To mark the start of the new Master's programme in "Development Studies" the chair organizes jointly with the Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia (Prof. Padmanabhan) and the Chair Southeast Asian Studies (Prof. Korff) October 30 a symposium.
Keynote speakers are Jean-Philippe Platteau (Université de Namur and University of Oxford), Wendy Harcourt (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Michael Monnerjahn (Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V.) and Thorsten Göbel (Head of Policy, Dialogue and Theology, Brot für die Welt).