- private investment - angel
investment, crowd funding, seed capital
- knowledge management, creativity
management
- education, training, mobility
- complex carrier choices and diversification
- apprenticeship in work-based learning
- research, career development of
researchers
- human capital, social capital
- crossing disciplinary boundaries
in socio-economic research
- pioneering and frontier ideas in
socio-economic research