Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Conference Room II
Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025
11:00am
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12:30pm
C1: Return Migration and Social Integration
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Janine Isabelle Pinkow-Läpple, IAMO
 

Why do “I choose Croatia“? Quality of life considerations in (return) migration decisions.

Caroline Hornstein Tomić1, Janine Isabelle Pinkow-Läpple2, Ana Budimir3

1: Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; 2: IAMO, Germany; 3: University of Zagreb



Can Cooperatives Help Mitigate Rural Exodus? Insights from a Croatian Case Study

Mario Njavro1, Miroslav Kovac2, Tajana Cop1, Duro Njavro3

1: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia; 2: Živo Selo” ("Living village"), an informal expert group of agronomists; 3: Zagreb School of Economics and Management



The farmer I want to be: Farmers' role identity in multifunctional agricultural landscapes

Malin Gütschow1, Bartosz Bartkowski1,2

1: Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany; 2: Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

2:00pm
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4:00pm
C2: Place Attachment and Staying Decisions
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
 

(Im)mobility patterns of older adults living in small rural Iowa towns

Ilona Matysiak

Maria Grzegorzewska University, Poland



Rooted in Place: The Influence of Place Attachment and Well-Being on Staying Intentions in Rural Southeast Europe

Arbnora Shala, Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Antje Jantsch

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany



Inertia, place attachment and staying intentions of rural youth in the Western Balkans

Thomas Dufhues1, Möllers Judith1, Ana Simonovska2, Emelj Tuna2, Iliriana Miftari3, Desjana Grymshi1

1: IAMO, Germany; 2: University Ss Cyril and Methodius in Skopje; 3: University of Pristina



’You Can Have a Very Good Life Here if You Want!’ Four Typologies of Stayers Explaining Rural Immobility

Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Antje Jantsch

Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies, Germany

Date: Thursday, 19/June/2025
10:30am
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12:30pm
C3: Governance and Policy Dimensions of Migration
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Nodir Djanibekov, IAMO
 

Empowerment or Exploitation? Agricultural Reforms on Female Labor Participation in Central Asia

Pengshan Pan1, Nodir Djanibekov2, Jennifer Murtazashvili3

1: New Uzbekistan University; 2: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies; 3: University of Pittsburgh



Does the zonation of Biosphere Reserves lead to inequities? Analysing from the perspective of the livelihood-resource nexus

Lun Yang

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic of



Beyond Hayek’s dichotomy: Informal governance and cooperation among farmers in a transition economy

Engjell Skreli1, Orjon Xhoshi1, Vladislav Valentinov2, Edvin Zhllima1, Drini Imami1

1: Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania; 2: IAMO



Linking risk preferences and land use right perceptions: A Prospect Theory approach

Abdusame Tadjiev1, Zafar Kurbanov1, Nodir Djanibekov1, Jens Rommel2, Thomas Herzfeld1

1: IAMO, Halle, Germany; 2: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

2:00pm
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3:30pm
C4: Food Security and Rural Health
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
 

Cause or Result? The Relationship Between Internet Use and Mental Health Risks Among Rural Children

yu wan1, Tianli Feng2, Huan Wang3, Qiran Zhao1, Scott Rozelle3

1: College of Economic and Management, China Agricultural University, China; 2: School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; 3: Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Stanford University, USA



Household Food Security Dynamics in Kyrgyzstan (2013–2022): A Probabilistic Approach

Salima Bekbolotova1, Nodir Djanibekov1, Barchynai Kimsanova1, Thomas Herzfeld1,2

1: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany; 2: Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg: Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, DE



Pathways to food security in Tajikistan: direct and indirect effects of migration through farm resilience

Bekhzod Egamberdiev1,2, Ihtiyor Bobojonov1, Lena Kuhn1, Thomas Glauben1

1: IAMO, Germany; 2: German-Uzbek Chair on Central Asian Agricultural Economics (GUCAE), International Agriculture University (IAU)

5:00pm
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6:30pm
C5 Organized Session: The Great Rural Shift: Migration and Livelihood Challenges in the Western Balkans
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: J Möllers, IAMO
Session Chair: Drini Imami, Agriculture University of Tirana
 

Migration and Youth Generational Transfer – The Case of North Macedonia

Aleksandra Martinovska Stojcheska

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia



Migration and Farm Succession – The Case of Albania

Orjon Xhoxhi, Edvin Zhllima

Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania



Migration Intentions – The Case of Kosovo

Iliriana Miftari

University of Prishtina, Kosovo

Date: Friday, 20/June/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
C6 Organized Session: Land as a Social Institution - Governance, Property Rights, and Market Interactions
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Samuel Brea, IAMO
 

Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Investment: Evidence from China’s Latest Tenure Extension Reform

Tong Wang

Sichuan Agricultual University,China, Germany



The Interaction between Clans and Local Government in China's Land Acquisition

Yilin Cui

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany



The Impact of Land Rights Reorganization on Collectives' Land Protection Behavior: Taking the Cases of Two Provinces as an Example

Xuchao Che

IAMO, Germany



Who Deserves the Land? Public Morals and the Push for Land Market Access Rules

Samuel Brea

IAMO, Spain

1:30pm
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3:30pm
Post-Conference Session: Socio-Economic Farm and Household Data Sets on Central Asia: Which Data Is Available and How Could It Be Used?
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Martin Petrick, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
 

Life in Kyrgyzstan study

Damir Esenaliev

Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany



AGRICHANGE/SUSADICA farm survey

Abdusame Tadjiev

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany



UzFarmBarometer farm manager survey

Nodir Djanibekov

IAMO, Germany



Central Asian data user perspective

Bakhrom Mirkasimov

Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan



Western academic data user perspective

Sabine Liebenehm

University of Saskatchewan, Canada