In the course of 2021, global industrial activity and trade have increasingly been impaired by supply chain disruptions amid robust demand and strong incoming orders. Global sea logistics was in turmoil with local congestion, lack of containers and high freight rates. Costs of transport and of...

After years of subdued inflation, prices have increased sharply on a broad base in recent months on the back of several temporary factors, not only in Europe. Soaring prices at early stages of the production chain indicate additional price pressure in the pipeline, whereas supply bottlenecks,...

The PhD seminar is part of the „Dialogue on the Economics of Climate Change“ and jointly organized with the IfW Kiel. The PhD seminar is designed to foster an active exchange among young researchers (PhD-candidates and early-career Postdocs) regarding their experiences with experimental...

The conference will focus on perspectives for world trade and the economic outlook for major economies. - Session 1: Global Economy - Session 2: European Economy

Topics: - The EU and Geonomics; - New Generation FTAs; - Transatlantic Trade and Labour Rights; - The economics of TBT and SPS.

Theme: Globalization at the Crossroads: Risk, Resilience and Recalibration in Global Trade and Value Chains. Key questions to be discussed at the FGI 2020 are as follows: - How can we understand value chain risk as a result of external shocks and emerging mega-trend and do we need to rethink...

The Online Opening Conference will discuss the chances and risks that China’s growing economic engagement has on Africa's economic development and how this changes the continent's international economic relations with Europe.

The overarching theme is "Restructuring Economies, Transforming Societies". Over the past few decades, the world has embarked on a course that is: - Unsustainable — in terms of environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, and transfers between and within generations; -...