Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: Lecture Hall |
| Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 9:15am |
Conference Opening Location: Lecture Hall Welcome Address IAMO, Germany |
| 9:15am - 10:15am |
Plenary Session 1 Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Antje Jantsch, IAMO How can Big Data and Machine Learning Be Used in Social Science to Measure Well-Being? – The GNH.today University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
A1: Quality of Life in Rural Contexts Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO What 'quality of life' means to rural women in Ethiopia: Four regions compared 1: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany; 2: Hawassa University; 3: Bahar Dar University; 4: Arba MInch University; 5: Jimma University; 6: Addis Ababa University Welfare and well-being as components of farmers’ quality of life Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland Does the improvement of rural living environment improve subjective well-being in rural China? Huazhong Agricultural University, China |
| 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
A2 Organized Session: China’s Rural Renaissance: The Multifacet Case of Rural Revitalization Strategy Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Zhanli Sun, IAMO Session Chair: Lena Kuhn, IAMO Discussants: Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Feil, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Prof. Dr. Fantao Kong, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, CAAS, China Presentations: Review of China’s Rural revitalization: motivation, policies and implications IAMO, Germany How does rural-urban migration influence the intergenerational (social) mobility of rural residents in China? 1: IAMO, Germany; 2: Huazhong Agricultural University The Impact of Poverty Alleviation Resettlement on the Non-farm Labor Supply: Evidence from China Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, CAAS, China Cropland displacement and carbon emissions of grain transport in China International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States of America How does social capital influence rural residents’ contribution to public goods? An empirical analysis 1: Hunan Academy of Social Sciences, China; 2: IAMO, Germany |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Plenary Session 2 Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO Lifestyle and Livelihood: Motivations for Economic Migrants to Settle in Small Towns and Rural Areas University College London, United Kingdom |
| Date: Thursday, 19/June/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am |
Plenary Session 3 Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO Migration and Immobility in a Changing Climate: The Role of Compound Risks for Well-Being and Livelihoods International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm |
A3 Organized Session: Empowering Youth and Women in Agriculture - Strategies for Rural Revitalization in South East Europe Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Stanimira Penkova, IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH Panel Discussion on the Topic: "Empowering Youth and Women in Agriculture: Strategies for Rural Revitalization in South East Europe" (TBD) Welcome Address BMLEH, Germany Welcome Address SWG RRD, North Macedonia Rural Youth in SEE Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia Rural Women in SEE Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Agricultural Sciencies and Food-Skopje, North Macedonia Outmigration in SEE Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies, Germany |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
A4 Organized Session: Innovation in the Countryside: Advancing Rural Economies in Western Balkans Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Irena Djimrevska, GIZ Preserving Tradition, Embracing Progress: The Development of Rural Societies in Albania Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany Improvement of quality of life in rural areas through diversification GIZ, North Macedonia Increasing Access to European Framework Programs: Where Development Cooperation and Academia meet Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Albania |
| 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
A5: A Living Between Rural and Urban Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime, IAMO Rural Well-Being and Migration in Moldova: Unraveling Socioeconomic and Place-Based Determinants of (Im)Mobility Magentaa Consulting, Moldova From Cities to Countryside: COVID-19's Effects on Rural Migration and Development 1: University of Gastronomic Science, Italy; 2: University of Naples Parthenope The causes and consequences of the new wave of emigration from the village in Albania. Institute of Anthropology, Academy of Sciences of Albania, Albania |
| Date: Friday, 20/June/2025 | |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Moderated Panel Discussion: What Makes Rural Areas Livable? Sustainability vs. Quality of Life and Rural Development Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Jennifer Hauck, CoKnow Consulting Discussants: Saamah Abdallah, Hot or Cool Institute, Germany Mechthild Anna Becker, DGAP’s Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, Germany Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Croatia Drini Imami, Faculty of Economics and Agribusiness, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania |
| 12:30pm - 12:40pm |
IAMO Forum Closure Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO |
| 12:40pm - 12:45pm |
IAMO Forum 2025 Best Poster Award Location: Lecture Hall |
