The Conference focuses on bringing together research and best practices in the field of agriculture statistics, in response to the changing needs and opportunities for agricultural statistics. The theme of the conference this year is “Modernization of Agriculture Statistics in Support of the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Households in Conflict Network (HICN) are organizing an international workshop to bring together researchers from different social sciences and countries sharing a common interest in studying the connections between...

Das Tagungsthema lautet: "Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft: regional vernetzt und global erfolgreich". Beiträge zum Tagungsthema können z.B. zu den folgenden Bereichen gehören: - Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch regionale Cluster - Regionalvermarktung: Ausgestaltung, Förderung, Wirkung -...

Topics: 1. The measurement of inequality and poverty along different socio-economic dimensions. 2. The relationship between inequality, economic efficiency, individual welfare and social cohesion. 3. The role of globalization in shaping inequality and public policy. 4. The impact of fiscal...

FAO invites the submission of papers to be presented during the conference. Relevant areas of work refer to micro and macro research on rural and structural transformation and agricultural and food system transition including: - Past experiences rural and agrarian transformation and transition...

International alumni of both institutions are invited to participate in the DAAD-funded summer school. During the summer school the participants will have an introductory day and then deal each day with a different aspect of food security: agronomic issues, business law aspects, and human rights...

Topics: - Education, health and welfare policies - Long-run consequences of early investments - Welfare and family arrangements - Unintended consequences of welfare policies - Cognitive and non-cognitive skills - Intergenerational transmission of poverty

Conference Sessions: Session 1: Globalization, Growth and Jobs Session 2: The Great Recession and the Middle Class Session 3: Dealing with Non-Market Services Session 4: Accounting for Natural Resources Session 5: Measurement of Household Wealth Session 6: Economic Change and its Impact on...

The workshop will present research in the field of income (re-)distribution with a political economy focus. In recent years, a substantial amount of political and academic attention has been given to the topic of income (re-)distribution. Despite this broad attention, political economy...

The first edition of the Summer School focuses on a very hot topic in the current policy debate given the attention paid to proposed agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The quantitative analysis of policy impacts of such agreements is critical for...