Project News - Universität Bremen

21.05.2019

Jutta Günther in the “heute journal” on reconstruction in eastern Germany

On the occasion of the East German Economic Forum 2019, the ZDF produced a broadcast on the topic of the "Extended Workbench East Germany" on the 20th of May 2019. In it, people from business, politics, and science were given the opportunity to express their views. Jutta Günther explains why the…

03.05.2019

Economic Colloquium - Presentation by Prof. Dr. Lutz Schneider

On May 21st Prof. Dr. Lutz Schneider will give a presentation at our faculty titled "Can the decline of traditional industrial sites explain people's election behaviour in German regions?".

16.04.2019

Presentation by Prof. Dr. Udo Ludwig: Growth of the gross domestic product in Germany until 1945 and in the GDR from 1950 to 1989

Prof. Dr. Udo Ludwig took part in a research colloquium on the economic history of the German nation at the University of Bamberg on April 6, 2019. In this context, he reported on the measurement of economic performance and welfare in times of German dictatorships, titled: "Growth of the gross…

11.04.2019

Jutta Günther affiliated at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)

On April 10, 2019 the general assembly decided to affiliate Jutta Günther as a faculty member at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS).

10.04.2019

Michael Rochlitz newly appointed professor of economics

Since April 01, 2019, Michael Rochlitz is professor of economics with the specialisation “institutional change” at the University of Bremen.

02.04.2019

New release - Handbook of Political, Social and Economic Transformation, co-edited by project member Hans-Jürgen Wagener (Kopie 1)

The “Handbook of Political, Social, and Economic Transformation” brings together contributions from a wide range of researchers related to transformation research covering theoretical frameworks, research approaches, methods, historic waves and types of societal transformation.

22.03.2019

Jutta Günther appointed as a member of the scientific advisory board of the Research Centre for East European Studies

In February 2019, Jutta Günther was appointed for four years as a member of the scientific advisory board of the Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO).

11.03.2019

HSE-EACES Workshop 2019

The International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) at Higher School of Economics in Moscow will together with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES) organize the workshop on "Topics in Political Economy of Development".

28.02.2019

Does transition still impact the economic development in East Germany? – Job advertisement for a scientific position in a large research project

Nahezu 30 Jahre nach dem Zusammenbruch des Sozialismus und der „Wende“ sind in den Neuen Bundesländern technologisch hochmoderne Wirtschaftszweige und Infrastrukturen sowie eine leistungsstarke Wissenschaftslandschaft entstanden.