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 workshop’s aim is to enable doctoral students to improve their research, advise them on the preparation of a refereed journal article, practice academic discussions and build informal networks. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

2-day seminar on the implications of post-growth economic thinking for the Global South and the development cooperation sector. Nach Ansicht von WachstumskritikerInnen sollte Deutschland sich als Land mit hoher Wirtschaftsleistung darauf einstellen, dass die Wachstumsraten der Wirtschaft bald...

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...

The HSU-IfW-Workshop in Development Economics and Environmental Economics brings together researchers from both institutions to discuss their work in development economics, environmental economics, and climate economics broadly defined.

The workshop will focus on three key areas: 1. Development Economics. We encourage submission of empirical papers on developing strategies to promote economic development, economic growth and structural change in low income countries, for example, through health, education and workplace...

Topics: - The relationship between economic development and displacement; - The effect of government legitimacy on migration decisions; - Environmental factors in migration/displacement; - The role of security and conflict in migration and displacement processes; - Empirical methodologies for...

The workshop aims to provide a platform for young scientists to network, exchange ideas, and promote their latest innovative research using nighttime lights and/or other geospatial data. All papers should have an empirical focus and make use of geospatial data. Submissions from all fields of...

The Program on Labor and Development is concerned with the functioning of labor markets in developing countries, with a particular focus on employment and earnings both in wage employment and in self-employment. The aim of the 2017 IZA Workshop on Labor and Development is to bring together...