Further international and third-party-funded research projects
Externally-funded and international research has become increasingly important at the faculty in recent years. The following international research projects - most of them third-party-funded - are in process or have been completed successfully (sorted by the funding organisations).
Funding Organizations:
DFG Collaborative Research Centres
DFG Research Projects
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
German Confederation of Chambers of Skilled Crafts
Dirección General de Investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain
'Fritz Thyssen Stiftung'
Society for Technical Cooperatio (GTZ)
Society for Technical Cooperatio (GTZ) and The World Bank
European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD)
Research Framework Programmes of the European Union
'Hans Böckler Stiftung'
Federal State Baden-Württemberg
Federal State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, France
'Schmölders-Stiftung' and 'Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte'
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food
Federal Environment Agency
International Research Projects - Non-Third-Party-Funded
DFG Collaborative Research Centres:
- SFB 552 - STORMA: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia
Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD, Faculty of Economic Sciences, and Professor Dr. Michael Grimm, Institute of Social Studies (iss) Den Haag, Niederlande, are heads of the subprogramme A6 ‘Poverty, Vulnerability and Gender Dynamics at the Intrahousehold, Household, Local, Regional, and National Level as part of the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 552) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) STORMA: Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia. STORMA is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 2006 to 2009.
Heads of the Subprogramme: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD, and Prof. Dr. Carola Grün
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG)
For further information:
DFG Research Projects:
- Systematic understanding of business processes as skills in the field of business and administration
The systematic understanding of internal processes of a business is an essential qualification demand for vocational training and continuing education in the field of business and administration. For this purpose, a competence model is theoretically formed and created in a subject-didactic manner. With the help of this model, a systematic understanding of business processes as so-called basic skills in the field of business and administration are defined by sub-skills and developed. Didactically relevant areas of content are viewed and transformed into task demands, with the help of which cognitive processes within identifiable sub-skills can be described. During empirical validation, cognitive performance of trainees in vocational training as an industrial management assistant as well as of graduates of vocational high schools for economics is recorded using domain-specific and domain-connected demand situations. The main challenge of this project is the empirical testing of competence levels that have been identified in a subject-didactic manner, and which should enable a detailed description of the professional area of competence in the field of commercial management. The aim of the competence modelling is to provide a subject-scientifically modified action and decision-making system for teaching and learning programmes in the field of commercial management that, with the help of demand situations that depict real life and real working situations, depict the graduation and the developemental processes of skills in the field of business and administration.
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Frank Achtenhagen
Scientific Coordination: Dr. Esther Winther
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Funding period: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009
- DFG Research Group 756: Vulnerability to Poverty in Southeast Asia
Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD, is participating researcher of the DFG Research Group 756: 'Vulnerability to Poverty in Southeast Asia'. As part of this research project, he is head of the sub-project ‘Vulnerability and Household Dynamics: Conceptual and Empirical Issues for Thailand and Vietnam'. Among Stephan Klasen as representative of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, participating researchers in the Research Group 756 are members of Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt and Leibniz Universität Hanover.
Head of the Sub-Project: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG); from 2006 to 2009
For further information:
- DFG Research Project 'Gender Bias in Mortality in South Asia'
Head of Project: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD; joint with Abay Asfaw, IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG); from 2005 to 2007
- DFG Research Project 'Statistical Linkage of Daily Precipitation in Bulgaria to large-scale Atmospheric Circulation Measures'
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Walter Zucchini, Chair of Statistics;
joint with Dr. N. Neykov and Dr. P. Neytchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
Funding Organization: German Research Foundation (DFG)
- DFG-Projekt 'The Welfare Consequences of Differential Mortality'
Heads of Project: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD, and Juniorprofessor Dr. Michael Grimm.
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG); from 2006 to 2008
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- DFG Research Project 'Female Excess Mortality'
As part of the DFG Research Project ‚Determinants of Gender Specific Inequality in Mortality and Health Acces’ Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD, is head of the Sub-Project 'Female Excess Mortality'.
Head of Project: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG)
- DFG Scholarship 'Die Durchsetzung der Wissensgesellschaft und die Erfindung der modernen Ernährung in Deutschland 1880-2000'
Dr. Uwe Spiekermann, Chair of Economic and Social History, is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the realisation of the project ' Die Durchsetzung der Wissensgesellschaft und die Erfindung der modernen Ernährung in Deutschland 1880-2000'.
Head of Project: Dr. Uwe Spiekermann, Chair of Economic and Social History
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG)
- DFG-Projekt 'Driving Forces of Rural Poverty and Distributional Change in Sub-Saharan Africa'
Heads of Project: Juniorprofessor Dr. Michael Grimm, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen;
Professor Dr. Awudu Abdulai, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel;
Dr. Rainer Thiele, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG); from 2006 to 2008
- DFG Research Project 'Taxation of Concerns in Europe' (Follow Up-Application)
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Andreas Oestreicher, Institute of Domestic and International Taxation
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG);
Note: Follow Up-Application for the closed DFG Research Project ''Taxation of Concerns in Europe'
- DFG Research Project 'Effective Tax Burdens as Location Factor'
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Robert Schwager
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Co-operation Partners: Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim;
Prof. Dr. Thiess Büttner, Ifo Institute for Economic Research.
- DFG Research Project 'Decentralization and Integration: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Factors Determining the vertical Government Structure for OECD Countries
Projektleiter: Prof. Dr. Robert Schwager
Funding Organisation: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Co-operation Partners: Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim;
Prof. Dr. Thiess Büttner, Ifo Institute for Economic Research.
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'Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):
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Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi):
- "GreenIT Cockpit"
An interdisciplinary collaborative project. The aim is to research and develop an organization-wide, business process-oriented management cockpit for the energy efficiency of information and communication technologies.
Project head: Thomas Leitert, TimeKontor AG
Funding Organisation: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
Participating institutions:
Chair of Information Management, Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Kolbe, Georg-August University of Göttingen
TU Berlin
Axel Springer AG
TimeKontor AG
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
Federal Environmental Agency
Project period: 2011-2014
- Creating a Scientific Concept to Reduce Bureaucracy – Evaluation of SKM-data in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology on the Basis of an International Comparison
Head of project: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Sebastian Lechner
Participating institutions: IWP Institute for Economic and Political Research Richter & Schorn, Cologne
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wirtschaftliche Verwaltung e.V. (AWV) (Work Group for Economic Administration)
Funding: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), Main Funding Focus 'Bessere Rechtsetzung und Bürokratieabbau' (Improvement of Regulation and Reduction of Bureaucracy)
Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony:
- Monitor of the infrastructure costs and demographic change in Lower Saxony
Project head: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Göttingen
Funding: Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (Programme “Pro Niedersachsen”)
Project period: 2010 to 2013
Participating institutions: Academy for Land Use and Regional Planning
Click here for detailed project information.
- Sustainable use of bioenergy – Bridging conflicting demands of climate stabilisation, resource conservation, society and economic sciences
Prof. Dr. Jutta Geldermann is head of both sub-projects.
Head of the General Assembly: Prof. Dr. Hans Ruppert
Funding: Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
Project period: 2009 to 2014
Short description: The objective of the research work is to create the foundation for a new bioenergy region. This includes optimizing the crop yields in compliance with land, nature and environmental protection. The integrated cultivation of energy crops will be strictly consensus-oriented by harmonizing the needs of the population, the farmers and conservationists better than before. Of importance in this context are also the new concepts of bioenergy use for contaminated sites where no crops for food or feed production should be grown. At the same time, researchers aim to integrate the large energy potential of wood and straw burning into the overall concept. Based on the experience in the bioenergy village of Jühnde, the researchers will concentrate on the most economical realization of further bioenergy villages.
For further information, especially on the two sub-projects headed by Prof. Geldermann, please see:
German Confederation of Chambers of Skilled Crafts:
- Economic Costs and Benefits of the system of Chamber of Crafts
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Dr. Klaus Müller, Katarzyna Haverkamp, Anja Sölter, Günter Krebs
Co-operation Partner: Institute for Skilled Crafts (ifh)
Funding organisation: German Confederation of Chambers of Skilled Crafts
Funding period: January 1, 2007 - September 30, 2009
Dirección General de Investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spanien:
- Contrastes de Especificación de Modelos Econométricos III [SEJ2004-04583/ECON] (Testing the Specification of Econometric Models, Part III)
Heads of Project: Professor Dr. Stefan Sperlich;
Delgado Gonzáles, M. A., University Carlos III de Madrid
Funding period: 2005 bis 2007
Funding organisation: Dirección General de Investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain
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'Fritz Thyssen Stiftung':
- Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Project 'Die Farben der Globalisierung'
Alexander Engel, Chair of Economic and Social History, was funded by the 'Fritz Thyssen Stiftung' for realization the project 'Die Farben der Globalisierung. Sturkturbrüche des Weltmarktes für textile Farbstoffe ziwschen 1580 und 1914'.
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Berghoff, Chair of Economic and Social History
Project member: Alexander Engel, Chair of Economic and Social History
Funding Organiation: 'Fritz Thyssen Stiftung'
GTZ:
- Project 'Joint Kenya Poverty Assessment'
Participating in this project since September 2006 is the professorship Klasen at the Joint Kenya Poverty Assessment, an analysis supported by the government and bilateral and multilateral funders to analyze the poverty situation in Kenya and the resulting political implications for poverty-reducing economic policy. The support is financed by the Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and includes the support of Isis Gaddis, a doctoral student at the professorship, on site with the empirical analyses that build the foundation for the Poverty Assessment.
Head of Project: Prof. Stephan Klasen, PhD
Project assistant: Isis Gaddis
Funding organisation: GTZ (Society for Technical Cooperation)
- Developmental economists support the Society for Technical Cooperation (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) regarding growth questions in Camarun
The Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) recently approved funds with which the staff of Professor Klasen conduct analyses on growth potential in Camarun. Special focus is placed on to what extent gender-specific inequalities promote growth in Camarun. The work is mainly conducted by Wokia Kumase, a doctoral student from Camarun. The project took place from July 2007 to June 2008.
Head of Project: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD
Funding organisation: GTZ (Society for Technical Cooperation)
GTZ (Society for Technical Cooperation) and The World Bank:
- Pro-Poor Growth
Heads of Project: Professor Stephan Klasen, PhD, and Juniorprofessor Dr. Michael Grimm
Funding Organisations: GTZ (Society for Technical Cooperation) and The World Bank
European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD):
- IT for Green: Environment, energy and resource management with CEMIS 2.0 (ertemis innovation network)
The project deals with central issues within applied IT, environmental management and the business of making corporate environmental management information systems (BUIS) accessible to business – primarily small- and mid-size companies – in the form of practical products (such as capability maturity models, reference models, software products, new divisions, CEMIS training and studying opportunities, etc). The professorship’s responsibilities lie primarily in Module 2 (green logistics and sustainable product development: automated calculation of CO2 emissions along the supply chain).
Head of Project: Professor Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez, Professor of Business Information Systems I / VLBA, University of Oldenburg
Participating faculty members: Professor Dr. Jutta Geldermann, Professor of Production and Logistics
Project duration: April 2011 through Oktober 2014
Funding Organization: EFRD (European Fund for Regional Development – Funding Line 2.1.3 Innovation Networks)
Research Framework Programmes of the European Union:
- FIRST - Large scale information extraction and integration infrastructure for supporting financial decision making
FIRST develops and provides a large scale information extraction and integration infrastructure which will assist in various ways during the process of financial decision making.
Head of Project: ATOS Research (Spain)
Participating Faculty Members: Professor Dr. Jan Muntermann, Professor of Electronic Finance and Digital Markets
Funding Organization: 7th Framework Programme
Funding Period: October 2010 through September 2013
More information about the project is availabe here.
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'Hans Böckler Stiftung'
- 'Hans Böckler Stiftung'
Allocation of a scholarship for Ralf Richter, Chair Economic and Social History.
Funding Organization: Hans Böckler Stiftung
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Federal State Baden-Württemberg:
- 'Examination and Analysis of Economic and Social Effects of Inner-City Brownfield Redevelopment’
Heads of Project: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Sven Heilmann
Co-operation Partner: EnviroSustain GmbH
Funding Organization: Federal State Baden-Württemberg, 'Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe' (as part of Helmholtz Associaton) - Project Sponsorship 'Lebensgrundlage Umwelt und ihre Sicherung'
Funding Period: February 1, 2006 - July 31, 2007
Federal State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
- Development and possibilities to mould the communal financial compensation in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Robert Schwager
Funding Organization: Federal State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Maison des Sciences de L'Homme:
- Maison des Sciences de L'Homme: Förderung eines Forschungsaufenthaltes in Paris
The 'Maison des Sciences de L'Homme', the most important research center in France in the field of Humanities, Professor Dr. Hartmut Berghoff, Institute for Economic and Social History, to work for three months in Paris (in March 2007).
'Schmölders-Stiftung' and 'Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte':
- 'Schmölders-Stiftung' and 'Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte' finance Congress and Miscellany
The 'Schmölders-Stiftung' and the 'Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte' financed the congress (February 2006) and the miscellany 'Grundzüge der Marketinggeschichte. Vom betrieblichen Absatzinstrument zur universellen Sozialtechnik'.
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food:
- Econometric Models for Assessing the Impact of the CAP Reform
Head of Project: C. San Juan, University Carlos III de Madrid;
Professor Dr. Stefan Sperlich
Funding Organization: Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food
Funding Period: from 2005 to 2008
Federal Environment Agency:
- 'Evaluation des UVPG des Bundes'
Heads of Project: Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer, Nils Bedke, Frank Belzer
Co-operation Partners: Sonderforschungsgruppe Institutionenanalyse - sofia,
University of Kassel.
Funding Organization: Federal Environment Agency
Funding Period: February 1, 2006 - February 29, 2008
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International Research Projects - Non-Third-Party-Funded:
- Temporal sensitivity of macaque ganglion cells
Heads of Project: Prof. Dr. Walter Zucchini, Chair of Statistics;
Professor Barry Lee, State University of New York, USA, State College of Optometry
- Hidden Markov Models
Heads of Project: Prof. Dr. Walter Zucchini, Chair of Statistics;
Professor Iain MacDonald, University of Cape Town, Kapstadt, South Sfrica, Department of Business Science
- Modelling Animal behaviour
Heads of Project: Prof. Dr. Walter Zucchini, Chair of Statistics;
Modelling Animal behaviour, University of Auckland, Nee Zealand, School of Biological Sciences
- 'The integration of micro-simulation techniques in computable general equilibrium models to evaluate the distributional impact of macro-economic shocks and policy reforms'
Heads of Project: Juniorprofessor Dr. Michael Grimm;
Pierre-Richard Agénor, University of Manchester, The World Bank Washington D.C. und NBER;
Derek Chen, World Bank, Washington D.C.;
Denis Cogneau, DIAL Paris;
Jann Lay, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Kiel Institute for the World Economy;
Anne-Sophie Robilliard, DIAL Paris
- The history of Swiss businesses in World War I
The research project "The history of Swiss businesses in World War" is in process by Dr. Roman Rossfeld, Chair of Economic and Social History, in Cooperation with the 'Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte' and the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, Zürich.
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