GIGA Lectures

June 2020

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 1:00 p.m.
Individual Preferences and Self-Selection into Emigration in Developing Countries
Lecture by Dr. Tobias Stöhr
Virtual Event

April 2020

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 1:00 p.m.
Can the Poor Repay When Loan Schedules are Flexible? Evidence from a Solar Panel Loan in Tanzania
Lecture by Friederike Lenel
Virtual Event

March 2020

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 12:00 p.m.
Global Value Chains, Trade and CO2 Emissions in China
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Laike Yang
GIGA

February 2020

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 1:30 p.m.
The Decision to Flee: Analyzing Gender-Specific Determinants of International Refugee Migration
Lecture by Dr. Laura Renner
Hamburg

November 2019

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
The Creation of Social Norms under Weak Institutions
Lecture by Florian Diekert
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
Pro-sociality of democratic leaders: Evidence from village elections in the Philippines
Lecture by Andreas Landmann
Hamburg

August 2019

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
Explaining the Rise of Social Assistance in LMICs
Lecture by Professor Armando Barrientos
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 3:00 p.m.
Increasing Female Employment in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Martin Abel will present joint work with Rema Hanna and Rohini Pande
Hamburg

May 2019

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:30 p.m.
China's Aid and Other State-Financed Projects in Developing Countries: Allocation Patterns and Consequences
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs
Hamburg

June 2018

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
Dirty Money Coming Home: Capital Flows into and out of Tax Havens
Lecture by Lukas Menkhoff and Jakob Miethe
Hamburg

May 2018

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War
Lecture by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Hale Utar
Hamburg

September 2017

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
Diversity of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and their Divergent Outcomes in Ethiopia
Lecture by Chuan Liao, PhD
Hamburg

July 2017

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics |  | 2:00 p.m.
Social accountability and service delivery: Evidence from a large-scale experiment in Uganda
Lecture by Nathan Fiala, PhD
Hamburg

June 2017

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 21.06.2017 | 2:00 p.m.
Human Rights During Crises
Lecture by Dr. Jerg Gutmann
Hamburg

May 2017

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 11.05.2017 | 2:00 p.m.
Labour Migration in Asia: Protracted Precarity and Truncated Rights
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Nicola Piper
Hamburg

April 2017

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 06.04.2017 | 2:00 p.m.
Collective Land and Agrarian Change in China
Lecture by Dr. René Trappel
Hamburg

March 2017

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 16.03.2017 | 2:00 p.m.
Demand for off-grid solar electricity – Experimental evidence from Rwanda
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm
Hamburg

July 2016

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 12.07.2016 | 11:00 a.m.
Suburbs of Distinction: Middle Class Boundary Work in Suburban Dar es Salaam
Lecture by Dr. Claire Mercer
Hamburg

May 2016

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 31.05.2016 | 1:30 p.m.
Subsidies, learning effects and reference dependence – Does free distribution of improved biomass cookstoves decrease willingness to pay in the long run?
Lecture by Dr. Gunther Bensch
Hamburg

April 2016

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 21.04.2016 | 1:30 p.m.
Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation: Consequences and Incentives
Lecture by Dr. Gregor Schwerhoff
Hamburg

December 2015

Lecture at GIGA | 15.12.2015 | 11:00 a.m.
Brazilian Nuclear Policy
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Mónica Herz
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 15.12.2015 | 11:00 a.m.
Brazilian Nuclear Policy
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Mónica Herz
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 14.12.2015 | 1:30 p.m.
Who runs? Honesty and self-selection in politics
Lecture by Dr. Sebastian Fehrler
Hamburg

October 2015

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 05.10.2015 | 1:30 p.m.
China's Patent Quality in International Comparison
Lecture by Dr. Philipp Böing
Hamburg

July 2015

Lecture at GIGA | 16.07.2015 | 2:00 p.m.
Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival
Lecture by Abel Escribà Folch
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 13.07.2015 | 6:00 p.m.
Rights as Weapons of Political Conflict
Lecture by Prof. Clifford Bob
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 13.07.2015 | 1:30 p.m.
Islamic Constitutionalism Index and Its Empirical Application
Lecture by Dr. Moamen Gouda
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 06.07.2015 | 1:30 p.m.
China’s Impact on Africa – The Role of Trade, FDI and Aid
Lecture by Dr. Henning Mühlen
GIGA

June 2015

Lecture at GIGA | 16.06.2015 | 1:30 p.m.
Are there really two cultures? A pilot study on the application of qualitative and quantitative methods
Lecture by David Kühn
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 01.06.2015 | 1:30 p.m.
Aiding Economic Freedom: Exploring Interactions between Foreign Aid, Income, and Institutions
Lecture by Dr. Nabamita Dutta
Hamburg

March 2015

Lecture at GIGA | 30.03.2015 | 11:00 a.m.
Sanctions and Democracy
Lecture by Nikolay Marinov
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 12.03.2015 | 2:00 p.m.
Automated Text Analysis/Machine Coding
RP 2 Workshop on Methods and Tools in Peace and Conflict Studies
Hamburg

December 2014

Lecture at GIGA | 9.12.2014 | 11:30 a.m.
Making sense of 'American imperialism': purposeful or accidental or mixed?
Lecture by Professor Desmond King
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 8.12.2014 | 2:00 p.m.
Overconfidence and Risk-Taking in the Field: Evidence from Ethiopian Farmers
Lecture by Dr. Toman Omar Mahmoud
Hamburg

November 2014

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 24.11.2014 | 2:00 p.m.
Unravelling the Urban Hierarchy: A Meta-Analysis on the Rank-Size Rule for City-Size Distributions
Paper presented by Dr. Peter Mulder
Hamburg

June 2014

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 04.06.2014 | 1:30 p.m.
Gender Norms and Factor Analysis: A Sociological Reinterpretation
Lecture by Dr. Wendy Olsen
Hamburg

May 2014

Lecture at GIGA | 27.05.2014 | 11:00 a.m.
Last BRIC Standing? Russia's Long-Term Prospects Relative to Brazil, India, China – and the West
Lecture by Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 26.05.2014 | 11:00 a.m.
Triangulating Area Studies, Not Methods: The Role of Cross-Regional Contextualized Comparison
Lecture by Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 19.05.2014 | 11:00 a.m.
Understanding Rape During Civil War
With Dara Kay Cohen, Harvard University
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 13.05.2014 | 2:00 p.m.
Stimulating Microenterprise Growth: Results from a Loans, Grants and Training Experiment in Uganda
Lecture by Dr. Nathan Fiala
Hamburg

April 2014

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 02.04.2014 | 1:30 p.m.
Behavioral Origins of Institutions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Lecture by Jun.-Prof. Devesh Rustagi
Hamburg

January 2014

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 15.01.2014 | 1:30 p.m.
Does the arrival of a formal financial institution alter informal sharing arrangements? Experimental evidence from village India
Lecture by Dr. Christine Binzel
Hamburg

December 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 18.12.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
Disequilibrium Adjustment and the Rate of Tropical Deforestation
Lecture by Prof. Emma Aisbett
Hamburg

October 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 17.10.2013 | 2:00 p.m.
World Development Report on Jobs
Lecture by Jesko Hentschel (World Bank)
Hamburg

September 2013

Schumpeter Roundtable | 17.09.2013 | 10:00 a.m.
Emerging Powers in Africa
Rio de Janeiro

August 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 08.08.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
The Economywide Impacts and Risks of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program
Hamburg

July 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 11.07.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
Equality, the Disinterested Government and Economic Growth
Hamburg

May 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 27.05.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
Cooperation under Democracy and Authoritarian Regimes
Hamburg

April 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 25.04.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
A Recipe for Success? Randomized Free Distribution of Improved Cooking Stoves in Senegal
Hamburg

March 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 21.03.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
Unintended consequences of anti-corruption strategies
Hamburg

January 2013

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 10.01.2013 | 1:30 p.m.
Does Forced Solidarity Hamper Investment in Small and Micro Enterprises?
Hamburg

November 2012

Lecture at GIGA | 08.11.2012 | 6:00 p.m.
What’s Wrong with Japan?…. It’s the Politics!
Hamburg

October 2012

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 18.10.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
How to Feed the World: Challenges for Global Agriculture
Hamburg

September 2012

Schumpeter Roundtable | 13.09.2012 | 5:00 p.m.
Obama's Latin America Policy: Well-intentioned but without a Regional Strategy
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 13.09.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
Electoral Rules and Clientelistic Parties: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
jointly organized by Research Programme 1
Hamburg

July 2012

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 12.07.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
Collective Action in Development and the Importance of Political Parties
Hamburg

June 2012

Schumpeter Roundtable | 28.06.2012 | 5:00 p.m.
Changes in EU-LAC Foreign Policy Strategies: The End of Interregionalism?
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 14.06.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
The effect of conflict exposure on students' achievement: evidence from the Second Intifada
Hamburg

May 2012

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 24.05.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in Nigeria
Hamburg
Schumpeter Roundtable | 10.05.2012 | 5:00 p.m.
Interlinking Africa: South Africa's Gateway Strategy
Hamburg

April 2012

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 05.04.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
Sorting Through Affirmative Action: Two Field Experiments in Colombia
Hamburg

March 2012

Lecture at GIGA | 28.03.2012 | 4:00 p.m.
Europe, Latin America, Mercosur, Brazil: some thoughts about trade
Lecture by Adriana Schnor
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 15.03.2012 | 2:30 p.m.
Foreign Ownership Structure, Technology Upgrading and Exports: Evidence from Chinese Firms
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 12.03.2012 | 4:00 p.m.
The Strategic Partnerships as a central dimension of Brazil's foreign policy: The role of the European Union
Lecture by Miriam Saraiva
Hamburg

February 2012

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 16.02.2012 | 2:30 p.m.
Does China's (Central) Government Matter? The Effectiveness of the Chinese State in orchestrating Outward M&A
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 09.01.2012 | 3:00 p.m.
Network Democracy and New Political Culture in South Korea
Lecture by Sook Jong Lee
Hamburg

January 2012

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 19.01.2012 | 1:30 p.m.
From Tradition to Modernity: Economic Growth in a Small World
Hamburg

December 2011

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 22.12.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification among Dalits in Rural India
Hamburg

November 2011

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 17.11.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
Determinants of Renewable Energy Technology Adoption – Evidence for Developing Countries 1980–2008
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 09.11.2011 | 10:00 a.m.
Hearts and Mines: A District Level Empirical Analysis of the Maoist Conflict in India
Lecture by Krishna Vadlammanati
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 07.11.2011 | 10:30 a.m.
Constitutions and Constitution Making in Post-Conflict Societies
Lecture by Prof. Zachary Elkins
Hamburg

October 2011

Lecture at GIGA | 27.10.2011 | 6:00 p.m.
Institutions for Sustainable Peace
Lecture by Donald Horowitz
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 13.10.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
Social Transfers and Global Poverty
Hamburg

September 2011

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 15.09.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
Gender Disparity in Education and the International Competition for Foreign Direct Investment
Hamburg

July 2011

Schumpeter Roundtable | 21.07.2011 | 5:00 p.m.
The Impact of Chinese and U.S. Policies on South Asian Security
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 14.07.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
Revisiting the Globalization-Welfare Nexus: The Dependent and Independent Variable Problem in Quantitative Comparative Research
Hamburg
Lecture at GIGA | 11.07.2011 | 6:00 p.m.
Japan and the Changing Global Balance of Power
In Kooperation mit dem Asien-Afrika- Institut (AAI)
Hamburg

June 2011

Lecture at GIGA | 21.06.2011 | 2:30 p.m.
China, the USA and Europe: Power Shifts and Global Challenges
Talk by Dr Banning Garrett in cooperation with the Consulate General of the United States
Hamburg
GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 16.06.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
The Agricultural, Demographic and Democratic Transitions – Two Estimation Models Giving Reverse Results
Hamburg

May 2011

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 12.05.2011 | 1:30 p.m.
The Measurement of Hunger
Hamburg