Home » Press » Press Releases » Science Council welcomes positive developments Wissenschaftsrat begrüßt positive Entwicklung des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Pressemitteilung vom 25.11.2010 In der vom Wissenschaftsrat (WR) im November 2010 verabschiedeten Stellungnahme zur „ Umsetzung der Empfehlungen aus der zurückliegenden Evaluation des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) “ fällt die Bewertung der Weiterentwicklung des DIE äußerst…
Home » Press » Press Releases » German Development Institute ranked Top Five Development Think Tank Global Go-To Think Tanks: German Development Institute ranked Top Five Development Think Tank Press Release of 20 January 2012 An impressive success for the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE): For the fourth consecutive time DIE has been selected as one of the best think tanks and research institutions in several categories. The…
Home » Press » Press Releases » South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy? South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy? – Book presentation ‘Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers’ in New York Press Release of 28 June 2012 On 5 July 2012, the new publication ‘ Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns? ’ by Sachin Chaturvedi, Elizabeth Sidiropoulus, and Thomas Fues will be presented at the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » PIK appointed Messner to Scientific Advisory Board PIK appointed DIE-Director Messner to Scientific Advisory Board Press Release of 03 January 2009 The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in January 2009 appointed DIE-Director Dirk Messner to its Scientific Advisory Board . At the Potsdam’s Telegraphenberg campus – Albert Einstein’s old place of activity – PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global…
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 » Launch of the fifth course of the Global Governance School Launch of the fifth course of the Global Governance School - GGS 5 Press Release of 2 February 2009 Today the fifth course of the Global Governance School (GGS) started at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). The 22 participants from Egypt, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa are highly qualified young…
Home » Press » Press Releases » New Chairs at WBGU New Chairs at WBGU – Climate protection and development policy will be further linked The members of the German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen WBGU ) elected Hans Joachim Schellnhuber as the new Chair and Dirk Messner as new Vice Chair on 27 February 2009. Schellnhuber is director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin Press Release of 9 March 2009 As a consequence of the world financial crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly established the UN-Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System in the fall of 2008. The Commission is chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. In the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » A Memorandum for the G20-Summit A Memorandum for the G20-Summit Press Release of 31 March 2009 Scholars from Europe and Emerging Powers on Reform Needs of Global Economy Under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut fuer Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), authors from Europe, the USA and emerging economies came together to explore common ground on reform needs of the global economy. On the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » UN-Krisenkonferenz wegen Streits auf Ende Juni verschoben UN-Krisenkonferenz wegen Streits auf Ende Juni verschoben Pressemitteilung vom 26.05.2009 Am 26. Mai 2009 beschlossen die UN-Mitgliedstaaten ohne Gegenstimmen, die bislang für Anfang Juni vorgesehene UN-Konferenz zu den Folgen der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise für die Entwicklungsländer " Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development " (siehe…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Press Release of 5 June 2009 Bonn, 4 June 2009. Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). This information was relayed today by Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute. Scholz…
Home » Press » Press Releases » International team of researchers analyse International Summits International team of researchers analyse International Summits Press Release of 6 June 2009 The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Brookings Institution have launched an innovative project entitled National Perspectives on Global Leadership . One significant output of this project is Soundings, a series of commentaries on public perceptions of…
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 » WBGU publishes Special Climate Report German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) publishes Special Climate Report Press Release of 1 September 2009 The German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) has developed an innovative approach to solving the problem of climate change. A key component is an agreement between the community of states regarding a cap for…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE-Alumni Konferenz DIE-Alumni Konferenz mit rund 190 Teilnehmern aus der gesamten EZ-Community Pressemitteilung vom 08.09.2009 Vor wenigen Tagen begannen 20 hochqualifizierte Nachwuchskräfte ihre Ausbildung am Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) im Rahmen des 45. Kurses des DIE-Postgraduierten-Programms . Seit dem ersten Kurs 1965 haben mehr als 850 Hochschulabsolventen das Postgraduierten-Programm durchlaufen. Am 11.…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Europe’s global challenge Europe’s global challenge Press Release of 9 September 2009 The problems of global economy, climate and security are sharpening. Europe has a critical opportunity to emerge as a progressive force in tackling them, say four leading figures in the continent‘s development-policy arena: Simon Maxwell, Paul Engel, DIE-Director Dirk Messner and Pierre Schori. “The key decisions made over the next three months will…
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…