Economics

Registration for the proseminars in Economics and the advanced seminars within the Bachelor and Teaching degree programs starts on January 23 at 8.00 pm on MeinCampus. For proseminars, registration closes on February 3, for the advanced seminar in Economics “Social Policy” on February 8 and for the ...

On Tuesday, 17th January, in the context of the Master seminar “Political Economy and Development of the Middle East”, Daniel Jalilvand from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Berlin) will give a guest lecture on the subject “Transforming the rentier state Iran: The role of the energy sector in the pol...

Georgeta Auktor contributed to the IASS Policy Brief 4/2016, discussing recommendations to enhance Germany’s approach to supporting international energy transitions in North Africa and beyond. Sybille Roehrkasten, Rainer Quitzow, Georgeta Auktor, Kirsten Westphal (2016): Advancing an International Energy Transition Policy in North Africa and Beyond. IASS Policy Brief 4/2016. Potsdam: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies.

In some urban agglomerations in Germany, housing rents increased significantly during the last years. In a contribution for ifo Schnelldienst, Andreas Mense shows with the examples of Cologne, Munich and Hamburg that the current price increases are mainly caused by low construction activity in the p...

Registration for the proseminars and the advanced seminar in Economics for the winter term 2016/17 starts on July 4, 20.00 h and ends on July 8, 20.00 h. The compulsory preliminary meetings with assignment of topics will take place in the last week of the lecture period of the summer term: Adva...

Compulsory registration for the two master seminars Research methods II—“Research Methods II: Qualitative” and “Research Methods II: Quantitative”—will be carried out on MeinCampus from Monday, July 4, 20.00 h until Friday, July 8, 20.00 h. The rule “first come, first served” applies. Please registe...

The Institute of Economics offers two half-time positions as research assistant, starting on October 1: One for general Economics (Prof. Jürgen Kähler PhD), one for Economy and Society of the Middle East (Prof. Dr. Georgeta Auktor). You may find further information in the job advertisements: Jo...

On Thursday, June 23, Mr. Jonas Keil from the German Development Institute in Bonn will give a talk on “Carbon pricing around the world - Policy aspects and practical problems”. Mr. Keil has a lot of expertise on carbon pricing and carbon markets. You are warmely invited to the talk whic...