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Recent projects

DFG Research Training Group 2720: "Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE)"

From October 2022, the Research Training Group "Digital Platform Ecosystems" will be the University’s pivotal hub for leading-edge, international, and interdisciplinary research and advanced academic qualifications around a central phenomenon of the digital economy.

EU-project SUNI-SEA: Fight against 'silent killers' in Southeast Asia

High blood pressure and diabetes have also developed into widespread diseases in Southeast Asia. A team from the University of Passau is participating in the EU project SUNI-SEA, which aims to massively increase effective prevention.

Matching or Cash Grants: What is more effective?

In Burkina Faso, a key pressing challenge for politicians and policy makers is to find effective ways that create productive jobs for the youth. A research team of the University of Passau and the World Bank evaluates two private sector-based interventions - matching and cash grants - implemented within the Bagré Growth Pole Project of the Burkenese Government.

DFG “Organic Farming” project: keys to success for organic farming in Indonesia

The project will evaluate longer-term effects of repeated organic farming training in Indonesia using an experimental design, thereby creating unique panel data on sustainable farming. Furthermore, the randomized design allows for the identification of causal effects on adoption itself and resulting welfare effects.

DBU pilot study in Indonesia: sustainable agriculture combined with digital soil tests

To explore the potential of simple, low-cost soil tests, a large randomized field experiment is being conducted to investigate the introduction of such tests combined with hands-on training. The project in rural Indonesia aims at obtaining robust, causal results on the effectiveness of this technology.

Female Empowerment against World Hunger

Strengthening the role of women could be a determining factor in the fight against malnutrition in the world's poorest regions. A team from the University of Passau will explore this link in an international research project – based, among other things, on field experiments in Ethiopia and Bangladesh.

Passau researchers examine value of OneDollarGlasses in Burkina Faso

OneDollarGlasses offers a solution to millions of people in developing countries in need of a pair of glasses: The glasses only cost a few dollars; still, sales are sagging. A team of researchers from Passau analyse the reasons in Burkina Faso.

IndORGANIC: Passau Researchers prepare real Green Transformation Indonesia

Turning Indonesia organic: Can the agriculture of the world's largest island country be transformed into a bioeconomy? A research team at the University of Passau explores the potential of organic farming in Indonesia - the German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) supports the project with a budget of EUR 882.

Name	Laufzeit	Projektleiter/-in an der Universität Passau
Cash for work I - Public works programmes in developing countries	01.09.2016 - 31.12.2017	Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Lehrstuhl für Development Economics)
Cash for Work II: How public works programmes work	01.08.2017 - 31.12.2019	Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Lehrstuhl für Development Economics)
FIdES: Formal Insurance and Productive Effects Study	23.08.2013 - 31.01.2015	Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Lehrstuhl für Development Economics)
Interventions for employment creation in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in low-and middle-income countries. A systematic review	19.12.2012 - 31.08.2013	Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Lehrstuhl für Development Economics)
Tunisia: Fighting youth unemployment through empowerment	15.09.2016 - 28.02.2019	Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Lehrstuhl für Development Economics)

Chair of Development Economics