Driven by the advancements in renewable energy, enhanced technology, and a burgeoning preference for eco-friendly and locally sourced power, the trajectory toward decentralized energy models seems poised to shape the future of energy systems, particularly in the realm of electricity. This shift...

Vor drei Jahren wurde das Kohle-Aus in Deutschland beschlossen. Was bedeutet das für die Braunkohleausstiegsregionen des Lausitzer, Mitteldeutschen und Rheinischen Reviers? Wie kann die weitere Prozessgestaltung und -begleitung im Strukturwandel aussehen? In den Fachworkshops der Tagung werden...

Bernhard Schlink wird am 26. Oktober bei uns zu Gast sein. An seinen Vortrag mit dem Titel „Zusammenwachsen, Weiterwachsen" schließt sich eine Diskussion mit IWH-Präsident Reint E. Gropp an. Sie können dabei vor Ort teilnehmen und Ihre Fragen stellen.

This two-day conference (starting at Thursday noon and ending on Friday afternoon) seeks to bring together researchers addressing different aspects of social policy, e.g. migration and integration, unemployment insurance, welfare system, pension policy, education policy, family policy, and...

The development landscape has never been static but in these times of uncertainty and insecurity, we are witnessing ever more profound shifts in global relations, inequalities, and forms of exclusion. Dominant trajectories and paths of ‘development’ have led the world to the brink of...

Critical junctures – such as revolutions and democratic transitions – allow researchers to observe contexts in which key fundamental drivers of institutional change are varying “in real time”. This conference will bring together scholars from political economy, development economics, and...

This yearly conference serves as a meeting point for development economists active in the Nordic countries, but is also targeted more generally to academic researchers in Europe and beyond with a special aim to provide an arena for junior scholars to present their work. The conference is open...

As Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus, ECAS 9 will be held as a face-to-face event. “African Futures” aims to explore the continent’s critical engagements with the past, present, and future of Africa’s global entanglements. The continent has been...

The annual conference brings together international scholars and researchers of development economics and neighboring fields. Plenary sessions with keynote speakers, parallel sessions with contributed papers, and poster sessions will reflect the current state of research in development economics...