Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE china expert Doris Fischer accepts professorship at University of Würzburg DIE china expert Doris Fischer accepts professorship at University of Würzburg Press Release of 6 March 2012 Doris Fischer of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has accepted the offer of a full professorship for China Business and Economics at the University of Würzburg . At DIE Doris Fischer worked on the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Every day is Copenhagen Every day is Copenhagen Press Release of 4 December 2009 A breakthrough in international climate policy is still possible, argue Claus Leggewie, Director of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) and Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) at euozine.com . Hopes for an internationally binding climate agreement were rudely dampened at…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility published Press Release of 28 September 2009 Can the failure of states be measured? In cooperation with the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has produced a Users' Guide on Measuring Fragility . The guide explains how conflict-related rankings are produced and applied - for example, the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Peace Researchers publish Memorandum before the Federal election Peace Researchers publish Memorandum before the Federal elections: “Prevention of violent conflicts: more visible – more effective – more efficient” Press Release of 11 August 2009 In 2005, the grand coalition declared its support of the Action Plan “Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Peace building”. Prominent representatives of the German…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Appeal to G8 Appeal to G8: We need an “International Panel on Systemic Risks in the Global Economy” Press Release, 8 July 2009 Today, an international team of researchers under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), published an appeal to the world leaders participating in the G8 summit in L'Aquila in the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau : we…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE with new Department: Training German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with new Department: Training Press Release of 5 January 2009 As of 1 January 2009 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has a new Department VI – Training . The Postgraduate Training Programme and the Global Governance School are assigned to this department. Head of the department…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2012 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Messer appointed to Scientific Advisory Board EU Commissioner Piebalgs appoints DIE-Director Messner to his Scientific Advisory Board Press Release of 2 February 2012 EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs appointed DIE-Director Dirk Messner to his new “Scientific Advisory Board on EU development policy”. The Board, which will be comprised of 5 to 7 core academics, will support Commissioner Piebalgs in the effective translation of…
Home » Press » Press Releases » European Consultation of “Human Development Report” European Consultation of “Human Development Report” at German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 23 November 2011 On 24 November 2011, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will host the European Consultation about the 2012 and 2013 Human Development Reports . The international workshop is…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute started 11-week field research in Africa Press Release of 17 February 2010 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and abroad. Alumni…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue – Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: Action at three levels offers prospect of success Press Release of 29 April 2010 The German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) today submitted the Policy Paper " Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: A Three-Level Strategy for…
Home » Press » Press Releases » European Think-Tanks Group European Think-Tanks Group publishes Policy Brief on the European External Action Service Press Release of 2 June 2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development…
Home » Press » Press Releases » New European approach to global development Think-tanks call for new European approach to global development Press Release of 16 September 2010 The European Think-Tanks Group, meeting in Königswinter near Bonn, call today for a new Europe-wide approach to global development. Gathering for a debate with Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, and Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN’s climate body, the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » New Book-Release on “G20 and Global Development“ New Book-Release: E-Publication of German Development Institute on “G20 and Global Development“ Press Release of 11 October 2010 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) publishes its first E-Publication on “ G20 and Global Development: How can the new summit architecture promote pro-poor growth and sustainability? ". The G20 has recently…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Third European Report on Development (ERD) Third European Report on Development (ERD) on its way Press Release of 18 April 2011 Effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth – the development dimension By 2030 demand for food, water and energy is expected to rise by 30-40%. Population growth, together with a growing middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put worldwide food production and…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Chief Economist of World Bank Chief Economist of World Bank visits German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 26 October 2010 Today, the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Justin Yifu Lin, will give a guest lecture on " Growth Identification and Facilitation: The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change “ at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Think Tank 20-Network Think Tank 20-Network publishes E-Publication on G20 Summit Press Release of 11 November 2010 In preparation for the G20 Summit in Seoul, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) published in early October 2010 the E-Publication "G20 and Global Development: How can the new summit architecture promote pro-poor growth and sustainability?" . 27 contributions by members of the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2011 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development…