Previous Activities

The DENeB discussion round served as a platform for PhD students and Postdocs from Berlin to discuss their research. In the discussion round the emphasis was on discussion and not on presenting. Instead of having a 45-minute presentation, all papers/research projects to be discussed are circulated beforehand and we start with the discussion right away. 

Participation requires two things for those who want their research to be discussed: 

1. Papers/extended abstracts will be circulated at least three days in advance. Every participant is required to read all submissions and prepare thoughts/questions on each of them. 

2. Commitment to attend all discussion rounds during the discussion day even those in which they are not presenting and  

The complete archive of all discussion rounds organised by DENeB since 2013 can be found here.

The DENeB-GlaD PhD Workshop was a platform for PhD students from GLAD and the DENeB network to present and discuss recent research projects. 

Participants of the first workshop in November 2021 workshop were: Tobias Korn, Florian Münch, Sarah Frohnweiler, Laura Barros, Lukas Mogge, Johannes Matzat, Jana Hamdan, and Lukas Wellner.

The second workshop took place in Göttingen in March 2022 and participants were Laura Barros, Malte Becker, Sarah Frohnweiler, Anna Gasten, Tobias Korn, Johannes Matzat, Robin Moellerherm, Jorge Rincon, and Lukas Wellner. 

The third workshop took place in Berlin in November 2022 and participants were Fabian Scheifele, Alina Imping, Katharina Fietz, Lena Mekel, Tobias Hellmundt, Lennart Reiners, Lukas Mogge, Jonah Foong, and Tobias Korn.

The Job Market Lunch Talks are lunch time panel discussions during which job market experts discuss their experiences and provide information on what to keep in mind when going to the job market.

The following Lunch Talks took place during the summer semester 2018:

At the end of the 2019 German Economists Conference (AEL), DENeB organized a walking tour through central Berlin. To experience hands-on where development economics research in Berlin takes place, the walking tour connected several of the institutes that are part of DENeB (the DIW Berlin, the Humboldt-University, and the ESMT). In addition, participants were able to get a glimpse of some famous Berlin sights and of Berlin’s rich art scene. Stations of the tour included the Gendarmenmarkt, Platz der Bücherverbrennung (square remembering the Nazi book burnings), the State Opera, the Museum Island, and the Old Synagogue. The evening concluded with a joint dinner.