Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the GlobalFood Symposium was canceled for this year.

Canceled: 14th ifo Dresden Workshop on Macroeconomics & Business Cycle Research

Topics: - Decentralisation of political decision-making and administrative reforms; - Intergovernmental relations and agricultural policies; - Role of food, animal welfare and environmentalist action groups; - Corruption, rule of law, quality of bureaucracy; - Synchronisation of policies in...

It is the objective of this Forum to provide an interdisciplinary and creative discussion environment that generates new ideas for innovative and multidisciplinary research. Its focus is on the analysis of the food system dynamics and interdependencies; the identification of drivers for...

Artenschwund und Klimakrise stellen uns vor die Aufgabe, die Versorgung mit Lebensmitteln und die Bedingungen ihrer Erzeugung neu zu denken. Als Konsumentinnen und Konsumenten von Lebensmitteln stehen wir gemeinsam mit den Landwirtinnen und Landwirten in der Verantwortung, die Fruchtbarkeit...

Inviting for interdisciplinary conversations, we are looking for contributions from scholars as well as MA and PhD students of Social Science, History, Economics, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Area Studies, and related fields. Conference participants are...

GFFA panel discussion “Conducting trade, delivering trust: Quality and transparency in the international agricultural trade with Eastern Europe and Asia” In the scope of the planned panel discussion, representatives from the worlds of politics, business and science discuss the perspectives...

The number of research publications doubles every nine years. More than 6,000 new journals are started every year. And policy makers do not read academic journals anyway. So how are we to stay on top of the current state of academic literature, what can we learn and how can consensus positions...

Topics: - Sustainable development, global partnerships for development between global south and north - Social innovation, social entrepreneurship, hybrid organizations, alternative organizational forms ; - Moral aspects (limits) in managing global supply chains, transnational governance, CSR in...

Recent German and international policy initiatives such as the Compact with Africa or the Marshall Plan with Africa all have had a strong focus on promoting (foreign) private investment for job creation. The development success of these initiatives hinges on their ability to create decent work...