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Presentations 

Full list of my presentations at conferences, workshops and research seminars, invited talks, and other workshop participations since 2010:





2024
  • 1st Homecoming of the "Göttingen School of Development Economics", University of Göttingen, Germany (09/2024)
  • Responsible Innovation Summit, University of Göttingen, Germany (06/2024)
  • Research Seminar in Economics, University of Passau, Germany (04/2024), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • Braunschweiger Seminar Ökonomie, Politik & Praxis, TU Braunschweig, Germany (04/2024), Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Was sind die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Folgen?
  • Devex pro panel, Devex [online event] (03/2024), Expert panel on Chinese aid
  • EUDN Scientific Conference, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy (01/2024), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects

2023
  • Joint Conference Kiel Institute and CEPR: Geoeconomics, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin (12/2023), Discussion "Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI"
  • 1st Annual Conference on the Political Economy of Aid, University College Dublin, Ireland (10/2023), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects & The Speed of Emergency Aid & Tracking Chinese Aid through China Customs & Light of Their Lives: Country Leaders’ Spouses and Regional Favoritism
  • 1st Homecoming of the "Göttingen School of Development Economics", University of Göttingen, Germany (09/2023), Tracking Chinese Aid through China Customs & Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • Workshop “China in Africa: Exploring the Consequences for Economic and Social Development”, University of Göttingen, Germany (09/2023), Tracking Chinese Aid through China Customs
  • 15th CEA (Europe) and 34th CEA (UK) 2023 Annual Conference "Sustainable Development in a Changing Era: China and the World", University of Göttingen, Germany (07/2023), Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance
  • CEPR International Lending and Sovereign Debt RPN "China in the International Financial System" Workshop, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany [online event] (06/2023), Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, University of Stuttgart, Germany (06/2023), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • German Development Economics Conference (GDEC), Technical University Dresden, Germany (06/2023), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • HWWI Forum Wirtschaftspolitik, Handelskammer, Hamburg, Germany (04/2023), Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Was sind die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Folgen?
  • DEG-Makroblitz, DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, Köln, Germany [online event] (04/2023), Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Was sind die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Folgen?
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), University of Hannover, Germany (03/2023), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • Agorá, Chinese Studies Center, University of Salzburg, Austria (01/2023), Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Wirtschaftliche und politische Konsequenzen
  • Ringvorlesungen zu Migration aus wirtschaftspolitischer Sicht, University of Cologne, Germany (01/2023), Die Rolle der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit bei der Fluchtursachenbekämpfung


2022
  • Lecture Series "Current economic developments in the PR China", Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Germany (11/2022), The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Program
  • Seminarios de Investigación, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Chile [online event] (11/2022), Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • KfW Entwicklungsforum, KfW, Frankfurt am Main [online event] (10/2022), Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Ökonomische und politische Konsequenzen und Herausforderungen für Europa
  • PEGNet Conference 2022, Economic Policy Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda (09/2022), China’s Aid to Africa and the COVID-19 Pandemic & The Speed of Emergency Aid & Does Foreign Aid Reduce Migration? Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects
  • Kiel Institute China Initiative Workshop, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany (08/2022), Tracking Chinese Aid through China Customs: Darlings and Orphans after the COVID-19 Outbreak
  • IfW Research Seminar, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany (08/2022), Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  • International Trade and Agricultural Cooperation Seminar Series, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China [online event] (07/2022), Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  • Economics Research Seminar, TU Darmstadt, Germany (06/2022), Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  • BMWK-Veranstaltung zu China, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Berlin, Germany [online event] (06/2021), Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Ökonomische und politische Konsequenzen und Herausforderungen für Europa
  • Megatrends Afrika “New Actors, New Patterns: Foreign Involvement in African Conflicts and Economies”, SWP Berlin, Germany [hybrid event] (04/2022), Economic, social and political consequences of China’s engagement in Africa
  • Book a Scientist, Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany [online event], Chinas Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und ihre Konsequenzen
  • China Strategie 2022, China.Table, Berlin, Germany [online event] (02/2022), Chinas Impfstoff-Diplomatie


2021
  • Africa in Shifting Global Context: the Roles of China and the EU, University of Göttingen, Germany [online event] (12/2021), Chinese Development Aid: Distribution, Consequences, and Comparison with the EU
  • Treffen der China-AG, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Germany [online event] (11/2021), Chinas Hilfe und Exporte von medizinischen Gütern in Zeiten von COVID-19
  • SIPRI Online Roundtable: Chinese ODA in Africa and implications for the International Aid Architecture, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Solna, Sweden [online event] (11/2021), Session "Evolving Approaches and Affecting Factors of Chinese Foreign Aid"
  • Verein der Freunde und ehemaligen Mitglieder des Ibero-Amerika Instituts für  Wirtschaftsforschung, University of Göttingen, Germany (11/2021), Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen
  • Columbia University International Politics Seminar, Columbia University, New York City, USA  [online event] (10/2021), Does India Use Development Finance to Compete with China? A Subnational Analysis
  • 17th Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network, University of Göttingen, Germany [online event] (10/2021), Member of local organization committee
  • Tuesday Talks, Economic Statecraft Program, Texas A&M University, USA [online event] (108/2021), Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  • Webinar on ‘Structural Constraints on the Economy, Growth and Political Economy’, Economic Research Southern Africa, South Africa [online event] (08/2021), Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany (08/2021), Light of Their Life: Country Leaders' Spouses and Regional Favoritism & The Speed of Emergency Aid
  • International Conference on Globalization and Development, University of Goettingen, Germany [online event] (07/2021), Do China's Overseas Development Projects Buy Public Support for the Chinese Government? & The Speed of Emergency Aid & Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, GIGA Hamburg & HSU Hamburg, Germany (06/2021), The Timing of Emergency Aid
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), University of Lille, France  [online event] (04/2021), Chinese Aid and Public Opinion & The Timing of Emergency Aid & Is Davos More Than a Boondoggle?
  • CSAE Conference 2021: Economic Development in Africa, University of Oxford, UK [online event] (03/2021), Inequality and Development: A Panel Discussion in Memory of Professor Stephan Klasen
  • Seminar on the Political Economy of International Organization, Villanova University, USA [online event] (03/2021), The Timing of Emergency Aid


2020
  • Conference "United in Diversity – A Europe of Sustainability", University of Göttingen, Germany  [online event] (11/2020)
  • 8. Asientag: Solidarität in der Pandemie, Asienhaus, Cologne, Germany [online event] (11/2020), China und Deutschland in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Vergangenheit und Zukunft
  • Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, University of Cologne, Germany [online event] (09/2020), Resource Curse, Political Instability, and Anti-Americanism
  • Online Opening Conference of the Kiel Institute Africa Initiative and the Kiel Institute China Initiative “China’s Economic Engagement in Africa”, Kiel, Germany [online event] (09/2020)
  • Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organization, Vancouver, Canada (02/2020), Is Davos More Than a Boondoggle?
  • Book Workshop "Explaining Chinese Aid", Vancouver, Canada (02/2020), Explaining Chinese Aid
  • Gutenberg School of Management and Economics Faculty Seminar Series, University of Mainz, Germany (01/2020), Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset


2019
  • Workshop Behavioral Insights in Development and Peace Building, University of Goettingen, Germany (08/2019)
  • China Economics Summer Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China (08/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • Next Generation Economics (NGE) Seminar, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany (07/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany (06/2019), Chinese Aid and Public Opinion
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, DIW Berlin, Germany (06/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • Tuesday Talk at the Institute For Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany (06/2019), China’s aid and other state-financed projects in developing countries: allocation patterns and consequences
  • GeoData in Economics  Workshop, University of Hamburg, Germany (05/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • Seminar talk at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany (05/2019), China’s aid and other state-financed projects in developing countries: allocation patterns and consequences
  • Economics Research Seminar, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (05/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • Research Seminar of the Department of Economics at the Graduate Institute (IHEID), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (04/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • International Conference on the Past, Present and Future of African-Asian Relations, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (04/2019), Keynote Speech "China's development aid to Africa and its consequences"
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (04/2019), Does Private Aid Follow the Flag? An Empirical Analysis of Humanitarian Assistance & Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • Global Solutions Summit: The World Policy Forum, ESMT Berlin (03/2019), China’s Role in Africa and its Implications for Africa and the Other G20 Countries
  • Conference on the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship, University of Münster, Germany (02/2019), Democracy and Aid Donorship
  • TEDE Workshop "Topics in Development and Environmental Research", University of Birmingham, UK (02/2019), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • KfW-DEG „Managementtag zu EZ in Theorie und Praxis“ , Montabour , Germany (01/2019), Neue bilaterale Geber in der EZ
  • Erich-Schneider-Seminar of the Department of Economics, Kiel University, Germany (01/2019), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance


2018
  • Chinas Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und ihre Konsequenzen, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, Germany (11/2018)
  • 1st HSU-IfW-Workshop in Development and Environmental Economics, HSU Hamburg, Germany (11/2018), Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
  • GP Salon "Wirtschaft als Teil der Lösung" zum Thema „Dance of the Lions and Dragons: Investigating China’s role in Africa and approaching new impulses for Germany’s cooperation with African Countries", Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany (10/2018)
  • PEGNet Conference 2018, African School of Economics in Cotonou, Benin (10/2018), Democracy and Aid Donorship
  • Séminaire DIAL, Université Paris Dauphine, France (09/2018), Does India Compete with China? A Subnational Analysis of Development and Trade Finance Projects
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Economic Systems and Institutional Economics, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Germany (09/2018), Democracy and Aid Donorship
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, University of Zurich/ETH Zurich, Switzerland (06/2018), Does Private Aid Follow the Flag? & A New Scramble for Africa and the World? An Analysis of Chinese and Indian Development Projects
  • Book Workshop "Entwicklungsökonomik", ETH Zurich, Switzerland (06/2018), Globalisierung
  • Research Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Norway (06/2018), The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows
  • IfW Special Staff Seminar, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany (06/2018), The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows
  • Workshop on Geodata and Economics, TU Braunschweig, Germany (05/2018)
  • International Conference on Globalization and Development, University of Goettingen, Germany (05/2018),  The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows
  • FHM Development Economics Workshop, University of Mannheim, Germany (04/2018), Democracy and Aid Donorship
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (04/2018), Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset & A New Scramble for Africa and the World? An Analysis of Chinese and Indian Development Projects
  • CSAE Conference 2018: Economic Development in Africa, University of Oxford, UK (03/2018), Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset
  • RITM Economics Seminar, Université Paris Sud, France (02/2018), The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows
  • Sheffield Workshop in Political Economy, University of Sheffield, UK (01/2018), Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset
  • Graduiertenseminar in Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Bayreuth, Lichtenfels, Germany (01/2018), Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen


2017
  • EUDN Scientific Conference, University of Goettingen, Germany (12/2017)
  • Annual Conference of the International Political Economy Society, University of Texas, Austin, USA (11/2017), A New Scramble for Africa and the World? An Analysis of Chinese and Indian Development Projects & Competing for Aid Recipients? Donor Responses to Chinese Development Finance
  • Hamburg Lecture on Law & Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany (11/2017), Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away?
  • FHM Development Economics Workshop, Heidelberg University, Germany (10/2017)
  • Public Lecture Series "Entwicklungsökonomik – Herausforderungen. Chancen. Lösungen?", University of Mannheim, Germany (10/2017), Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen
  • Workshop "Tracking International Aid and Investment from Developing and Emerging Economies", Heidelberg University, Germany (07/2017), Aid Donors & Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset & A New Scramble for Africa and the World? An Analysis of Chinese and Indian Development Projects
  • Workshop BNUBS (Lyon)-GATE (Beijing)-AWI (Heidelberg), Heidelberg University, Germany (07/2017), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • 10th International Conference on "Migration and Development", Center for Research on International Development (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France (06/2017), Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away?
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, University of Milan, Gargnano (Lombardy), Italy (06/2017), Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away? & Aid Donors
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, University of Goettingen, Germany (06/2017), Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away? & Aid Donors & The Allocation and Financing of Emergency Aid after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake & The Causal Effects of Trade, Aid and Investment on China’s Image Abroad
  • 2017 ZEW Public Finance Conference: Public Finance and Development, ZEW Mannheim, Germany (05/2017), Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away? & Aid Donors
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (04/2017), Does Aid Help Refugees Stay? Does Aid Keep Refugees Away? & Aid Donors
  • Workshop on Experiments in Foreign Aid Research: Views from Donor and Recipient Publics, University of California Washington Center, Washington, DC, USA (04/2017), The Causal Effects of Trade, Aid and Investment on China’s Image Abroad
  • FHM Development Economics Workshop, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (04/2017)
  • Conference on BRICS and the Global Economy, National University of Singapore (03/2017), BRICS and Foreign Aid
  • Research Seminar of the Mercator School of Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (01/2017), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations, University of Bern, Switzerland (01/2017)


2016
  • EUDN Scientific Conference/European Development Conference 2016: Migration and Development, University of Bonn, Germany (12/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • FHM Development Economics Workshop, University of Mannheim, Germany (12/2016)
  • Research Seminar in Economics, University of Passau, Germany (10/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Colloquium of the Center for Comparative & International Studies, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland (09/2016), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • Villanova School of Business Department of Economics Seminar Series, Villanova University, USA (09/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, USA (09/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance & Sovereign Debt, Regime Type and the Rise of China: Re-Reconsidering the Democratic Advantage
  • Conference “Development, Trade and Investment” of the Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (08/2016), The Dalai Lama Effect Revisited: How Do Importers Respond to Political Tensions?
  • China Economics Summer Institute, Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China (08/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance  (external link to video)
  • Workshop "Geospatial Analysis of Disasters: Measuring Welfare Impacts of Emergency Relief", Heidelberg University, Germany (07/2016), Analyzing the Effectiveness of Emergency Aid from Outer Space
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, University of Salzburg, Austria (07/2016), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • Development Economics Conference "Goettinger Schule", University of Goettingen, Germany (06/2016), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, Heidelberg University, Germany (06/2016), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), University of Freiburg, Germany (04/2016), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • CSAE Conference 2016: Economic Development in Africa, University of Oxford, UK (03/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance & Do Development Minister Characteristics Affect Aid Giving?
  • Seminar of the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore (03/2016), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • Seminar of the European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (01/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Workshop "Global Economic Governance in Transition", Brigham Young University, Provo, USA (01/2016), How Do Firms Respond to Political Tensions? The Heterogeneity of the Dalai Lama Effect on Trade & Public Panel Discussion "Global Economic Governance in Transition" (event video)
  • Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA (01/2016), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance


2015
  • Workshop on Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Corporations, University of Mainz, Germany (11/2015), Towards a Harmonious World? The Effects of Chinese Economic Activities on Individual Attitudes towards China in Latin America
  • ​Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Münster, Germany (09/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), University of Mannheim, Germany (08/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (06/2015), State Control and the Effects of Foreign Relations on Bilateral Trade & Do Development Minister Characteristics Affect Aid Giving?
  • Nordic Conference on Development Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (06/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany (06/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance & Do Development Minister Characteristics Affect Aid Giving?
  • European Development Days, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (06/2015)
  • International Economic Policy Research Seminar, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (05/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • International Conference on Globalization and Development, University of Goettingen, Germany (05/2015),  Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance & Do Development Minister Characteristics Affect Aid Giving?
  • IMF Conference on Financing for Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (04/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), University of Groningen, Netherlands (04/2015), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance & Do Development Minister Characteristics Affect Aid Giving?
  • CSAE Conference 2015: Economic Development in Africa, University of Oxford, UK (03/2015), Apples and Dragonfruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa (event video)
  • Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany (02/2015), When Do Developing Countries Follow International Regulatory Benchmarks?
  • International Conference "Approaches and Implementation of Asian and European Official Development Assistance (ODA): Similarities, Specificities and Convergences", Catholic Louvain University, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium (02/2015), Apples and Dragonfruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa
  • International Economic Policy Research Seminar & AFRASO Lecture, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (01/2015), What Drives China’s Allocation of Development Finance Across and Within African Countries?


2014
  • AWI Departmental Workshop, Heidelberg University, Germany (11/2014), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance
  • AidData Event "Where in the World is Chinese Development Finance?", OpenGov Hub, Washington, DC, USA (11/2014), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance
  • Annual Conference of the International Political Economy Society, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA (11/2014), Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance
  • SNIS Dissemination Workshop "The Proliferation of Multilateral Funds", University of Zurich, Switzerland (10/2014)
  • Workshop "South-South Development Cooperation: Chances and Challenges for the International Aid Architecture", Heidelberg University, Germany (09/2014), Apples and Dragonfruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa
  • School of International Economics and Trade Weekly Forum, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China (09/2014), Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited
  • First Symposium of Development and Institutional Economics, Kaifeng, China (06/2014), Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited
  • China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Xiamen University, China (06/2014), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Heidelberg University, Germany (06/2014), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Volkswirtschaftliches Kolloquium, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, Germany (03/2014), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Public Seminar of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (02/2014), Understanding South-South Cooperation: The Motives Driving Aid-like and Non-traditional Flows from China to Africa
  • Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations, Princeton University, USA (01/2014)
  • Convening of the AidData Research Consortium, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, USA (01/2014), Favoritism in the Regional Allocation of Aid


2013
  • AWI Departmental Workshop, Heidelberg University, Germany (11/2013), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Conference "Fragmentation or Pluralism? The organisation of development cooperation revisited", German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn, Germany (10/2013), Why Donors of Foreign Aid Do Not Coordinate: The Role of Competition for Export Markets and Political Support & Public Panel Discussion "Fragmentation or Pluralism in the organization of development cooperation: Policy implications of an evolving research agenda"
  • KOF Research Seminar, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (09/2013), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Düsseldorf, Germany (09/2013), Emergency Aid 2.0
  • Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, USA (08/2013), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Guest Lecture at the Institute for West Asian & African Studies (IWAAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China (06/2013), China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
  • Guest Lecture at the National Health Development Research Center (NHDRC), Ministry of Health, Beijing, China (06/2013), China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
  • China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Beijing, China (06/2013), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Annual Conference of the Chinese Economists Society, Chengdu, China (06/2013), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Guest Lecture at the School of International and Public Affairs, Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China (06/2013), China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
  • Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, HEC Montréal, Canada (06/2013), The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
  • Center for Global Development PublicEvent, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA (04/2013), China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection (event website) (event video) (event photos)
  • Research Frontiers in Foreign Aid, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, USA (04/2013)
  • International Development Conference, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (04/2013), BRICS Abroad: Shifting Patterns of Foreign Aid
  • Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, USA (04/2013), Emergency Aid 2.0
  • CSAE Conference 2013: Economic Development in Africa, University of Oxford, UK (03/2013), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Panel "When China Met Africa", Princeton University, USA (03/2013), Some Comments on the Documentary "When China Met Africa"  (external link to movie)
  • Center for Global Development Lunchtime Discussion, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA (02/2013), China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection


2012
  • International Relations Faculty Colloquium, Princeton University, USA (12/2012), Emergency Aid 2.0
  • Annual Conference of the International Political Economy Society, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA (11/2012),State Control and the Effects of Foreign Relations on Bilateral Trade
  • Faculty seminar of the Government Department, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, USA (10/2012), Emergency Aid 2.0
  • Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, USA (04/2012), The Needy Donor: An Empirical Analysis of India's Aid Motives
  • 2nd World Congress of the Public Choice Societies, Miami, USA (03/2012), The Needy Donor: An Empirical Analysis of India's Aid Motives
  • Seminar of the "Verein Freiburger Wirtschaftswissenschaftler e.V.", University of Freiburg, Germany (01/2012), The Needy Donor: An Empirical Analysis of India's Aid Motives


2011
  • Ph.D. Colloquium of the German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn, Germany (12/2011), The Needy Donor: An Empirical Analysis of India's Aid Motives
  • Annual Conference of the International Political Economy Society, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (11/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • International Relations Graduate Seminar, Princeton University, USA (10/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • New Directions in Welfare 2011 Congress, OECD Paris, France (07/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (06/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Bonner Praxisseminar zur Entwicklungspolitik, Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, Germany (06/2011), Unterschiede in den Vergabeentscheidungen von Entwicklungshilfeprojekten der neuen und der alten Geber
  • Workshop "The Transatlantic Community and Rising Powers in the Global Economy", Berlin, Germany (05/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), Rennes, France (04/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation & Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • Spring Meeting of Young Economists, University of Groningen, Netherlands (04/2011), Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation
  • Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montréal, Canada (03/2011), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • RWTH Aachen Research Seminar in Economics, Aachen, Germany (01/2011), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade


2010
  • Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (SAEe), Madrid, Spain (12/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • CESifo Workshop on Political Economy, Dresden, Germany (11/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • NORRAG Meeting, Bern, Switzerland (11/2010), Are 'New' Donors Different?
  • Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (09/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • Silvaplana Workshop on Political Economy, Pontresina, Switzerland (07/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (06/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark (03/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade
  • Göttinger Workshop Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University of Goettingen, Germany (02/2010), Paying a Visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on International Trade