Institute for World Economics and International Management Home page info Current The IWIM teach research Publications Contact Origin, goals and main tasks of the IWIM A permanently accelerating change and the advancing globalization of the markets have shaped the economic processes since the beginning of this century. In order to analyze the implications of global economic structural change for companies, economies and economic policies in their overall context in a coordinated and competent manner, the "Scientific Unit (WE) World Economy" was founded in 1983 at the Department of Economics at the University of Bremen. In addition to the global and developmental orientation of research and teaching, there were two other outstanding objectives right from the start: first, the close connection between theory and practice in research and teaching, and second, working out the consequences of globalization for the Bremen region. The latter has among others With the adoption of the objectives, the "Institute for World Economy and International Management" (IWIM) emerged from the "WE Weltwirtschaft" in 1987. Research on "Economic systems in the changing world economy" and on "International project planning and the strategies of multinational companies" were the focus of the IWIM's work. "Eastern Europe" and "Africa" were among the regions of the world that have been intensively researched by professors and staff. Significant third-party funding projects and advisory contracts have been implemented. Projects from the Volkswagen Foundation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Research Foundation were acquired. The state of Bremen and the University of Bremen have continuously supported the IWIM. The list of advisory assignments for international organizations is also long. Visiting scholars from Africa and Asia regularly visit the institute. Today the IWIM deals in its research and publication series with questions of global technological and economic development, with analyzes of Sudan and South Sudan and with African development perspectives. The African Development Perspectives Yearbook has been published for 30 years (1989). © 2021 IWIM Imprint • Data protection declaration Max von Laue-Strasse 1 (WiWi2, Haus am Fleet) • 28359 Bremen • Germany Phone: +49 (0) 421 218-66517 • Mail: iwimsek@uni-bremen.de