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Klaus F. Zimmermann in Australia: Eminent Research Scholar & Visiting Professor at Melbourne University and Macquarie University

Posted on November 9, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University), has been granted the prestigious Australian Eminent Research Scholar Award. He is resident in November and December 2017 at The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research of … Continue reading →

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Understanding Latin America: GLO Fellow, Venezuelan Diplomat and Scholar Alfredo Toro Hardy provides the decoding guide!

Posted on November 9, 2017 by admin

NEWLY PUBLISHED THIS WEEK: Venezuelan Diplomat and Scholar Alfredo Toro Hardy, Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), explains Latin America in his new book (Understanding Latin America. A Decoding Guide, World Scientific, 2017). From afar, Latin America looks like … Continue reading →

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Future of CEU, the Budapest – based international university, is further uncertain: Letter of Rector Michael Ignatieff

Posted on October 21, 2017 by admin

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) and its President, Klaus F. Zimmermann, have supported the Central European University (CEU) in the struggle for scientific independence. See the GLO – CEU event recently in Budapest, among others. Now the Rector of CEU, … Continue reading →

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GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann spoke at Transilvania University of Brasov

Posted on October 21, 2017 by admin

The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration within the Transilvania University of Brasov, in collaboration with the Bucharest-based Institute for Economic Forecasting within the National Institute for Economic Research “Costin C. Kiritescu” of the Romanian Academy had organized on … Continue reading →

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Zimmermann zum Einwanderungsgesetz: Neue Bundesregierung muß das regeln!

Posted on October 17, 2017 by admin

Auf Anfrage der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (FAZ) stellte Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO-Präsident, Universität Bonn und UNU-MERIT, Maastricht) fest: Braucht Deutschland das neue Einwanderungsgesetz? Das von der Union geplante Fachkräfte-Einwanderungsgesetz ist nötig, um die kurz- und langfristigen Bedarfe im … Continue reading →

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GLO President Zimmermann leaves Bellagio to speak at the Transilvania University of Brasov/Romania

Posted on October 17, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann (President of the Global Labor Organization, GLO, and Co-Director POP at UNU-MERIT) is a Rockefeller Policy Fellow 2017. He just spent several weeks in September and October at the legendary Rockefeller Bellagio Center. See for further pictures. … Continue reading →

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GLO President Zimmermann speaks at legendary Rockefeller Bellagio Center & in Milan

Posted on October 5, 2017 by admin

Zimmermann is a 2017 Rockefeller Foundation Policy Fellow. He is currently visiting the Bellagio Center to execute research, engage in discussions and provide seminars and lectures. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program offers distinguished academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and … Continue reading →

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Call for papers on “Sexual Orientation and the Labor Market”

Posted on September 23, 2017 by admin

Call for papers for a special issue of the International Journal of Manpower  on: “Sexual Orientation and the Labor Market” Edited by Nick Drydakis (Anglia Ruskin University, University of Cambridge, IZA, and GLO) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, … Continue reading →

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GLO session on “Issues in Global Labor” at Transilvania University of Brasov Conference

Posted on September 23, 2017 by admin

The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration within Transilvania University of Brasov, in collaboration with the Institute for Economic Forecasting within the National Institute for Economic Research “Costin C. Kiritescu” of the Romanian Academy organizes the International Conference „Inclusive … Continue reading →

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After the terrible earthquakes: Mexico needs relief efforts

Posted on September 23, 2017 by admin

The very successful last World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) took place June 19-23, 2017 in Mexico city with a large number of GLO Fellows attending. Among them were IEA President Kaushik Basu, Jackie Wahba, Corrado Giulietti, Martin … Continue reading →

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