Category Archives: Policy

25th EBES Conference in Berlin on May 23-25, 2018

The 25th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) will take place on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin/Germany. It is jointly organized with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and hosted by the FOM University in their Berlin study … Continue reading

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The hounds of globalization and the development of human resources

Companies need to actively and positively account for the hounds of globalization – migration and digitization, issues which are core to the research efforts of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). GLO Director Alessio J.G. Brown and GLO President Klaus F. … Continue reading

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Conference on Wellbeing in Kyiv and a policy panel on migration

International Conference “People Matter: Quality of Life and Wellbeing of Individuals, Families and Communities in Post-Transition Economies” organized by the Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine on September 14-15, 2017 in Kyiv in Ukraine. It is supported by the Global … Continue reading

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Mexico City: IEA World Congress Ends

After one week of intense work, the World Congress 2017 of the International Economic Association (IEA) in Mexico City ended on June 23, 2017. The IEA brings together scientific societies, individual researchers, and the policy community of the world. The … Continue reading

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World Congress in Economics in Mexico

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University, UNU-MERIT and GLO) presents an invited paper at the World Congress 2017 of the International Economic Association (IEA) in Mexico City. The conference with a large program takes place on 19-23 June, 2017. He will … Continue reading

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GLO President Zimmermann in Rome on the Refugee Crisis

A discussion meeting on                                                                                          The crisis of refugee mobility and its implications for European identity and relationships took place on Friday June 9 in Rome as part of the  2017 Italian Geography Congress at the Scuola di Lettere Filosofia … Continue reading

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Zimmermann speaks in Rome on Geography Congress

The 2017 Italian Geography Congress takes place on June 7-10 in Rome at the Scuola di Lettere Filosofia Lingue dell’ Università Roma Tre.  On Friday June 9, 2017, a panel organized by Maria Paradiso (University of Sannio and Chair, IGU … Continue reading

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A Second Chance for Europe

A new book by Jo Ritzen published by Springer asks for A Second Chance for Europe. It provides economic, political and legal perspectives of the European Union. This book invites to rethink and reboot the European Union. The authors dissect … Continue reading

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New Ritzen Book: A Second Chance for Europe

A Second Chance for Europe Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union Jo Ritzen (UNU – MERIT, Maastricht University & GLO) Springer 2017. Ritzen is a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Zimmermann (Princeton University, UNU – … Continue reading

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IZA Prize book for Hamermesh on the “Demand for Labor”

Oxford University Press (OUP) has just published the (2017) book “Daniel S. Hamermesh. Demand for Labor. The Neglected Side of the Market” edited by Corrado Giulietti and Klaus F. Zimmermann. Giulietti (University of Southampton and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht) and Zimmermann (Princeton … Continue reading

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