MIDE Summer Schools

Since 2009, the MIDE programme has held an annual summer school event on topics related to international and development economics. Scheduled to coincide with the graduation ceremony, the annual summer school provides current students with the opportunity to meet visiting scholars and alumni of past MIDE programme intakes. MIDE summer school events are made possible by the generous support of DAAD, the German Federal Foreign Office and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation.

  • MIDE Alumni Conference 2017: Innovation in Development Thinking and Practice” in Berlin with participants from the study programm SEPT (Leipzig University) 
  • Alumni Summer School 2016: “Doing Good with Business? – Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurship, and Fair Trade” in Bochum with participants from the study programmes Development Management (Ruhr University Bochum) and SEPT (Leipzig University) 
  • Alumni Summer School 2014: “Entrepreneurs, firms and business membership organizations: their role in politics“ in Leipzig with participants from the study programmes Development Management (Ruhr University Bochum), SEPT (Leipzig University) and Vovational Education and Personnel Capacity Building (TU Dresden)
  • Alumni Summer School 2013: "States, Markets and Development in the 21st Century" in cooperation and with participants from the study programmes Development Management (Ruhr University Bochum) and SEPT (Leipzig University)
  • Alumni Summer School 2012: "Europe and the Developing World with a Special Focus on the MDGs II"
  • Alumni Summer School 2011: "Europe and the Developing World with a Special Focus on the MDGs I"
  • Alumni Summer School 2010: "Climate Change and Development"
  • Alumni Summer School 2009: "Networks of High Potential in International and Development Economics"