Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025 | |||
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer |
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| 9:00am - 9:15am |
Conference Opening Location: Lecture Hall Welcome Address IAMO, Germany |
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| 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 |
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| 10:15am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break and Group Participant Photoshoot Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
B1: Gender and Rural Well-Being Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: J Möllers, IAMO A Happiness Paradox: Understanding the Impact of Migration on Women Left Behind in Pakistan 1: School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China, People's Republic of; 2: School of Economics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo China Double burden or burdenless? A mixed-method study on women’s empowerment in the face of large-scale male labor migration from rural Tajikistan International Food Policy Research Institute Empowering Women and Reclaiming Roots: Women’s Regenerative Farming Creates Livelihoods and Counters Migration 1: PhD Research Scholar, School of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India; 2: Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
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. 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 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 1: Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany; 2: Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
B2: Data, Models and Indicators for Well-Being and Mobility Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime, IAMO Revitalising Well-being: A Novel Approach with the Index of Well-being (IoW) IAMO, Germany Analysing countries ability to transform inputs into well-being using WHR data STATEC Research, Luxembourg The Success of Microfinance and the Moderating Effect of Communists: Large-Scale Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Rural China 1: Renmin University of China, China, People's Republic of; 2: University of Cambridge, UK Gendered Dimensions of Environmental Change-Induced Migration in Rural Ghana 1: University of Saskatchewan, Canada; 2: Tubman University, Harper City, Maryland County, Liberia; 3: CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Ghana; 4: World Food Programme |
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 Maria Grzegorzewska University, Poland Rooted in Place: The Influence of Place Attachment and Well-Being on Staying Intentions in Rural Southeast Europe Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany Inertia, place attachment and staying intentions of rural youth in the Western Balkans 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 Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies, Germany |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
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| 5:30pm | End of Conference Day 1 Location: Foyer |
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| 6:00pm | Welcome Dinner Location: Peißnitzhaus We will meet at 5:45 pm in the foyer near the main entrance of IAMO to go together to Peißnitzhaus. The walk will take about 15 minutes. Please note that the ground on the terrace of the restaurant is partly sandy, so we recommend wearing comfortable shoes. |
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| Date: Thursday, 19/June/2025 | |||
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
B3: Shocks and Migration Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Arbnora Shala, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) Migration patterns: The complex roles of poverty and weather extremes 1: IAMO, Germany; 2: Martin-Luther- Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany; 3: Humbold-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 4: Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany County industrial structure change and rural intergenerational education mobility in China 1: IAMO, Germany; 2: Huazhong Agricultural University, China Forced displacement of the population of Ukraine to rural areas: challenges of adaptation and prospects in the context of a military crisis Poltava State Agrarian University, Ukraine |
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 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 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 1: Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania; 2: IAMO Linking risk preferences and land use right perceptions: A Prospect Theory approach 1: IAMO, Halle, Germany; 2: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
B4: Climate Risks and Migration Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Tom Dufhues, IAMO Understanding Migration through Climate Risk Perceptions Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies: Leibniz-Institut fur Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsokonomien, Germany Thirsty lands, displaced lives: The limits of migration as adaptation in the context of environmental and climate (im)mobilities at Lake Urmia, Iran University of Augsburg, Germany Climate Change and Migration Intentions in European Temperate Zones: The Role of Objective and Perceived Climate Stressors Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany |
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 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 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 1: IAMO, Germany; 2: German-Uzbek Chair on Central Asian Agricultural Economics (GUCAE), International Agriculture University (IAU) |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Poster Session with Coffee Location: Corridor on the first floor Migration Intentions and Return Migration: Evidence from the OeNB Euro Survey Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria Student Migration During Wartime: Forecasting and Implications for the Future of Ukrainian Higher Education (An ARIMA Model Analysis) Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine, Ukraine Impact of Climate Risks on Farm Profitability in Fruit and Nut Agroforestry Systems in Kyrgyzstan 1: Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Germany; 2: Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany Teaching and Living in Rural Kazakhstan: Insights from a Photovoice Study of Beginning Teachers 1: Astana Garden School/Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan; 2: Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Balancing Development and Preservation: Land Use Change, Migration, and Rural Sustainability in Iran Hochschule Fulda (Fulda University of Applied Sciences), Germany Tracing the journey: Mapping migration routes from coastal Bangladesh in the context of climate change Macquarie University, Australia Municipal Medical Care Centres as a solution for GP care and part of integrat-ed town development in rural areas: The case of Marienmünster HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Germany The Contribution Claim Model as alternative approach to private climate finance and sustainable development Foundation Development and Climate Alliance, Germany Living with Environmental Threats: Immobility Processes in the Bengal Delta TU Dresden, Germany Strengthening the Development Potential of Rural Areas through Territorial Partnerships in Poland and Ukraine 1: National University of Ostroh Academy, Ukraine; 2: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland |
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| 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 |
B5: Institutions, Preferences, and Economic Choices Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Zafar Kurbanov, IAMO (Halle, Germany) Farming under Scarcity: How irrigation water shortages relate to risk and time preferences of smallholders in Kyrgyzstan 1: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO); 2: Samarkand Agroinnovations and Research University, Uzbekistan; 3: Ohio State University Decoding the Label: How Design and Language Shape Georgian Wine Preferences Across Generations 1: Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany; 2: IAMO, Germany Socioeconomic conditions in Cambodian rice farming and their role in predicting farm succession: A case study in the Damnak Ampil irrigation scheme 1: University of Greenland; 2: Japanese International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) |
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 Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia Migration and Farm Succession – The Case of Albania Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania Migration Intentions – The Case of Kosovo University of Prishtina, Kosovo |
| 6:30pm | End of Conference Day 2 |
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| 7:00pm | BBQ at IAMO |
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| Date: Friday, 20/June/2025 | ||
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
B6 Organized Session: How Decentralization Helps Foster Economic Resilience of Rural Areas in Ukraine During the War? Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Vasyl Kvartiuk, IAMO Practical Experience of the APD Project in Enhancing the Competence of Pilot Community in the Context of Sustainable Agrarian and Rural Development German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue, Ukraine Evaluating a capacity-building project for Ukrainian communities: An experimental approach IAMO, Germany Benchmarking Local Governments Performance Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine |
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 Sichuan Agricultual University,China, Germany The Interaction between Clans and Local Government in China's Land Acquisition 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 IAMO, Germany Who Deserves the Land? Public Morals and the Push for Land Market Access Rules IAMO, Spain |
| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 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 |
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| 12:30pm - 12:40pm |
IAMO Forum Closure Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO |
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| 12:40pm - 12:45pm |
IAMO Forum 2025 Best Poster Award Location: Lecture Hall |
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| 12:45pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Location: Foyer |
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| 1:30pm - 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 Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany AGRICHANGE/SUSADICA farm survey Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany UzFarmBarometer farm manager survey IAMO, Germany Central Asian data user perspective Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Western academic data user perspective University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
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