[CORE Working Paper Series NOW available on this website!]
CORE Working Paper Series
The best papers presented at the four CORE conferences held from 2006 to 2009 have been selected for publication in the CORE Working Paper Series. The papers are available for download on this website. Check out the authors and contributions in the Conference section!

[Final Programme of the 4th CORE Conference is now available]
Final Programme of the 4th CORE Conference is now available
The Final Programme for the 4th CORE Conference 2009 is now available and can be found in the section "Conferences".

[First round of reviews finished – apply NOW for remaining grants available for theme-tracks 2 & 3!]
Deadline: May 18th 2009
The first round of reviews of applications to the CORE Conference IV has been finished. We would like to thank all applicants for their contributions! However, a couple of grants could not be awarded yet. The CORE Conference Team therefore invites young and mid-career European researchers eligible for funding to hand in abstracts and/or full papers. Grants are still available for papers addressing issues covered under theme-tracks 2 and 3 until May 18th 2009.

[4th CORE Conference: June 15th-16th, 2009]
4th CORE Conference 2009
The potential of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to support the integration of core EU strategies

The Potential of Corporate Social Responsibility to Contribute to the Implementation and Integration of EU strategies [CORE] 
 
In recent years the EU has committed itself to some core strategies to shape Europe's future, mainly the Lisbon Strategy, the Sustainability Strategy and the integration of an enlarged Union. These strategies can only be successful if their implementation involves adequately and effectively economic actors (business actors), non-profit partnerships and networks, stakeholders, local communities and civil society. In this setting, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) holds the potential to stimulate corporate contributions to the implementation and integration of the mentioned EU strategies. It may thus contribute to make the EU "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world".
 

CORE devises the organisation of a coherent series of four Conferences targeted to young researchers and aimed to investigate the potential contribution of CSR to implement and integrate EU strategies. The first three Conferences held 2006-2008 focused on the Sustainability Strategy, the Lisbon Strategy and EU Enlargement respectively. The forth and last Conference coming up will be held on June 15th-16th 2009, in Berlin and will tackle the question of whether CSR can promote the necessary integration of the three strategies. Please find more information on the 4th CORE Conference here.
 

The CORE Conferences represent a unique opportunity for young researchers to learn about the potential of CSR in an interdisciplinary and stimulating setting. A different range of multidisciplinary competencies and professional experiences is gathered with the intent to provide highly qualified training on a research topic of European interest. In terms of training capacity the Conferences are structured as to guarantee a lively and constructive exchange of knowledge from experienced researchers and professionals to young researchers, through a structure that favours continuous interactions and debate (i.e. panel sessions, knowledge-building sessions and roundtables). Large attention is devoted to publicity and dissemination strategies, with intent to keep the flow of information going, thus enhancing training opportunities.