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PR University Freiburg - Neither a market or a black market In Cambodia Robert John is researching the social, economic and scientific aspects of the trade in sand .

Sand is in demand wherever cities are growing. Robert John has researched all the operations connected with the trade in sand, taking Cambodia, where construction is booming, as his example. And to meet demand, sand sometimes also trickles through dubious channels. John hopes his findings could help to moderate the negative effects of the trade.
The University of Freiburg's Southeast Asia Research Group was awarded a workshop grant by the global university consortium AC21

The international workshop will focus on the theme "Constructing the 21st-Century Silk-Road: Southeast Asia in the Race for Connectivity and Geopolitical Interests"
Gerrit J. Gonschorek presented at the 2nd Annual Sustainability and Development Conference at the University of Michigan (11th-14th of October), Ann Arbor, USA.

On the 13th of October 2019 he presented his paper “Subnational Favoritism in Development Grant Allocations-Empirical Evidence from a Decentralized Country.
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The ‘gold standard’ for labour export? The role of civil society in shaping multi-level Philippine migration policies.
- Author: Rother, Stefan
- Third World Quarterly, 2022
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Why Asian states cooperate in regional arrangements: Asian regionalism in comparative perspective.
- Authors: Panke, Diana; Rüland, Jürgen
- International Relations, 2021
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Indonesians and Their Arab World: Guided Mobility among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims.
- Author: Lücking, Mirjam
- Cornell University Press, 2021
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Subnational favoritism in development grant allocations: Empirical evidence from decentralized Indonesia.
- Author: Gonschorek, Gerrit J.
- World Development, 2021
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