Emil J. Gumbel ist der Namensgeber der jährlichen Gumbel-Vorlesung auf der Statistischen Woche. Leider ist der Namensgeber dieser Vorlesung nur noch wenigen Teilnehmern und Vortragenden bekannt. Dieser Artikel möchten diesem Defizit abhelfen. Denn Gumbel war nicht nur der Namensgeber...

The American economist, sociologist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for the same anti-war activism for which she was not reappointed as a full professor of economics and sociology at Wellesley College in 1918. She was also notable as a defender of the...

Are democracies generally peaceful? Studies have produced mixed evidence, both for and against this proposition. I review and update the literature on this topic and explore reasons why some scholars have come to emphasize those studies showing that democracies are no more or less conflict-prone...

Gifford Pinchot played a significant role in America’s first conversation movement. He put forward many conservation polices for American federal government. Pinchot’s thoughts on natural resources conservation have rich content. He realized the limitation of natural resources, so...