On June 9-11, 2011, the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) is hosting an international conference on the "Advances on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution" which is jointly organized by Kai A. Konrad (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, and Social Science Research Center Berlin) and Karl Ove Moene (Norwegian Centre of Excellence on Equality, Social Organization, and Performance at the University of Oslo).

The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for the leading experts in economics and political science to meet and to exchange ideas and research results about redistribution.