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Merkle, Ortrun, Diego Salama & Khalid Koser, Mar 2016, Challenges to Peacekeeping in the 21st Century: New Series, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Merkle, Ortrun & K. Sigurbjörnsdóttir, May 2016, 'Getting Out of Our Comfort Zone': Women, Peace & Security Post-2015, UNU-MERIT Blog, ,, More information
Merkle, Ortrun, May 2016, Arming the Peacekeepers: Dilemmas of new Military Technology, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Merkle, Ortrun & K. Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Jun 2016, Marking International Day vs. Sexual Violence in Conflict, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Merkle, Ortrun, Tamara A. Kool, E.H. Hjálmarsdóttir & K. Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Nov 2016, Gender Full Spectrum – UNU’s New Series, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Merkle, Ortrun & Tamara A. Kool, Mar 2016, The Endless Road to Equality? International Women’s Day 2016, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Kool, Tamara A. , 2016, Holding Governments to Account — A New Role for the SDGsHolding Governments to Account — A New Role for the SDGs, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Kool, Tamara A. , 2016, The Role of Civil Society in Peacekeeping Mission, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Blohmke, Julian, René Kemp & Serdar Turkeli, 2016, Disentangling the causal structure behind environmental regulation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 103: 174-190, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.013, More information
Gault, Fred, Jun 24, 2016, The connection between measurement and innovation policy, Globelics Academy, IERI, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, June 24, 2016, More information
Gault, Fred, Jun 23, 2016, Innovation Indicators, Globelics Academy, IERI, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, June 23, 2016, More information
Szirmai, Adam, Apr 2016, Newspaper article: Donkere dag in de Nederlandse Politiek, De Volkskrant, 18 april 2016 (Opinie en debat), De Volkskrant, 18 april 2016 (Opinie en debat), Opinion piece
Szirmai, Adam, Mar 2016, Foreign Aid and Development, Studium Generale, Maastricht University, 14 March, 2016
Szirmai, Adam, Jan 2016, Role of Education in the Innovation System and Productive Sector, International workshop Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies, Panama, 25-28 January, 2016
Szirmai, Adam, Jan 2016, Innovation and Tapping into Global Knowledge Flows, International workshop Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies, Panama, 25-28 January, 2016
Szirmai, Adam, Jan 2016, Chapter 3, Sustaining Economic Growth, in UNIDO, Industrial Development Report 2016, The Role of Technology in Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, Lead author of chapter commissioned by UNIDO, 77-102
Szirmai, Adam, Jun 2016, The Sources of Socio-Economic Development, in: Gregory Hooks (ed.), The Sociology of Development Handbook, California University Press,, Berkeley, California, USA
Szirmai, Adam, 2016, Review of ‘The Southeast Asian Experience. Review of the Handbook of Southeast Asian Economies’ edited by Ian Coxhead, Asian Pacific Literature, June: 139-143
Bluhm, Richard, Denis de Crombrugghe & Adam Szirmai, 2016, The Dynamics of Stagnation: A Panel Analysis of the Onset and Continuation of Stagnation, Macro-Economic Dynamics, 20(8): 2010-45, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100515000231, More information
Gault, Fred, May 19, 2016, Measuring Public Sector Innovation and Social Progress Innovation indicators for the public sector, NCSES/CNSTAT Workshop, Advancing concepts and models of innovative activity and STI indicator systems. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, May 19-20, 2016, More information
Gault, Fred, Sep 19, 2016, Defining and Measuring Innovation in all Sectors of the Economy: Policy Relevance, OECD Blue Sky Forum, Informing Science and Innovation Policies: Towards the Next Generation of data and indicators. September 19-21, 2016, Ghent, Belgium, More information
Gault, Fred, Aggrey Ambali & Tichaona Mangwende, 2016, Innovation in Africa: Measurement Policy and Global Issues, SPRU 50 Anniversary Conference, September 7-9, 2016, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK, More information
Gault, Fred, May 30, 2016, Defining Innovation, for measurement purposes, ZEW Workshop - Innovation in Firms:
Proposals for a better measurement framework, Centre for European Research (ZEW), Mannheim, May 30, 2016
Gault, Fred, May 19, 2016, Assessing Innovation Measurement: How accurately do we measure innovation and the resultant outcomes delivered to society and the economy., NCSES/CNSTAT Workshop, Advancing concepts and models of innovative activity and STI indicator systems. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, May 19-20, 2016, More information
Mohnen, Pierre, Mar 2016, The role of innovation and management practices in determining productivity: Evidence from transition countries, Knowledge Forum Seminar on "Creation and Diffusion of Technology", Mumbai
Mohnen, Pierre, May 2016, The econometrics of innovation: achievements and challenges, 7th International Forum on Statistics of Renmin University of China, Beijing
Mohnen, Pierre, Jul 2016, Effectiveness of various innovation policies, 16th International Schumpeter Society conference, Montréal
Mohnen, Pierre, Sep 2016, Innovation and productivity in formal and informal firms in Ghana, OECD Blue Sky III conference, Ghent
Bartz, Wiebke, Pierre Mohnen & Helena Schweiger, 2016, The role of innovation and management practices in determining firm productivity growth: in developing economies, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development working paper 187
Zanello, Giacomo, Xiaolan Fu, Pierre Mohnen & M. Ventresca, 2016, The creation and diffusion of innovation in developing countries: A systematic literature review, Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(5): 884-912, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12126, More information
Natorski, Michal, 2016, Epistemic (un)certainty in times of crisis: the role of coherence as a social convention in European Neighbourhood Policy after Arab Spring, European Journal of International Relations, 22(3): 646-670, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066115599043, More information
Waidler, Jennifer & Stephen Devereux, Sep 2016, Social transfers, remittances, and food security: does the source of income matter?, Social protection systems - tying the knots, Bonn, Germany
Božić, Ljiljana & Pierre Mohnen, 2016, Determinants of innovation in Croatian SMEs – comparison of service and manufacturing firms, Market/Tržište, 28(1): 7-27, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline, Pierre Mohnen & Tamer Taha, 2016, Corruption, Innovation and Firm Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Egypt and Tunisia, Eurasian Business Review, 6(3),(3): 299-322, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-016-0062-4
Schee genannt Halfmann, Sebastian, Angela Brand & Nikolaos Evangelatos, 2016, European healthcare systems readiness to shift from 'one-size fits all' to personalized medicine, Personalized Medicine, 14(1): 63-74, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/pme-2016-0061, More information
Vargas, Fernando, Sep 21, 2016, Innovation strategies in Latin American firms, OECD Blue Sky 2016 Forum. Ghent, Belgium
Baumann, Jakob, Michiko Iizuka & Fernando Vargas, Sep 08, 2016, Sustainable management of natural resources via enhancing knowledge base: Experiences from four Latin American countries, SPRU 50th Anniversary Conference. Brighton, UK.
Vargas, Fernando, Dec 2016, Blessings in Disguise? From Mining to Knowledge in Emerging Economies
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, Jun 2016, Social welfare benefits and their impact on labor market participation among men and women in Mongolia, Seminar, IDS, Brighton
Gassmann, Franziska, Sep 2016, Don’t leave the poor behind!, International Symposium on Social Protection Systems - Tying the Knots, September 5-6, 2016 in Bonn, Germany
Zardo Trindade, Lorena & Daphne François, Jun 28, 2016, • Social welfare benefits and their impact on labor market participation among men and women in Mongolia, International Development Workshop, Ravello
Bierbaum, Mira, 2016, Belemmerde Vrijheid? Ervaringen met de Participatiewet, Onderzoeksverslag t.b.v. Sociale Dienst Maastricht-Heuvelland
Schuering, Esther & Franziska Gassmann, 2016, The political economy of targeting – a critical review, Development Policy Review, 34(6): 809-829, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12185
Yousefzadeh, Sepideh & Franziska Gassmann, 2016, Local Needs and Global Indicators: A Contextual Approach to Multidimensional Child Deprivation, Ethical Perspectives, 23(1): 165-182
Bierbaum, Mira & Michael Cichon, Jun 2016, Civil Society Social Protection Floor Index: Five Q&As, UNU-MERIT Blog, More information
Bierbaum, Mira, Jul 06, 2016, Monitoring national social protection policy implementation: Introduction of the new Social Protection Floor Index, International Conference on Social Protection and ASEM 2016: Achieving Social Security for All in Asia and Europe, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 5-6
Bierbaum, Mira, Sep 02, 2016, Individual experiences of living on social assistance: Activation, social structures, and agency, Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) Annual Conference, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, September 1-3
Bierbaum, Mira & Franziska Gassmann, Jun 14, 2016, Individual experiences of living on social assistance: Activation, capabilities and social exclusion, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) International Conference, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, June 13-14
Bierbaum, Mira, Annalena Oppel, Sander Tromp & Michael Cichon, Apr 2016, Social Protection Floor Index: Monitoring national social protection policy implementation, Berlin, Germany: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Campos, Nauro F. & Corrado Macchiarelli, 2016, Core and Periphery in the European Monetary Union: Bayoumi and Eichengreen 25 years later, Economics Letters, 147: 127-130, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.07.040, More information