The academic conference is on November 1-2, 2025; it is the 8th Renmin University & GLO Annual Conference (see detailed program).

Some impressions from the trip:

The full event program is available here: https://www.leopoldina.org/en/events/event/event/3237/ 

As the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE), Klaus F. Zimmermann was invited to speak on September 19, 2025 at the Springer Nature Editor Summit in Heidelberg about the success story of the journal. On January 2024, JOPE introduced Continous Article Publishing (CAP) to ensure fast and efficient publication of accepted manuscripts. At the same time, it started a larger number of article Collections to signal topics of interest to generate extra high quality submissions. Recently, Zimmermann had received the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Awards 2025. Below see number of submissions to the journal, 2011 to 2025.

Note: 2020/2021: Larger number of transfer desk submissions. 2025: Predicted based on actual numbers on September 17, 2025.

Ends;

Tour de force family tour around the country with a local guide.

Reykjavík

Geysir

Waterfalls

Dying Glaciers

Ancient village

Countryside

Left: EBES & GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann arrived in Istanbul. Right: Preparing the day: Zimmermann with Justin Lin (Peking University) & Wolfgang Härdle (Humboldt University Berlin)

Highlights of the conference include:

Ends;

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics and President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) attended the conference as a discussant and member of the research group.

The full program of the meeting is available here: LINK

GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann is a co-organizer of the event and will present a keynote on on “The Economics of Fertility Revisited”. During his visit of Renmin University next week, he will meet with co-authors, Associate Editors, authors and potential authors of JOPE and will present a review of the German employment situation on November 8 at the Renmin University of China Employment Panel.

Ends;

Hou and Zimmermann also discussed publication strategies and future research initiatives. Hou is GLO Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Zimmermann GLO President, and Senator & Section Chairperson of the Leopoldina, The German National Academy. Both are members of the Academia Europea, The Academy of Europe.

On October 15, Zimmermann spoke in a workshop in the University of Edinburgh Business School about “Publishing in Research Journals“. On October 16, he presented his research paper “Parental Gender Stereotypes and Student Wellbeing” at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Klaus F. Zimmermann & host Wen Hou after the event on October 16, 2024 in front of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Talk and exchange with PhD students of the University of Edinburgh at the University of Edinburgh Business School on October 15, 2024.

Left: Honoring the founder of economics in his birth town, Kirkcaldy. (In front of the Adam Smith Centre.) Right: Passing University of St Andrews while visiting the town.

Documenting the evolution of life during the Leopoldina Annual Conference.

25 September 2024. Stranded in Frankfurt/Main, Germany (courtesy of Deutsche Bahn): waiting for the 2.49 am train to Halle/Saale.