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IEE Football Team Reaches Semifinal

The IEE Football Team won its second match in the International Football Tournament of the Welcome Center of RUB and entered the semifinal.

After the lost match against the HGI (Horst Görtz Institut für IT-Sicherheit) in the previous week the IEE team was under pressure but managed to defeat the Department of Mechanical Engineering 5-3. The goal scorers were Raffael Beier, Robin Pass, Assem Ali Lali, Volker Häring and Mohamed El-Shewy. 

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Call for Papers: Development Dialogue and PhD Conference 2017 at the ISS, 11-13 October 2017

As every year, the IEE’s PhD in International Development Studies and its partner programmes in the University Alliance Ruhr (UAR), at the University of East Anglia (School of International Development) and Erasmus University Rotterdam’s International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) will jointly organise an international PhD Conference in 2017. This year’s PhD conference will be integrated into the 15th Development Dialogue 2017, taking place from 11-13 October 2017 at The Hague, coinciding with the celebrations of the 65th Anniversary of the ISS. As usual, PhD candidates at all stages of their doctorate are welcome to attend the conference and present their research projects.

More information, including the Call for Papers, is available on the ISS website.

New Call for scholarship applications at the SA-GER CDR open until 31st July 2017

The Call for Applications for Master and PhD Scholarships (see Scholarships) is now open until 31st July 2017.

All applicants have to fill in an online application form.
Any applications sent via email or as a hard copy are not eligible!!! Please go to the "How to apply" section of the respective programme you are interested in in order to get access to the online application form, or click here in order to get to the "How to apply page" directly:

- for the Master in Development Studies
- for the Master In Public Administration
- for the PhD in Development Studies or Public Policy

Call for applications - International Alumni Conference

The South African-German Centre for Development Research (SA-GER CDR) at UWC/Cape Town (South Africa) together with the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) of Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) is happy to host the international conference

"Tackling the root causes of displacement in Sub Sahara Africa"
taking place 26 November – 01 December 2017 in Cape Town/South Africa

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Alumni Conference "Innovation in Development Thinking and Practice"​

IEE's partner, the MA in "International and Development Economics" (MIDE) programme at HTW Berlin, is hosting this year's alumni conference titled "Innovation in Development Thinking and Practice" (Berlin, June 21 - 23, 2017).

During the conference, formal presentations will be combined with hands-on workshops, where participants will be working together on formulating a common position on a range of development issues. For details, please find the call for applications and the programme draft here.

If you are interested in participation please submit your application until March 26, 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Please send the following documents:
1) Completed Application Form (available for download here)
2) Presentation outline or abstract (pdf-version)

Please note that MIDE is not able to provide financial support for transport and accommodation, yet participation is for free.