On 5 May 2025, the Johannes Rau Research Foundation (JRF) and the City of Wuppertal hosted the Hans Singer Symposium to reflect on the legacy of Hans Singer’s thought on economic and development policy and its relevance today.
From left to right: Manfred Fischedick, Dieter Bathen, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Uwe Schneidewind
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The event was opened by Prof. Dieter Bathen, Chair of the JRF, Prof. Uwe Schneidewind, Mayor of the City of Wuppertal, Prof. Birgitta Wolff, Rector of the University of Wuppertal, and Prof. Manfred Fischedick, President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy. This was followed by a number of keynotes and panel discussions which addressed Hans Singer’s work in its historical context as well as regarding urgent questions of global economic and international relations today.
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
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Prof. Anna-Katharina Hornidge delivered a keynote on “Global Trade & Multilateralism in Disruptive Times” in which she reflected on dependencies between the core and the periphery of the global economic system. She emphasised the need for pluri- and minilateral alliances whilst reforming and upholding the multilateral system and Europe’s task to develop a global partnership architecture. Together with fellow Heads of other JRF Institutes, she also contributed to a subsequent panel that shared perspectives for sustainable development policy and reflected on implications for the work of the Johannes Rau Research Foundation.
