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EVENTS

The Chair of Development Economics and Global Political Economy organizes Events, Conferences and Workshops on Development economics and international political economy. Here you can find information on regular seminars, and upcoming events as well as past events.

REGULAR SEMINARS

Irregular (once a month)

Digital Development Dialogue (3D)

Thursdays at 15:00

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Weekly

Göttingen Economics Department Seminar

Wednesdays at 15:00

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Irregular (once a month)

Global China Conversations

Thursdays at 11:00

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Irregular

Iberoamerican Brown Bag Seminar

3-4 sessions per semester

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Weekly

Development Economics Seminar

Mondays at 12:30

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SPECIAL EVENTS

China in the Global Economy - 2nd Kiel-Göttingen-CEPR Conference

Location: Leibniz Association, Berlin
Date: July 17 and 18, 2025

Göttingen China Workshop on Globalization and Development

Location: University of Göttingen
Date: July 15 and 16, 2025

Lecture: 'Contesting the Liberal Script? The AIIB and World Bank in Development Finance.'

Location: University of Göttingen,
Room 1.110 THEO
Date: 11.06.2025

China in the Global South: Consequences for Economic Development - Joint
Hong Kong-Kiel-Göttingen
Workshop

Location: Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong
Date: March 28, 2025

Dr. Austin Strange: The Political Logics of Chinese Global Infrastructure

Date: November 11, 2024, 18:00-19:30
Location: ZHG 004

Homecoming 2024

Location: Göttingen
Date: September 27 and 28, 2024

Conference China in the Global Economy

Location: Leibniz Association, Berlin
Date: June 27 and 28, 2024

Vortrag: Felix Lee: China,
mein Vater und ich:
Über den Aufstieg einer
Supermacht
und was Familie Lee aus Wolfsburg damit zu tun hat

Date: June 13, 2024; 11:15-12:15
Location: University of Göttingen, ZHG

Lecture: How to unlock the "Great Potential" of Chinese Foreign
Direct Investment in Africa?

Date: September 5, 2023, 6pm
Location: University of Göttingen, Oeconomicum 0.167

The 15th CEA (Europe) and 34th
CEA (UK) 2023 Annual Conference: Sustainable Development in a Changing Era: China and the World

Date: 14-16 July 2023
Location: University of Göttingen

Presentation
Prof. Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University): Why does
the Extreme Right Achieve so Little
in Foreign Policy?

Location: University of Göttingen
Date: April 12, 2023; 18:15 s.t.

KfW Presentation: Deutschland
in der Transformation – Energiewende, Rohstoffversorgung, Finanzierung
– mit Vera Schubert

Location: ZHG, University of Göttingen
Date: January 30, 2023

Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion: Chinas Wirtschaft im globalen Systemwettbewerb

Location: ZHG, University of Göttingen
Date: October 6, 2022, 18:00 – 19:30
(GMT +2)

Vortrag: Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen

Location: Oec 0.169 University of Göttingen
Date: November 3, 2021, 17:00 s.t.

17th Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network: "Conflict, Migration, and Displacement"

Location: online
Dates: 11-12 October 2021

Lecture Series: China's Economic Rise - Political Transformations in Asia and Beyond

Location: online
Dates: January 14 until April 1, 2021

Hidden Dragon? Chinese
Influence at the World Bank

Location: online
Date: February 3, 2021 from 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm, CET

Development Economics Poster Workshop

Location: University of Göttingen
Date: November 15, 2019; 16:00 - 18:00 s.t.

EVENTS

REGULAR SEMINARS

Digital Development Dialogue (3D)

Göttingen Economics Department Seminar

Global China Conversations

Iberoamerican Brown Bag Seminar

Development Economics Seminar

SPECIAL EVENTS

China in the Global Economy - 2nd Kiel-Göttingen-CEPR Conference

Göttingen China Workshop on Globalization and Development

Lecture: 'Contesting the Liberal Script? The AIIB and World Bank in Development Finance.'

China in the Global South: Consequences for Economic Development - Joint Hong Kong-Kiel-Göttingen Workshop

Dr. Austin Strange: The Political Logics of Chinese Global Infrastructure

Homecoming 2024

Conference China in the Global Economy

Vortrag: Felix Lee: China, mein Vater und ich: Über den Aufstieg einer Supermacht und was Familie Lee aus Wolfsburg damit zu tun hat

Lecture: How to unlock the "Great Potential" of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa?

The 15th CEA (Europe) and 34th CEA (UK) 2023 Annual Conference: Sustainable Development in a Changing Era: China and the World

Presentation Prof. Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University): Why does the Extreme Right Achieve so Little in Foreign Policy?

KfW Presentation: Deutschland in der Transformation – Energiewende, Rohstoffversorgung, Finanzierung – mit Vera Schubert

Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion: Chinas Wirtschaft im globalen Systemwettbewerb

Vortrag: Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen

17th Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network: "Conflict, Migration, and Displacement"

Lecture Series: China's Economic Rise - Political Transformations in Asia and Beyond

Hidden Dragon? ChineseInfluence at the World Bank

Development Economics Poster Workshop

China in the Global South: Consequences for Economic Development - Joint
Hong Kong-Kiel-Göttingen
Workshop

Vortrag: Felix Lee: China,
mein Vater und ich:
Über den Aufstieg einer
Supermacht
und was Familie Lee aus Wolfsburg damit zu tun hat

Lecture: How to unlock the "Great Potential" of Chinese Foreign
Direct Investment in Africa?

The 15th CEA (Europe) and 34th
CEA (UK) 2023 Annual Conference: Sustainable Development in a Changing Era: China and the World

Presentation
Prof. Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University): Why does
the Extreme Right Achieve so Little
in Foreign Policy?

KfW Presentation: Deutschland
in der Transformation – Energiewende, Rohstoffversorgung, Finanzierung
– mit Vera Schubert

Hidden Dragon? Chinese
Influence at the World Bank