26 January 2023
Living with the Land - Handbook on Rural and Agricultural Actors in Twentieth-Century Europe published
Published by De Gruyter and co-edited by IAMO alumnus Dietmar Müller, this handbook from the Contemporary European History series provides an overview of historical knowledge on a variety of topics related to the land and does so through a distinctly activity-centric and genuinely European...
For a long time agriculture and rural life were dismissed by many contemporaries as irrelevant or old-fashioned. Contrasted with cities as centers of intellectual debate and political decision-making, the countryside seemed to be becoming...
20 January 2023
Ukraine-Analyses on EU integration and rural development
The articles were written within the framework of the IAMO projects on land reform in Ukraine (Landreform UA) and the German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD-Ukraine), with the contribution by Inna Levkovych on changes in land use in Ukraine, and Taras Gagalyuk as responsible editor.
20 January 2023
RuWell team on fieldwork in Albania and Kosovo
In October 2022, the RuWell team of researchers around Dr. Antje Jantsch and Dr. Arjola Arapi-Gjini engaged in fieldwork in rural Albania and Kosovo. The aim was to pretest existing interview guidelines for the upcoming qualitative research, an essential part of the RuWell project.
The RuWell project is investigating the role of place attachment on rural people’s (im)mobility decisions and the effects of such decisions on their well-being. The researchers visited research sites in Albania in the counties of Korcë, Berat and...
16 January 2023
IAMO Forum 2023: Submission deadline extended
The Forum entitled “International Agricultural Trade, Geopolitics and Global Food Security” will take place in Halle (Saale), Germany, from 21 to 23 June 2023. Deadline for submission of extended abstracts and organized session proposals extended until 27 February 2023.
12 January 2023
IAMO expanding cooperation with Uzbek universities
In January, IAMO director Thomas Glauben visited several Uzbek cooperation partners for bilateral meetings and exchange with students.
The main aim of the visit was to intensify cooperation with cooperation partners and discussion of ongoing activities and future plans. IAMO is implementing several projects in the country such as KlimALEZ, IPReS, AGRICHANGE, SUSADICA and DSinGIS in...
12 January 2023
Award of Honorary Doctorate to Thomas Glauben by Nordic International University
On 6 January IAMO director Thomas Glauben was awarded an honorary doctorate by rector Sherzod Mustafakulov for his outstanding contribution to the development of research and teaching at the university in Usbekistan.
The representatives of the university thanked Thomas Glauben for his commitment especially in the further development of international curricula and high quality teaching in the field of agricultural economics.
In addition, IAMO and Nordic...
15 December 2022
IAMO Newsletter 04/2022 released
Call for Submissions: IAMO Forum 2023 +++ New project on water governance and peacebuilding in Afghanistan started +++ IAMO supports the application of the city of Halle to become a Future Center +++ and much more now published in the latest IAMO newsletter.
12 December 2022
Global Food Security Association for Young Scientists established
In the face of present global food security challenges, the Global Food Security Association was formally established on 2nd December, 2022. An international conference after the launching ceremony as well as the 1st Global Food Security Forum for Young Scientists followed.
Together with Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), IAMO is one of four founding institutes. The association, as an international...
09 December 2022
International exchange of experiences on the monitoring of agricultural policies and agricultural markets
On November 28, 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IAMO held the workshop "Regional agricultural market information systems and policy monitoring."
The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and IAMO organized the hybrid exchange of experiences on monitoring of agricultural policies and producer prices on agricultural markets. More than 60 researchers, employees from agricultural...
06 December 2022
Leibniz Research Network publishes "10 Must Dos" on Biodiversity
The scientists of the Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity and cooperation partners present concrete recommendations for action to preserve the biological diversity on earth.
On the occasion of the 15th UN Biodiversity Confernce in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, the researchers call for the protection of biodiversity to be considered and anchored in all policy areas and sectors: "Climate change determines how we live...