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...

Ziel der Tagung ist es, den Fairen Handel kritisch in den Blick zu nehmen und dabei der deutschsprachigen Forschung zu diesem Themenfeld ein Forum des interdisziplinären Austausches und der akademischen Vernetzung zu bieten.

Topics: - Successes and failures of development cooperation - New donors and South-South cooperation - The SDGs and the future of development studies - Power, politics, and the political economy of development cooperation - Accountability in development policy - Beyond aid: global structural...

With the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, the world community has set the agenda for tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, including ending poverty and ensuring prosperity for the growing world population while respecting planetary boundaries. The...

The conference highlights the issues of opportunities of cooperation between universities and businesses, entrepreneurship and SMEs in Africa, market entry and development in Africa, international business between Germany and Africa, development of enterprises and the training and recruitment of...

The title “Dynamics in an Unequal World” is based on the premise that the world is far from being flat. Worldwide, we see uneven developments in which regions and countries rise, while other fall. The growth of specialized economic clusters like Silicon Valley or the growing numbers of...

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 conference program will focus on globalization and development topics: aid and international capital flows; demography and health; education and labor market; finance and taxation; gender; migration, terrorism and conflict; poverty and inequality; risk and vulnerability; social networks and...