@denebberlin.bsky.social
Network of development economists in the Berlin area. Members from @DIW_Berlin, @PIK_Climate, @RWI_Leibniz, @GIGA_Institute, @TUBerlin & @WZB_Berlin.
📢 Our first DENeB seminar of the winter semester features Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute) as part of our joint #seminarseries with the University of Göttingen.
📅 October 27
📅 October 27
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📢 Our first DENeB seminar of the winter semester features Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute) as part of our joint #seminarseries with the University of Göttingen.
📅 October 27
📅 October 27
📢 Call for Papers – Poster Presentations 📢
Evidence That Matters: Evidence-based Development Cooperation
🗓️ Nov 20, 2025
📍 WZB Berlin
By @giga-hamburg.de rg.de
@rwi.bsky.social bsky.social @KfW @deval-institute.bsky.social
📝 Submit papers by Oct 15, 2025
Evidence That Matters: Evidence-based Development Cooperation
🗓️ Nov 20, 2025
📍 WZB Berlin
By @giga-hamburg.de rg.de
@rwi.bsky.social bsky.social @KfW @deval-institute.bsky.social
📝 Submit papers by Oct 15, 2025
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢 Call for Papers – Poster Presentations 📢
Evidence That Matters: Evidence-based Development Cooperation
🗓️ Nov 20, 2025
📍 WZB Berlin
By @giga-hamburg.de rg.de
@rwi.bsky.social bsky.social @KfW @deval-institute.bsky.social
📝 Submit papers by Oct 15, 2025
Evidence That Matters: Evidence-based Development Cooperation
🗓️ Nov 20, 2025
📍 WZB Berlin
By @giga-hamburg.de rg.de
@rwi.bsky.social bsky.social @KfW @deval-institute.bsky.social
📝 Submit papers by Oct 15, 2025
📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome
Evans Osabuohien
(Covenant University) to our joint #seminarseries with the University of Göttingen.
Presenting
“Rethinking Africa’s Development Path: From Historic Ingenuity to Contemporary Inclusive Sustainability”
📍Zoom
Evans Osabuohien
(Covenant University) to our joint #seminarseries with the University of Göttingen.
Presenting
“Rethinking Africa’s Development Path: From Historic Ingenuity to Contemporary Inclusive Sustainability”
📍Zoom
June 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome
Evans Osabuohien
(Covenant University) to our joint #seminarseries with the University of Göttingen.
Presenting
“Rethinking Africa’s Development Path: From Historic Ingenuity to Contemporary Inclusive Sustainability”
📍Zoom
Evans Osabuohien
(Covenant University) to our joint #seminarseries with the University of Göttingen.
Presenting
“Rethinking Africa’s Development Path: From Historic Ingenuity to Contemporary Inclusive Sustainability”
📍Zoom
📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome Erwin Bulte (@w-u-r.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries!
Presenting:
“Team Production, Free Riding and Tournament Incentives: Experimental Evidence from a Development Intervention in Ethiopia”
📍University of Göttingen (Room Oec 0.168) and on Zoom
Presenting:
“Team Production, Free Riding and Tournament Incentives: Experimental Evidence from a Development Intervention in Ethiopia”
📍University of Göttingen (Room Oec 0.168) and on Zoom
June 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome Erwin Bulte (@w-u-r.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries!
Presenting:
“Team Production, Free Riding and Tournament Incentives: Experimental Evidence from a Development Intervention in Ethiopia”
📍University of Göttingen (Room Oec 0.168) and on Zoom
Presenting:
“Team Production, Free Riding and Tournament Incentives: Experimental Evidence from a Development Intervention in Ethiopia”
📍University of Göttingen (Room Oec 0.168) and on Zoom
🌍 Our 10th PhD DENeB workshop took place on 6th June @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, Potsdam!
📢 Inspiring keynote by @stefanialovo.bsky.social on climate change & challenges of poverty, energy & institutions.
🎤 8 PhDs presented their research. Thanks to all participants & sponsorship by Geo.X network!
📢 Inspiring keynote by @stefanialovo.bsky.social on climate change & challenges of poverty, energy & institutions.
🎤 8 PhDs presented their research. Thanks to all participants & sponsorship by Geo.X network!
June 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🌍 Our 10th PhD DENeB workshop took place on 6th June @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, Potsdam!
📢 Inspiring keynote by @stefanialovo.bsky.social on climate change & challenges of poverty, energy & institutions.
🎤 8 PhDs presented their research. Thanks to all participants & sponsorship by Geo.X network!
📢 Inspiring keynote by @stefanialovo.bsky.social on climate change & challenges of poverty, energy & institutions.
🎤 8 PhDs presented their research. Thanks to all participants & sponsorship by Geo.X network!
📢 Today from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST, we welcome Radhika Jain (University College London) to our #seminarseries!
Presenting:
“Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India”
📍WZB Berlin (Room B002/003) and on Zoom
Presenting:
“Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India”
📍WZB Berlin (Room B002/003) and on Zoom
May 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
📢 Today from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST, we welcome Radhika Jain (University College London) to our #seminarseries!
Presenting:
“Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India”
📍WZB Berlin (Room B002/003) and on Zoom
Presenting:
“Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India”
📍WZB Berlin (Room B002/003) and on Zoom
📢 Today at 12:30 CEST, Nicolas Berman (AMSE) will present his work, “Panic Politics on the US West Coast” (with Brey & Laurent-Lucchetti), at our #seminarseries.
📢 On Monday, May 5, at 12:30 pm CEST, we welcome Nicolas Berman (@amse-aixmarseille.fr) to our #seminarseries, jointly organized with the University of Göttingen. Nicolas will present his work titled “Panic Politics on the US West Coast” (with Bjorn Brey and Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti)
May 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
📢 Today at 12:30 CEST, Nicolas Berman (AMSE) will present his work, “Panic Politics on the US West Coast” (with Brey & Laurent-Lucchetti), at our #seminarseries.
📢 On Monday, May 5, at 12:30 pm CEST, we welcome Nicolas Berman (@amse-aixmarseille.fr) to our #seminarseries, jointly organized with the University of Göttingen. Nicolas will present his work titled “Panic Politics on the US West Coast” (with Bjorn Brey and Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti)
April 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
📢 On Monday, May 5, at 12:30 pm CEST, we welcome Nicolas Berman (@amse-aixmarseille.fr) to our #seminarseries, jointly organized with the University of Göttingen. Nicolas will present his work titled “Panic Politics on the US West Coast” (with Bjorn Brey and Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti)
A new paper by our very own @lukasmogge.bsky.social and Julian Roeckert has just been accepted in JAERE! 📄
The study evaluates an anticipatory cash transfer program implemented during an extreme winter in Mongolia and discusses the importance and difficulties of research on humanitarian aid.
The study evaluates an anticipatory cash transfer program implemented during an extreme winter in Mongolia and discusses the importance and difficulties of research on humanitarian aid.
New paper on anticipatory cash transfers to herders during an extreme winter in Mongolia. ACTs have significant positive effects for poorer recipients, not so much for the rest of our sample.
Personal learnings: Anticipatory action is promising. Targeting matters. More research is needed.
Personal learnings: Anticipatory action is promising. Targeting matters. More research is needed.
💵 Just accepted 💵 in JAERE:
"Anticipatory cash transfers in the context of weather disasters" by Lukas Mogge (@lukasmogge.bsky.social), Julian Roeckert, and Kati Kraehnert
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#EconSky 📈 📉
"Anticipatory cash transfers in the context of weather disasters" by Lukas Mogge (@lukasmogge.bsky.social), Julian Roeckert, and Kati Kraehnert
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#EconSky 📈 📉
April 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A new paper by our very own @lukasmogge.bsky.social and Julian Roeckert has just been accepted in JAERE! 📄
The study evaluates an anticipatory cash transfer program implemented during an extreme winter in Mongolia and discusses the importance and difficulties of research on humanitarian aid.
The study evaluates an anticipatory cash transfer program implemented during an extreme winter in Mongolia and discusses the importance and difficulties of research on humanitarian aid.
📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries!
He will present:
“The earlier the better? Cash transfers for drought response in Niger”
Joint work with Ashley Pople, Patrick Premand, Margaux Vinez, and Stephanie Brunelin.
He will present:
“The earlier the better? Cash transfers for drought response in Niger”
Joint work with Ashley Pople, Patrick Premand, Margaux Vinez, and Stephanie Brunelin.
April 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries!
He will present:
“The earlier the better? Cash transfers for drought response in Niger”
Joint work with Ashley Pople, Patrick Premand, Margaux Vinez, and Stephanie Brunelin.
He will present:
“The earlier the better? Cash transfers for drought response in Niger”
Joint work with Ashley Pople, Patrick Premand, Margaux Vinez, and Stephanie Brunelin.
Deadline approaching ⏰️ send your papers by March 10th!
📢 10th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 happening June 6th, 2025, at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social!
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
docs.google.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Deadline approaching ⏰️ send your papers by March 10th!
📢 10th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 happening June 6th, 2025, at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social!
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
docs.google.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📢 10th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 happening June 6th, 2025, at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social!
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker!
A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X
🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full CfP in the comments ⬇️
📢On Monday, January 11, at 12:30 pm CET, we welcome Marco Alfano (@lancasteruni.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries. Marco's talk is titled “Coping with weather shocks.” Join us in person in @rwi.bsky.social's Berlin office or on Zoom!
January 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📢On Monday, January 11, at 12:30 pm CET, we welcome Marco Alfano (@lancasteruni.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries. Marco's talk is titled “Coping with weather shocks.” Join us in person in @rwi.bsky.social's Berlin office or on Zoom!
The RWI − Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (@rwi.bsky.social) invites applications for a student research assistant position based in Berlin to work on climate impacts and adaptation with DENeB's @lukasmogge.bsky.social and Julian Roeckert. More info here: t.ly/B7bOm
January 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The RWI − Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (@rwi.bsky.social) invites applications for a student research assistant position based in Berlin to work on climate impacts and adaptation with DENeB's @lukasmogge.bsky.social and Julian Roeckert. More info here: t.ly/B7bOm
Our very own @lukasmogge.bsky.social just published a paper in @jeem-econ.bsky.social. The study titled "Perception and Protection" provides new evidence on how experiencing risk affects demand for index-based insurance in Mongolia. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
January 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Our very own @lukasmogge.bsky.social just published a paper in @jeem-econ.bsky.social. The study titled "Perception and Protection" provides new evidence on how experiencing risk affects demand for index-based insurance in Mongolia. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Next Monday, January 29 at 1pm CET, we welcome
#AnnaDreber (Stockholm School of Economics) in our #seminarseries. Anna is a leading scholar in the field of meta-science. Her talk is titled “(Predicting) replication outcomes“. Contact us for the Zoom link and join us online!
#AnnaDreber (Stockholm School of Economics) in our #seminarseries. Anna is a leading scholar in the field of meta-science. Her talk is titled “(Predicting) replication outcomes“. Contact us for the Zoom link and join us online!
January 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Next Monday, January 29 at 1pm CET, we welcome
#AnnaDreber (Stockholm School of Economics) in our #seminarseries. Anna is a leading scholar in the field of meta-science. Her talk is titled “(Predicting) replication outcomes“. Contact us for the Zoom link and join us online!
#AnnaDreber (Stockholm School of Economics) in our #seminarseries. Anna is a leading scholar in the field of meta-science. Her talk is titled “(Predicting) replication outcomes“. Contact us for the Zoom link and join us online!
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I have fond memories of this workshop for PhD students working on development economics - interesting presentations, good feedback, and a nice atmosphere - and @ammapanin.bsky.social will be a great keynote speaker, so make sure to apply!
📣 9th DENeB PhD Workshop 📣 happening April 30th, 2024 in Hamburg at the GIGA in Hamburg. It's a great opportunity for PhD students to present their work & get feedback. @ammapanin.bsky.social is our keynote speaker 😊 Apply here: bit.ly/3O8AJmm. The full CfP is on our website.
January 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I have fond memories of this workshop for PhD students working on development economics - interesting presentations, good feedback, and a nice atmosphere - and @ammapanin.bsky.social will be a great keynote speaker, so make sure to apply!
📣 9th DENeB PhD Workshop 📣 happening April 30th, 2024 in Hamburg at the GIGA in Hamburg. It's a great opportunity for PhD students to present their work & get feedback. @ammapanin.bsky.social is our keynote speaker 😊 Apply here: bit.ly/3O8AJmm. The full CfP is on our website.
January 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
📣 9th DENeB PhD Workshop 📣 happening April 30th, 2024 in Hamburg at the GIGA in Hamburg. It's a great opportunity for PhD students to present their work & get feedback. @ammapanin.bsky.social is our keynote speaker 😊 Apply here: bit.ly/3O8AJmm. The full CfP is on our website.
After a short winter break, we welcome Jochen Kluve (Humboldt Uni Berlin & KfW) on January 15 at 1pm CET in our seminar series. He will talk about “Volume, risk, complexity: what makes development projects succeed or fail“. Join us online or in person at @rwi.bsky.social office.
January 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
After a short winter break, we welcome Jochen Kluve (Humboldt Uni Berlin & KfW) on January 15 at 1pm CET in our seminar series. He will talk about “Volume, risk, complexity: what makes development projects succeed or fail“. Join us online or in person at @rwi.bsky.social office.
Next Monday, December 18 at 1pm CET, we welcome Benjamin Marx (Boston University) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Religion, Education, and the State“. Contact us for the Zoom link.
December 12, 2023 at 9:13 AM
Next Monday, December 18 at 1pm CET, we welcome Benjamin Marx (Boston University) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Religion, Education, and the State“. Contact us for the Zoom link.
TODAY at 1pm CET!
Next Monday, December 4 at 1pm CEST, we welcome @Asanov_Igor (U of Kassel) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Showing Life Opportunities: Online Education to Boost Entrepreneurial and Science Careers“. Contact us for the Zoom link or join us in person in Göttingen.
December 4, 2023 at 9:45 AM
TODAY at 1pm CET!
Next Monday, December 4 at 1pm CEST, we welcome @Asanov_Igor (U of Kassel) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Showing Life Opportunities: Online Education to Boost Entrepreneurial and Science Careers“. Contact us for the Zoom link or join us in person in Göttingen.
November 30, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Next Monday, December 4 at 1pm CEST, we welcome @Asanov_Igor (U of Kassel) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Showing Life Opportunities: Online Education to Boost Entrepreneurial and Science Careers“. Contact us for the Zoom link or join us in person in Göttingen.
TODAY, at 1pm CEST, we welcome @christinebinzel.bsky.social (FAU Erlangen-Nbg) in our #seminarseries. Her talk is titled “Can International Initiatives Promote Peace? Diamond Certification and Armed Conflicts in Africa“. Contact us for the Zoom link or join us in person in Göttingen.
November 27, 2023 at 8:36 AM
TODAY, at 1pm CEST, we welcome @christinebinzel.bsky.social (FAU Erlangen-Nbg) in our #seminarseries. Her talk is titled “Can International Initiatives Promote Peace? Diamond Certification and Armed Conflicts in Africa“. Contact us for the Zoom link or join us in person in Göttingen.
Today at 1 pm!
Mext Monday, November 20 at 1pm CEST, we welcome Joseph Flavian Gomes (Louvain) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access“. Contact us for the zoom link or join us in-person in Göttingen.
November 20, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Today at 1 pm!
Mext Monday, November 20 at 1pm CEST, we welcome Joseph Flavian Gomes (Louvain) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access“. Contact us for the zoom link or join us in-person in Göttingen.
November 14, 2023 at 7:28 AM
Mext Monday, November 20 at 1pm CEST, we welcome Joseph Flavian Gomes (Louvain) in our #seminarseries. His talk is titled “Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access“. Contact us for the zoom link or join us in-person in Göttingen.