Category Archives: Policy

A future for global talent: GLO President & George Soros Chair Professor Zimmermann supports global labor mobility of talent at high profile event in Hong Kong

Posted on May 1, 2019 by admin

The President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann, is currently the George Soros Chair Professor at the School of Public Policy of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, where he teaches a class in Global Labor … Continue reading →

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George Soros Lecture in Budapest: Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks on May 8, 2019; 5.30 to 7.00 pm, CEU, Nador utca 9, Gellner. “Global Labor Economics: Challenges and Benefits”

Posted on April 26, 2019 by admin

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Since April 2019, GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann is George Soros Chair Professor at the School of Public Policy of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

Posted on April 26, 2019 by admin

The Central European University (CEU) has appointed Klaus F. Zimmermann, who is also President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), the George Soros Chair Professor at the School of Public Policy of CEU for April-June (Spring Term) 2019. He took … Continue reading →

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More Europe is needed to meet the future challenges of the continent in the globalized world. Report on a book presentation in Berlin by Maastricht University Professor & GLO Fellow Jo Ritzen.

Posted on April 11, 2019 by admin

The Berlin Government Office (Landesvertretung) of the State of North Rhine – Westphalia hosted on Friday April 5 the launch of the German book of ‘A Second chance for Europe: Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union’ presented … Continue reading →

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April 10, 2019. Return Migration Improves Social Norms; see the GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of March. And all GLO Discussion Papers of March 2019 for free.

Posted on April 10, 2019 by admin

The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month in March finds that girls living in localities with return migrants in Mali are less likely to be circumcised. This effect is driven mainly by the returnees from Côte d’Ivoire, suggesting that, in … Continue reading →

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Book Presentation in Berlin on Friday, April 5: A Second Chance for Europe? Jo Ritzen, former Vice President of the World Bank, Dutch Minister for Education and President of Maastricht University presents his ideas about the future of Europe.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by admin

A book launch of the German version of ‘A Second chance for Europe: Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union’, edited by Prof. Jo Ritzen and originally published with Springer will take place on April 5, 2019 in … Continue reading →

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New Book on Linking Research to Policy Advice to Bridging the Gaps for a Better World & Other Studies on Populism.

Posted on April 3, 2019 by admin

Related to the interactions between media, populism and migration is a new Oxford University book also free access online, to which GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann has contributed a chapter. See: Zimmermann, Klaus F. (2019), Gaps and Challenges of Migration … Continue reading →

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EBES President Klaus F. Zimmermann meets Noor Azina Ismail of the University of Malaya and Jonathan A. Batten of Universiti Utara Malaysia during his tenure as Visiting Professor at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.

Posted on March 17, 2019 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University) is the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the President of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES). Zimmermann in his role as EBES President is the recent successor of Jonathan … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 25 years of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in Kota Kinabalu: GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann delivers the public University Silver Jubilee Lecture

Posted on March 16, 2019 by admin

March 11, 2019. Early evening in Kota Kinabalu, Island of Borneo in Malaysia. GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann enjoyed a joint dinner with members of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, in Sabah, the Northern … Continue reading →

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GLO Fellow Robert Holzmann will head the Austrian National Central Bank.

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

Robert Holzmann, an Austrian economist and Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), has been nominated this week by the Austrian government to head the National Central Bank in his country. As a Professor of Economics, he had taught at … Continue reading →

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