On June 20, 2019 Klaus F. Zimmermann, President of the Global Labor Organization and currently George Soros Visiting Chair at the Central European University, was visiting the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to deliver a research seminar on “Global Labor Economics: Challenges and Benefits”. Zimmermann, Professor Emeritus of Bonn University, is also the Section Chair of “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” of the Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe. A large audience crowded the room during the seminar which was chaired by János Köllő, who is also a member of the Academia Europaea.
Left: Zimmermann in front of the Academy; right: With János Köllő
Posted inEvents, Research|Comments Off on June 20, 2019. GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann spoke in a crowded research seminar at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest on global labor economics.
Quo Vadis Europe after the European elections? Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann (both Budapest) debated on June 5, 2019 with Elsa Fornero (Turin) and Jonathan Portes (London) the consequences and perspectives for Europe in front of a larger audience. Zimmermann, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), was chairing and moderating the event; Fornero, Kahanec and Portes are GLO Fellows.
From the left during the panel:Klaus F. Zimmermann, Chair, Budapest and Bonn; Jonathan Portes, London; Elsa Fornero, Turin; and Martin Kahanec, Budapest and Vienna.
After the panel during a joint dinner from the left: NE-D Senator Tanya Cook, USA; CEU Professor Anil Duman and GLO Fellow; Turin Professor and Former Labor Minister Elsa Fornero; CEU Dean and Professor Martin Kahanec; and Klaus F. Zimmermann, George Soros Chair, CEU, and GLO President.
Posted inEvents, Policy|Comments Off on The Future of Europe after the European Elections. Public Debate at the Central European University, Budapest, on June 5, 2019.
On June 2, he moved to Bucharest to speak on June 4 at a large and well attended internal seminar of the Romanian Central Bank followed by an intensive exchange with the staff of the bank. The topic of the lecture at the bank was: “Labor Mobility after the European Elections”. He returned to Budapest on June 4 in the night.
The hands on the gold reserves of the Romanian National Bank:
Front and back sides of the Romanian National Bank in the Old Town of Bucharest
Impressions from Bucharest Old Town with farewell music
The conference (see further information) takes place at the College of Business and Economics, University of Rwanda, with GLO support. GLO Fellows Manfred Fischedick, Almas Heshmati and GLO PresidentKlaus F. Zimmermann are among the invited speakers. Almas Heshmati is the academic Lead of the GLO Research Cluster on “Labor Markets in Africa”. GLO Fellow Rama B. Rao is the Chair of the Organizing Committee of the conference. GLO President and George Soros Chair at the Central European University (CEU) Zimmermann will speak about “The value of global labor mobility”. The preliminary program is out.
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The event was organized by the Transilvania University of Brasov and supported by the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, and GLO. The keynote speakers were Alexandru Minea (University of Auvergne), Jeffrey A. Robinson (Rutgers Business School) and Klaus F. Zimmermann. Zimmermann spoke about “Pushing for quality research: Publishing in good journals”. The full program can be found here.
May 29-31: Coventry, UK. 28thEBES conference. The Eurasia Business and Economics Society(EBES) met with support of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) at the Coventry Business School. For the full program see here. EBES President Klaus F. Zimmermann, who is also the President of GLO and George Soros Chair at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, had opened the EBES congress in the morning with his welcome speech.
EBES President Zimmermann and the Conference Team (from the left): Aylin Akin, Merve Erdemir, Ugur Can and Ender Demir.
On May 29, GLO members were involved in two important conference panel sessions:
EBES & GLO Panel on “The Future of Europe and Brexit after the EU Elections”:
09:30-10:30 Chair & Introduction: Klaus F. Zimmermann, President, EBES & GLO & Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, EBES, GLO, & Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey Matloob Piracha, Director GLO & University of Kent, United Kingdom Dorothea Schäfer, DIW Berlin, GLO, & Jönköping University, Sweden Marco Vivarelli, GLO& Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano, Italy
JOURNAL EDITORS SPECIAL SESSION:How to Publish in WOS Journals?
14:30-15:50 Klaus F. Zimmermann, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Population Economics (SSCI) David B. Audretsch, Editor-in-Chief, Small Business Economics (SSCI) Marco Vivarelli, Editor-in-Chief, Eurasian Business Review (SSCI) Dorothea Schäfer, Editor-in-Chief, Eurasian Economic Review (Scopus & ESCI)
Editor-in-Chiefs (from the right): David Audretsch (Small Business Economics), Marco Vivarelli (Eurasia Business Review) & Klaus F. Zimmermann (Journal of Population Economics) — all present in CoventryEBES Editor-in-Chiefs Dorothea Schäfer (Eurasia Economics Review) & Marco Vivarelli with a large number of conference participants.
Klaus F. Zimmermann is the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and George Soros Chair at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. During his one-week-visit to Romania, he will speak at two events.
Organized by the Transilvania University of Brasov and supported by the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, and GLO.
The keynote speakers are Alexandru Minea (University of Auvergne), Jeffrey A. Robinson (Rutgers Business School) and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
Klaus F. Zimmermann will speak about “Pushing for quality research: Publishing in good journals”.
June 4:National Bank of Romania, Bucharest
Internal speech on “Labor Mobility after the European Elections”
May 29-31: Coventry, UK. 28thEBES conference.The Eurasia Business and Economics Society(EBES) meets with support of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) at the Coventry Business School. For the full program see here.
EBES President Klaus F. Zimmermann, who is also the President of GLO, will open the EBES congress on Wednesday. GLO members are involved in two important conference panel sessions, among others, on Wednesday May 29:
EBES & GLO Panel on “The Future of Europe and Brexit after the EU Election”:
09:30-10:30 Chair & Introduction: Klaus F. Zimmermann, President, EBES & GLO & Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, EBES, GLO, & Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey Matloob Piracha, Director GLO & University of Kent, United Kingdom Dorothea Schäfer, DIW Berlin, GLO, & Jönköping University, Sweden Marco Vivarelli, GLO& Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano, Italy
JOURNAL EDITORS SPECIAL SESSION:How to Publish in WOS Journals?
14:30-15:50 Klaus F. Zimmermann, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Population Economics (SSCI) David B. Audretsch, Editor-in-Chief, Small Business Economics (SSCI) Marco Vivarelli, Editor-in-Chief, Eurasian Business Review (SSCI) Dorothea Schäfer, Editor-in-Chief, Eurasian Economic Review (Scopus & ESCI)
As in 2018, Klaus F. Zimmermann has visited the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala. (See past year report and pictures.) He is the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and George Soros Chair at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. As MAE and Section Chair of the Academia Europaea (AE), the Academy of Europe, he participated in a Class Meeting on May 20-21, 2019. The business meeting, among other strategic issues, debated and decided on the nomination of new AE members.
Arlanda. Stockholm-Uppsala Airport lounge on May 21, 2019. Red and white wine from 3D printing? NOT YET – but from the tap.
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