Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025
8:00am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Foyer
9:00am
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9:15am
Conference Opening
Location: Lecture Hall
9:15am
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10:15am
Plenary Session 1
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Antje Jantsch, IAMO
10:15am
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11:00am
Coffee Break and Group Participant Photoshoot
Location: Foyer
11:00am
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12:30pm
A1: Quality of Life in Rural Contexts
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO
B1: Gender and Rural Well-Being
Location: Conference Room I
Session Chair: J Möllers, IAMO
C1: Return Migration and Social Integration
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Janine Isabelle Pinkow-Läpple, IAMO
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch
Location: Foyer
2:00pm
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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:
B2: Data, Models and Indicators for Well-Being and Mobility
Location: Conference Room I
Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime, IAMO
C2: Place Attachment and Staying Decisions
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
4:00pm
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4:30pm
Coffee Break
Location: Foyer
4:30pm
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5:30pm
Plenary Session 2
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO
5:30pm End of Conference Day 1
Location: Foyer
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.

Date: Thursday, 19/June/2025
8:00am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Foyer
9:00am
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10:00am
Plenary Session 3
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO
10:00am
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10:30am
Coffee Break
Location: Foyer
10:30am
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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)
B3: Shocks and Migration
Location: Conference Room I
Session Chair: Arbnora Shala, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)
C3: Governance and Policy Dimensions of Migration
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Nodir Djanibekov, IAMO
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch
Location: Foyer
2:00pm
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3:30pm
A4 Organized Session: Innovation in the Countryside: Advancing Rural Economies in Western Balkans
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Irena Djimrevska, GIZ
B4: Climate Risks and Migration
Location: Conference Room I
Session Chair: Tom Dufhues, IAMO
C4: Food Security and Rural Health
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini, Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
3:30pm
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5:00pm
Poster Session with Coffee
Location: Corridor on the first floor
5:00pm
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6:30pm
A5: A Living Between Rural and Urban
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime, IAMO
B5: Institutions, Preferences, and Economic Choices
Location: Conference Room I
Session Chair: Zafar Kurbanov, IAMO (Halle, Germany)
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
6:30pm End of Conference Day 2
7:00pm BBQ at IAMO

Date: Friday, 20/June/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Foyer
9:00am
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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
C6 Organized Session: Land as a Social Institution - Governance, Property Rights, and Market Interactions
Location: Conference Room II
Session Chair: Samuel Brea, IAMO
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break
Location: Foyer
11:00am
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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
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12:40pm
IAMO Forum Closure
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO
12:40pm
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12:45pm
IAMO Forum 2025 Best Poster Award
Location: Lecture Hall
12:45pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
Location: Foyer
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