Activities

Göttingen Workshop on Ibero-American Development 2025

Location: University of Göttingen
Date: September 24–25, 2025

The Göttingen Workshop on Ibero-American Development brought together researchers from 25 institutions across 10 countries, representing 19 nationalities, to discuss current challenges and opportunities for development in the Ibero-American region. The workshop featured high-quality research contributions and stimulating interdisciplinary exchanges.

We sincerely thank all participants and sponsors for their support. A special thanks goes to our keynote speaker, Prof. Dr. Ana María Ibáñez Londoño, Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank, for joining us from Washington, D.C.

We are excited about the collaborations and research that will emerge from this growing network.

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Homecoming 2024

After the great success of the first Homecoming, the second Homecoming will be hosted on September 27 and 28. This event brings together former and current academics, practitioners, and students from the Göttingen School of Development Economics to foster our community, exchange experiences and insights, and return once more to lovely Göttingen.

We are looking forward to two days full of interesting discussion panels, presentations, and social activities. Moreover, we host a Career Market which will offer the opportunity to gain insights into practical work in the field of development.

We are excited to announce Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira (LSE) as our keynote speaker, who will hold the Stephan Klasen Lecture. Together with Sarah (Langlotz) and Lennart (Kaplan), we will also host the Digital Development Dialogue (3D) on Friday afternoon. Our 3D guests will be Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University) and Jochen Kluve (KfW), who will speak about Development Effectiveness in Times of Shifting Geopolitics.

Registration is open from May 3 to June 15.

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Teaching on Ibero-America

The institute organizes seminars and lectures led by its researchers and affiliated researchers, who also supervise bachelor's and master's theses and dissertations on topics related to Ibero-America.

Network activities

Collaboration in the board of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER): organization of conferences.
Collaboration in the board of the U4-Clusters: organization of the SSEL – Social Sciences, Economics and Law Conference (Uni Ghent, Uni Uppsala, Uni Groningen, Uni Göttingen).
Member of the Center for Global Migration Studies (CeMIG) at the University of Göttingen.
Member of the Center for European, Governance and Development Research (CEGE) at the University of Göttingen.
Member of the Arnoldshain Network (association of European and Latin American researchers), known as Arnoldshain Seminars.

Cooperation with Spain and Latin America

The Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research collaborates with the following institutions: