Conference Registration
Day 1 | 30 September 2025
from 08:00 CET
Foyer
09:00-09:45 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Opening Session
Aissatou Maisha Dicko (World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement)
Steve Killelea (Institute for Economics & Peace)
Stella Voutta (Robert Bosch Stiftung)
Chair: Neil Ferguson (ISDC)
09:45-10:45 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Amber Peterman (UNICEF)
Chair: Ghassan Baliki (ISDC)
10:45-11:00 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Conference Logistics / Conference Photo
11:00-12:30 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Seminar Room 1.102
Seminar Room 1.103
Seminar Room 1.204
Seminar Room 1.205
Preventing Violence against Women and Girls
Ghassan Baliki (ISDC)
Sita Conklin (SRI)
Melissa Hidrobo (IFPRI)
Morag Patrick (FCDO)
Chair: Audrey Pereira (ISDC)
Hala Abushama (IFPRI)
Khalid Siddig (IFPRI)
Luca Tiberti (University of Florence)
Chair: Kibrom Abay (IFPRI)
Causal Identification in Fragile Settings
Sara Ansari (Brown University)
Robert Gonzalez (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Artem Lomakin (Independent)
Chair: Timur Cipa (ISDC)
Humanitarian and Health Responses in Crises
Anneli Eriksson (Karolinska Institutet)
Olga Pysmenna (University of Central Florida)
Mekdim D. Regassa (IGZ)
Chair: Lame Ungwang (ISDC)
Mohammed Gebrail (University of Konstanz)
Luke Hosford (ISDC)
Aysegül Kayaoglu (University of Bremen)
Chair: Neil Ferguson (ISDC)
12:30-13:30 CET
Seminar Room 1.201
Lunch
13:30-15:00 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Seminar Room 1.102
Seminar Room 1.103
Seminar Room 1.204
Seminar Room 1.205
Data and Evidence on Lives and Livelihoods in Syria: Learning Needs and Opportunities
Tilman Brück (HUB, IGZ, ISDC)
Alfredo Impiglia (FAO)
Chair: Melodie Al Daccache (ISDC)
Forcibly Displaced Lives – Insights from the new UNHCR Forced Displacement Survey Programme
Andrej Kveder (UNHCR)
Grayson Sakos (UNHCR)
Chair: Julia Black (IOM)
Alaka Halder (Garner Health)
Olga Shemyakina (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Albena Sotirova (VU Amsterdam)
Chair: Paul Thissen (3ie)
Sarah Fenzl (ISDC)
Simon Hug (University of Geneva)
Cécile Richetta (University of Geneva)
Chair: Luke Hosford (ISDC)
Andrew Laitha (ETH Zurich)
Piero Ronzani (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
Anri Sakakibara (Technical University Munich)
Chair: Paulina Rebolledo (ISDC)
15:00-15:30 CET
Conference Hallway
Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Seminar Room 1.102
Seminar Room 1.103
Seminar Room 1.204
Seminar Room 1.205
Khalid Siddig (IFPRI)
Katharina Spieß (BMZ)
Adam Yao (FAO)
Chair: Timur Cipa (ISDC)
Evidence That Sticks: How to Turn Research into Action
Noura Mahmoud (RAAGSAN Consulting)
Marc Schattenmann (BMZ)
Julia Steets (GPPi)
Chair: Karla Kröner (GPPi)
Anticipatory Action and Social Protection
Rute Martins Caeiro (University of Oxford)
Jennifer Waidler (WFP)
Rocco Zizzamia (University of Oxford)
Chair: Damir Esenaliev (IGZ)
Food Security, Agriculture, Rural Services
Yeshwas Bogale (FAO)
Evie Graus (University of Luxembourg)
Maarten Voors (Wageningen University)
Chair: Melodie Al Daccache (ISDC)
Gender Norms, Violence, Attitudes
Karthika Baby Sujatha (UNU-MERIT)
Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State University)
Luca Tiberti (University of Florence)
Chair: Audrey Pereira (ISDC)
17:00-18:00 CET
Conference Hallway
Conference Break
18:00-21:00 CET
Fritz-Reuter Saal
Empowering Women and Girls in Fragile Settings / Conference Dinner
Francisca Castro (ISDC)
Sudhanshu Handa (UNC at Chapel Hill)
Julia Koch de Biolley (EEAS)
Sheree Kullenberg (IRC)
Natalia Winder Rossi (UNICEF)
Chair: Tilman Brück (HUB; IGZ; ISDC)
Day 2 | 1 October 2025
From 08:30 CET
Foyer
Conference Registration
09:30-10:30 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Keynote - Rebuilding Trust in a Fractured World
Patricia Justino (UNU-WIDER)
Chair: Wolfgang Stojetz (ISDC)
10:30-11:00 CET
Conference Hallway
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Seminar Room 1.102
Seminar Room 1.103
Seminar Room 1.204
Seminar Room 1.205
Measuring Resilience in Fragile Situations
Kibrom Abay (IFPRI)
Alessandra Garbero (IFAD)
Elena Serfilippi (COSA)
Jennifer Waidler (WFP)
Chair: Wolfgang Stojetz
What We (Don't) Know About Anticipatory Action
Clemens Gros (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Jonas Heirman (WFP)
Daniel Pfister (OCHA)
Dorothee Weiffen (ISDC)
Rocco Zizzamia (University of Oxford)
Chair: Audrey Pereira (ISDC)
Timing of Humanitarian Assistance
Ghassan Baliki (ISDC)
Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford)
Chair: Timur Cipa (ISDC)
Political Stability in Fragile Settings
Francisca Castro (ISDC)
Andrej Smirnov (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Yaron Weissberg (Konstanz University)
Chair: Neil Ferguson (ISDC)
Giulia Ferrero (University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero (Queen Mary University of London)
Charlotte Ringdal (Chr. Michelsen Institute)
Chair: Melodie Al Daccache (ISDC)
12:30-13:30 CET
Seminar Room 1.201
Lunch
13:30-15:00 CET
Lecture Hall 1.101
Seminar Room 1.102
Seminar Room 1.103
Seminar Room 1.204
Seminar Room 1.205
Sheree Kullenberg (IRC)
Nicholas Leader (FCDO)
Daniel Pfister (OCHA)
Chair: Jonas Heirman (WFP)
The PeaceFIELD Story: Lessons From Evaluating Pro-peace Interventions
Luke Hosford (ISDC)
Kyle Jacques (UN PBSO)
Paulina Rebolledo (ISDC)
Paul Thissen (3ie)
Lame Ungwang (ISDC)
Chair: Neil Ferguson (ISDC)
Kibrom Abay (IFPRI)
Sarah Elven (London School of Economics)
Sudhanshu Handa (UNC at Chapel Hill)
Chair: Ghassan Baliki (ISDC)
Migration, Refugees, Livelihoods
Thomas Ginn (Center for Global Development)
Yashodhan Ghorpade (The World Bank)
Sarah Langlotz (Georg-August-University of Göttingen)
Chair: Mekdim Regassa (IGZ)
Women's Empowerment in Fragile States
Lucero Carballo-Madrigal (University of Passau)
Karin Wied Thomsen (DCA)
Xiao Hui Tai (University of California, Davis)
Chair: Isabella Urbano Trujillo (ISDC)
15:00-15:15 CET
Conference Hallway
Coffee Break
15:15-16:45 CET
Seminar Room 1.101
Seminar Room 1.103
Seminar Room 1.204
Seminar Room 1.205
Stefan Buchmayer (GIZ)
Francisca Castro (ISDC)
Damir Esenaliev (IGZ)
Elizaveta Perova (World Bank)
Chair: Tilman Brück (HUB; IGZ; ISDC)
Neil Ferguson (ISDC)
Esther Heesemann (FAO)
Antonio Scognamillo (FAO)
Chair: Dorothee Weiffen (ISDC)
Social Cohesion in Post-Conflict Settings
Andrea Caflisch (IOM)
Galina Vysotskaya (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Katharina Werner (Universität zu Köln)
Chair: Lame Ungwang (ISDC)
Women's Empowerment and Health
Francisco Ceballos (IFPRI)
Timo Stefan Münz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Janina Steinert (Technical University Munich)
Chair: Paul Thissen (3ie)