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Workshop on Giving Scientific Talks

The Graduate Center will offer two 2-day workshops on giving scientific talks on October 16/17 and on October 18/19.The course covers topics like targeting the audience, choosing content, commanding body language and voice, refining rhetorical skills, managing stress, as well as conveying messages authentically and convincingly. One part of the training will include videotaping presentations and...

GC welcomed new doctoral students

On October 4/5, the DIW Graduate Center welcomed its new cohort GC2012 through various events. Ten promising young students introduced themselves at the welcome reception in the evening of October 4, following the opening speeches of Prof. Gert G. Wagner, president of DIW Berlin, and Prof. Helmut Lütkepohl, Dean of the GC. On October 5, a detailed introduction to the doctoral program structure ...

Research-Based Companies Perform Better

The past ten years have seen an expansion in industrial research. There has been a significant increase in the number of research-based companies, as well as in employment in research and development, and in expenditure in this area. Growth has been observed predominantly in companies in less research-intensive sectors and in small and medium-sized enterprises. Consequently, over the last decade, industrial ...

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises are Catching up: Seven Questions to Alexander Eickelpasch

Germany Profits from Growth in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa: But for How Much Longer?

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa-the BRICS-show high overall economic growth rates by international standards. Even during the recent economic crisis, most BRICS countries still recorded above-average growth. This development has benefited German foreign trade in particular. This applies especially to automotive and mechanical engineering. However, this geographical reorientation of German ...

DIW Autumn Projection 2012

The German economy will lose some of its momentum in the second half of the year, but pick up some speed again next year. In year-on-year terms, German GDP is expected to increase by a mere 0.9 percent in 2012 and 1.6 percent in 2013. Growth is primarily driven by domestic demand. The weakening of the economy in the second half of this year will have limited impact on labor markets, the unemployment ...

Renewable Energy Deployment: Do the Benefits Out-Weigh the Costs?

Berliner Studienberechtigtenpanel BEST UP

Students from families with no academic experience are still underrepresented at German Universities, despite the fact that they obtain a university-entrance degree; they often take up another track of post-secondary education. What measures of educational policy could influence students to rather take up tertiary education than an alternative track? A new research project jointly conducted by DIW...

Early childhood education and care quality in the Socio-Economic Panel

Are some groups of parents in Germany more likely to choose high quality institutions for their children than others, e.g. because they lack the necessary information or have varying preferences? Are mothers whose children attend high-quality settings more satisfied and more likely to be employed? These are some of the questions, on which the project ‘Early childhood education and care quality...

Berlin Interdisciplinary Education Research Network (BIEN)

In Berlin, many universities and research institutes deal with education research. The “Berlin Interdisciplinary Education Research Network (BIEN) ” offers young scientists (Post-Docs, doctoral students and Master students) from different disciplines in education research a forum to network systematically and exchange research ideas and experiences. The BIEN network is funded by the BMBF and...