Category Archives: Science

Google Trends & Internet Data for Research

Posted on June 21, 2020 by admin

Social media data have become a reliable source for research in particular when traditional sources are unavailable. This happens in particular within crises like the 2008 Financial Crisis and the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic. Below list some of the original contributions … Continue reading →

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Strategic Partnership of IESR & GLO

Posted on May 18, 2020 by admin

The Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) at Jinan University and the Global Labor Organization (GLO) intensify their collaborations, as IESR Director Shuaizhang Feng and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann have declared. IESR Director Shuaizhang Feng has been appointed … Continue reading →

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Terra McKinnish of University of Colorado Boulder joins the group of Editors of the Journal of Population Economics

Posted on May 4, 2020 by admin

With immediate effect, Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado Boulder) joins the group of Editors of the Journal of Population Economics. She will work with Editors Alessandro Cigno (University of Florence), Shuaizhang Feng (Jinan University), Oded Galor (Brown University), Editor-in-Chief Klaus … Continue reading →

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Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University, Milan, receives 2020 Birgit Grodal Award.

Posted on April 29, 2020 by admin

Congratulations to Eliana La Ferrara, GLO Fellow & Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. Ends;

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CEU Left Budapest to Move to Vienna! Interview with former CEU School of Public Policy Dean Martin Kahanec about the background.

Posted on December 20, 2019 by admin

Under political pressure of the Hungarian Government, the Central European University (CEU) has left this year Budapest for Vienna. Leaving behind a wonderful and perfect infrastructure, the university has found an attractive new place in Austria’s capital. The matter represents … Continue reading →

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Leaving Budapest.

Posted on June 30, 2019 by admin

Over April – June 2019, Klaus F. Zimmermann has been George Soros Visiting Chair Professor at the School of Public Policy of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. On June 28, he terminated this engagement and returned to the … Continue reading →

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Wine from the 3D Printer? Report from a Budapest – Uppsala Trip. Zimmermann participates in Academia Europaea Class Meeting at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala.

Posted on May 25, 2019 by admin

As in 2018, Klaus F. Zimmermann has visited the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala. (See past year report and pictures.) He is the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and George Soros Chair at the Central European … Continue reading →

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Meeting Beethoven & Goethe in Bonn

Posted on May 19, 2019 by admin

Bonn, Beethoven city in Germany. Since 17 May 2019, 700 green and golden Beethoven statues have occupied Münsterplatz in Bonn city center. The art installation is part of the run-up of the city to Beethoven’s anniversary in 2020 and finds … Continue reading →

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Zimmermann discussed journal issues with publishers from Springer Nature at #ASSA2019.

Posted on January 7, 2019 by admin

January 4-6, GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT Maastricht, had visited the #ASSA2019 conference in Atlanta. The conference enables also networking with a larger number of publishers who are available for discussion with their journals and books in a specific … Continue reading →

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Madeline Zavodny is Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. Shuaizhang Feng and Kompal Sinha are Associate Editors.

Posted on January 6, 2019 by admin

Friends of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the Journal of Population Economics participating at the ASSA 2019 Atlanta conference of the American economists attended the Reception of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) of Jinan University on … Continue reading →

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