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Can we bring digitalisation and the environment together?

Lucatello, Simone / Wulf Reiners (2024)
The Current Column, 13. February 2024

Until today, the advent of digital tools has not led to a substantial shift toward sustainable alternatives.

What global role for the EU?

Special “What global role for the EU?”: At times of multiple global crises, the European Union (EU) finds itself at a crossroads.

Job advertisment: Economist (f/m/diverse) “Global economic challenges”

IDOS’ research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” is looking for a Economist (f/m/diverse) on global economic challenges.

Press release: UNIDO, IRENA and IDOS publication to help developing countries navigate green hydrogen policy

UNIDO, IRENA, and IDOS have contributed their own specific expertise to co-author a policy report titled, Green hydrogen for Sustainable Industrial Development: A Policy Toolkit for Developing Countries.

Green hydrogen for sustainable industrial development: a policy toolkit for developing countries

Fokeer, Smeeta / Jan Sievernich / Andrea Heredia / Emanuele Bianco / Yury Melnikov / Rita Strohmaier / Almudena Nunez / Andreas Stamm (2023)
External Publications

Call for Applications: Short-Term Visiting Researcher (f/m/divers) Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

In 2024, the Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” offers two (2) short-term visiting researcher positions of around 4-6 weeks between April to December 2024.

Predicting social assistance beneficiaries: On the social welfare damage of data biases

Dietrich, Stephan / Daniele Malerba / Franziska Gassmann (2024)
External Publications

The role of the consumer and systemic policy mixes for circular business models in the EU

Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna (2024)
Discussion Paper 3/2024

What role do consumers play for the transition to a circular economy (CE) and the development of circular business models (CBMs) in particular? Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel zooms in on potential consumer barriers to CBM demand and discusses different options for policy making to address those barriers.

“I can feel the money going out of the window”: How high energy prices evoke negative emotions in people with previous experience of homelessness

Minion, Lauren / Aparajita Banerjee (2024)
External Publications

Kasper Vrolijk

Kasper Vrolijk is Economist and former Researcher in the Research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

IDOS in den Medien

Das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) erfährt auch 2023 eine breite Medienaufmerksamkeit, es folgt eine Übersicht der Beiträge.

The Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey (2020/21)

Amirah El-Haddad (2023)
Research Data

Turning poo into profit? The troubled politics of a biogas-based sanitation business model in Mozambique

Büscher, Christ (2023)
External Publications

The updated Investment Facilitation Index

Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2023)
Research Data

Contextualising social cohesion I: an overview of concepts in Africa

Wortmann-Kolundžija, Eli (2023)
Discussion Paper 20/2023

Explore the rich tapestry of social cohesion in African societies in our paper. Merging traditional wisdom with modern theories, we offer fresh insights into African understandings of social cohesion. Join us to redefine the narrative and deepen the study of social dynamics.

Your Gateway to a Career in International Cooperation

Participants receive intensive support in their career orientation. In the last ten years, our alumni started their careers with many diverse employers.

Combating drought requires greater global political impetus

Brüntrup, Michael (2023)
The Current Column, 18. December 2023

Poorer countries hope that a binding drought agreement will provide them with support in laying the essential groundwork for more drought risk management.

Press release: Report stresses green hydrogen potential as catalyst for sustainable development

Gestern fand eine wichtige Veranstaltung statt, die das Potential hat, das Verständnis der Rolle von grünem Wasserstoff (GH2) zu prägen. Ein Bericht "Green hydrogen for Sustainable Industrial Development: A Policy Toolkit for Developing Countries" vorgestellt.

Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives

Partelow, Stefan / Achim Schlüter / Natalie C. Ban /.../ Anna-Katharina Horndige et al. (2023)
External Publications

Scaling up green investment in the Global South: strengthening domestic financial resource mobilisation and attracting patient International capital

Volz, Ulrich / Yuen Lo / Vaibhav Mishra (2024)
External Publications