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AidData’s China data wins 2023 Best Dataset Award from IPES

The International Political Economy Society (IPES) recently announced that its prestigious “Best New Dataset Award” has been given to a team of international researchers. Axel Dreher of Heidelberg University, Andreas Fuchs of Göttingen University, Brad Parks of AidData at William & Mary (W&M), Austin Strange of the University of Hong Kong, and Mike Tierney of W&M’s Global Research Institute are the authors of Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program, a book that introduced and analyzed the 1.0 version of AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, which took home the IPES award.

The authors developed an innovative, open-source methodology -called Tracking Underreported Financial Flows (TUFF)- that generates detailed and comprehensive data about Chinese government-financed development projects for low-income and middle-income countries in all major world regions. In September 2021, AidData and its research collaborators published a 2.0 version of the dataset that captured 13,427 Chinese grant-and loan-financed development projects worth $843 billion. The 3.0 version of the dataset is slated for release in late 2023.

Press release: AidData’s China data wins 2023 Best Dataset Award from IPES

2023.05.09 - Call for applications: Student Research Assistants (m/f/d)

The Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs) is looking for 3 Student Research Assistants to start on July 1, 2023 (or earlier if possible): one Student Research Assistant for the project “China in Africa: Exploring the Consequences for Economic and Social Development”, one for the project “Coming to America: Immigration, Political Campaigning, and Polarization”, and one to support the Chair’s general research and teaching activities. The deadline for applications is May 22, 2023. For further information, please see the call for applications (PDF). In case of questions, please contact Mr. Samuel Siewers (samuel.siewers@uni-goettingen.de).

Chinese Aid Exports Database

This database provides data on China’s (medical and non-medical) aid exports as reported by China’s General Administration of Customs. It contains two series: one lists aid exports by (recipient) country and month; the other by Chinese province and month. The series begins in 2017 and will be extended as later data become available. More information can be found here.

Stellenausschreibung für studentische Tutor*innen (m/w/d)

Die Professur für Entwicklungsökonomik (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs) sucht zum kommenden Sommersemester 2023 studentische Tutor*innen (m/w/d) zur Unterstützung der Veranstaltung Makroökonomik II (Bachelor). Weitere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte der Stellenausschreibung (PDF).

Call for applications: Student Research Assistants (m/f/d)

The Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs) and the Professorship of Macroeconomics and Digital Transformation (TT-Prof. Dr. Richard Bluhm) at the Institute of Economics and Law at the University of Stuttgart are looking for two student research assistants to start on March 1, 2023. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2023, or until the position is filled. For further information, please see the call for applications (PDF).

Call for application: Postdoctoral Research Associate (m/f/d)

The Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs) is looking for a postdoctoral research associate (m/f/d) with the earliest possible start date on October 1, 2022. The application deadline is August 17, 2022. For further information, please see the call for applications (PDF). In case of questions, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Fuchs (afuchs@uni-goettingen.de).

Call for application: Research Associate Position (m/f/d)

The Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs) is looking for a research associate (m/f/d) with the earliest possible start date on September 1, 2022. The deadline for applications is May 5, 2022. For further information, please see the call for applications (PDF). In case of questions, please contact Prof. Fuchs (afuchs@uni-goettingen.de).

Call for application: Student Research Assistant Position (m/f/d)

The Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs) is looking for a student research assistant (m/f/d) to start on June 15, 2022. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2022. For further information, please see the call for applications (PDF). In case of questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Gerda Asmus-Bluhm (gerda.asmus@uni-goettingen.de).