Institute of Public Policy and Administration of the University of Central Asia (UCA), Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), and ISDC – International Security and Development Center will hold the fifth annual ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ Conference in Bishkek on 23-24 October 2019. Please see the Call for Papers for more details.
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15th Annual HiCN Workshop “New Methods in Empirical Conflict Research”
In the last 15 years, civil conflict has gradually become an important subject of study for empirical economists. As a result, conflict research has adopted many empirical methods from mainstream economics. There is now a broad consensus that violent political conflict and economic development are intertwined, and a fast-growing literature studies this relationship with micro-data. Applied research on conflict is increasingly embracing new empirical methods, such as RCTs, geospatial analysis using high-resolution satellite imagery, machine learning methods, big data applications, and the large-scale digitization of archival resources.
Workshop on Home Gardens as a Coping Strategy in Crises and Humanitarian Emergencies
The objective of the workshop is to advance our knowledge of home and school gardens, resilience, food security, and related interventions.