25-27.9.24: Causal Methods in Early-Life Research: An Interdisciplinary Workshop

Establishing causal evidence for relationships between early-life exposures and later-life health and human capital outcomes is an important tool for understanding long-term trajectories from the earliest life stages, offering new opportunities for developing health and economic interventions.

By bringing together experts from economics, epidemiology, medicine, the social sciences and other disciplines, this workshop seeks to underscore the value of integrating disciplinary methodologies in investigating causal effects in early-life research. We aim to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration, exploration of synergistic research methods, and discussions on the current state of the field.

The on-site workshop will contain interactive components, as well as talks, a poster session, and a keynote lecture (see preliminary program). The keynote will be held by Maya Rossin-Slater, health economist and Associate Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine.

2024: YES! - Young Economic Solutions

The JGU is partner of the school competition „YES! - Young Economic Solutions“ for the first time.
Isabell Zipperle, Katharina Hartinger and Erik Sarrazin, three young researcher from the IPP, engage at YES! with a project about the topic „Schlüsselkompetenzen der Zukunft: Wie kann uns die Schule von heute auf die Arbeitswelt von morgen vorbereiten?“.

As part of the program YES! students work together with young researchers to develop their own ideas for economical and societal questions. Afterwards they present and discuss them at a conference with other school teams and people from politics, the economy and the society.
If you are interested to become a part of YES! 2025, you can contact YES! personally next year. You can find more information about it here and hereas well.

21.03-22.03.2024: Conference Travel to the AURÖ Workshop for young researchers on Environmental and Resource Economics

Yen Nhi Nguyen from the Chair of International Finance participated at the AURÖ Workshop for young researchers on Environmental and Resource Economics at Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation in Karlsruhe. She received IPP funding for her conference travel costs.

07.03-09.03.2024: Conference Travel to the SCP Annual Conference- Minds, Markets, and Machines: Finding Harmony for Consumer Well-Being

Jana Gerhart from the Chair of Social Media visited Nashville to participate at the "SCP Annual Conference". She received IPP funding for her conference travel costs.

05.02.2024: Faculty Seminar with Samuel Stäbler from Tilburg University

Samuel Stäbler from Tilburg University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: "Why Do Media Outlets Report About Academic Research? An Empirical Study of Over 15,000 Marketing Articles"

23.01.2024: Brownbag Seminar with Anna-Sophie Kurella from University of Mannheim

Anna-Sophie Kurella from University of Mannheim will present her researchproject "Do plurality-based electoral systems favor polarizing parties from the right?" at the Brown Bag Seminar from 12 a.m. until 1 p.m. in room HS V (00-251).

22.01.2024: Faculty Seminar with Holger Herz from Uni Fribourg

Holger Herz from Uni Fribourg has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: tba

17.01.2024: Faculty Seminar with Larry Hedges from Northwestern University

Larry Hedges from Northwestern University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: Why Are “Clinical” Effects Invisible?

15.-16.01.2024: Workshop on Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses

The Chair of Statistics and Econometrics (Prof. Dr. Reyn van Ewijk) and the Chair of Social Stratification Research (Prof. Dr. Gunnar Otte) with support of the IPP are organizing a workshop on systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. This workshop is aimed at researchers and students throughout all social sciences. Monday, Jan. 15th will focus on systematic reviews and Tuesday, Jan. 16th will focus on meta-analyses. For this second day, they managed to get Larry Hedges as the instructor. Prof. Hedges is without any doubt one of the world’s most renowned experts on meta-analyses. Please find more information in the brochure attached. You can sign up here. . Deadline is November 24th.

14.-15.12.2023: Workshop Shaping Globalization
Economic Consequences and Policy Responses

Dr. Miriam Kohl (Chair of International Economics) from the IPP is organizing a workshop aimed for young researchers about Shaping Globalization. It takes place from the 14th to 15th December, and you can have a look at the program here. If you are interested, please write an email to Miriam Kohl (miriam.kohl@uni-mainz.de) until the 30th November.

18.12.2023: Faculty Seminar with Martin B. Schmitz from Vanderbilt University

Martin B. Schmitz from Vanderbilt University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: tba

27.11.2023: Faculty Seminar with Daniel Heyen from RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Daniel Heyen from RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: Designing Credible Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms to Promote Compliance

20.11.2023: Faculty Seminar with Benedikt Downar from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Benedikt Downar from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen will give a talk at the faculty seminar about the topic "Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable – Evidence from Remote Auditing".

16.11.2023: Talk from Nikolaus Steinbeis from University College London

The IPP would like to invite you to a talk from Nikolaus Steinbeis from University College London. The title of his talk is: The case for control as a core mechanism of positive child development. It will take place on 16.11.23 at 2 pm in HS VII (00-341; altes Rewi).
Abstract: My lab studies mechanisms of positive child development and leverages these insights to devise interventions. In this talk I will present recent and ongoing work on control as such a candidate mechanism. Specifically, I will cover two different aspects of control, namely cognitive control, that is our ability to organise thought and action in the pursuit of long-term goals; and our subjective sense of control, that is the degree to which we feel we are able to influence events in our environment. I will begin with presenting data from a recently completed randomized control trial which sought to improve cognitive control in 235 6-11 year old typically developing children over an 8-week period and tested changes on a host of behavioral and neural outcome measures from before training to immediately and 1 year after training. In the second part I will explore more recent work on how experiences of control generalise. I will present data on the buffering effects of heightened sense of control against later stress, as well as the mechanisms of generalisation of experiences of control and how these might go awry as a result of early life adversity. I will discuss these findings in line with recent frameworks characterising control as a highly dynamic and rational process.

08.11-11.11.2023: Conference Travels to the 16. European Public Health Conference

The chair of Statistics and Econometrics visited Dublin to participate at the "16. European Public Health Conference". Timo Münz and Paul Witte received IPP funding for their conference travel costs.

06.11.2023: Faculty Seminar with Harald Fadinger from Uni Mannheim

Harald Fadinger from Uni Mannheim has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: Designing Credible Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms to Promote Compliance

15.09.2023-15.01.2024: Research stay from Fiona Kazarovytska at the University of Chicago Booth School

Since September, Fiona Kazarovytska from the chair of Professor Roland Imhoff (chair of Social- and Law psychology) has been doing a 4-month research visit at the University of Chicago Booth School under the supervision of Prof. Ayelet Fishbach. The goal is to deepen the collaboration and to focus on a major research gap in the area of historical defenses.
During her research stay, she also visited the Social Forum of the Clark University.

12.10.2023: Brownbag Seminar

Jana Gerhart from the Chair of Social Media attended a Brownbag Seminar at BI Oslo as a visiting scholar with an own research presentation.

18.09-20.09.2023: FReDA "Autumn School"

From 18-20.9.2023, the JGU is proud to host the first FReDA "Autumn School". Please find more information in the flyer attached.

14.-16.09.2023: European Trade Study Group (ETSG) Annual Conference 2023

Prof. Dr. Andrea Lassmann (Chair of International Economic Policy), Dr. Miriam Kohl (Chair of International Economics), Yen Nhi Nguyen (Chair of International Finance) and Shiyun Hu (Chair of International Economic Policy) attended the European Trade Study Group Annual Conference 2023 at the University of Surrey.

21.-23.06.2023: Workshop Against Lottocracy with Cristina Lafont & Nadia Urbinati

The chair of Political Science offers in Cooperation with the IPP a Workshop on the topic Against Lottocracy with Cristina Lafont and Nadia Urbinati organized by Claudia Landweher. It takes place from 21.06 until 23.06.2023 and you can find the program here. If you are interested please register at theorie@politik.uni-mainz.de

12.06.2023: Faculty Seminar with Marten Hillebrand from the Uni Fribourg

Marten Hillebrand from the Uni Fribourg has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic "Win as a Team or Fail as Individuals: Cooperation and Non-Cooperation in the Climate Tax Game".

08.06.2023: New Publication from Gunnar Otte "Quality Criteria in Sociology An Analytical-empirical Perspective"

Gunnaer Otte from the chair of Social Stratification Research has published together with Tim Sawert, Josef Brüderl, Stefanie Kley, Clemens Kroneberg & Ingo Rohlfing a paper in the journal Zeitschrift für Soziologie. It is called "Quality Criteria in Sociology An Analytical-empirical Perspective" and you can access it here.

26.05.2023: Faculty Seminar with Tim Martens from the Bocconi University

Tim Martens from the Bocconi University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic "Do Firms Listen to Social Media Analysts? Evidence from Seeking Alpha". It starts at 3 p.m. and takes place in Room HS I.

15.05.2023: Faculty Seminar with Inga Heiland from the NTNU Trondheim

Inga Heiland from NTNU Trondheim has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar.
Topic: Friends of friends: Ultimate ownership concentration and markups

08.05.2023: Faculty Seminar with Stefan Müller from the IWH

Stefan Müller from the IWH Halle has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic "Minimum Wages, Productivity, and Reallocation"

04.-05.05.2023: Annual IPP Retreat Osthofen

In May 2023, members of the IPP gathered for the ninth consecutive retreat in Osthofen close to Mainz. The main purpose of the retreat was once again to foster the exchange of research ideas and collaboration and talk about the future of the IPP.

28.04.2023: Faculty Seminar with Sean Cao from the University of Maryland

Sean Cao from the University of Maryland has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic "Feedback on Emerging Corporate Policies"

04.-05.04.2023: Workshop: Gewichtung von Survey-Daten

Wie im Dezember angekündigt, veranstaltet der Arbeitsbereich Sozialstrukturanalyse am 4.4./5.4.2023 mit Unterstützung des IPP einen Workshop zur "Gewichtung von Survey-Daten" an der JGU Mainz. Referentinnen sind Dr. Uta Landrock und Dr. Anne Konrad vom Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe, Bamberg. Am 3.4.2023 kann bei Bedarf ein Einführungskurs in R belegt werden, der von Joschka Baum, JGU Mainz, durchgeführt wird und mit den Referentinnen abgestimmt ist.

Bitte beachten Sie das Programm.

Die Anmeldung ist ab sofort unter https://sozialstruktur.soziologie.uni-mainz.de/gewichtung2023/ möglich und läuft bis zum 10.2.2023. Die Teilnahme am Workshop ist kostenfrei, die Teilnahme am Mittag- und Abendessen erfolgt auf Selbstkostenbasis. Die Anzahl der Plätze ist begrenzt und wir bitten Sie, sich nur anzumelden, wenn Sie verbindlich teilnehmen möchten. Zeitnah nach Anmeldeschluss informieren wir Sie über die Zulassung. Im Bedarfsfall bilden wir eine Nachrückliste.

Wir freuen uns über Ihr Interesse!

Richten Sie Rückfragen bitte an sekretariat.otte@uni-mainz.de.

29.-30.03.2023: Tagung: "As good as it gets?"

Am 29. und 30. März 2023 fand die Tagung "As good as it gets? - Promises and perils of representative democracy" des Mainzer Zentrum für empirische Demokratieforschung statt.

15.-16.02.2023: Workshop: Demokratische Innovationen zwischen Simulation und Transformation

Am 15. und 16.02.2023 findet ein gemeinsamer, vom IPP geförderter, Workshop der Arbeitsbereiche Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte der TU Darmstadt sowie Politische Theorie und Public Policy der JGU Mainz zum Thema "Demokratische Innovationen zwischen Simulation und Transformation" statt.

Veranstaltungsort:
Institut für Politikwissenschaft der TU Darmstadt
Landwehrstr. 48-50A, 64293 Darmstadt
Weltherrschaftsraum (423 | 318)

Interessierte können sich gerne bis zum 31.01.2023 per Mail bei katharina.liesenberg@tu-darmstadt.de oder frinken@politik.uni-mainz.de anmelden.

Nähere Informationen enthält dieser Flyer!

31.01.2023: Brown Bag Seminar with Marc Diederichs

Am 31.01.2023 von 12-13 Uhr präsentiert Marc Diederichs (LS van Ewijk, FB03) im Rahmen des Brown Bag Seminars ein Forschungsprojekt zum Thema "Interdisciplinary Research in Economics". Das Seminar findet hybrid im HS V (00-251) im alten Rewi sowie auf MS Teams statt.

Abstract: Solving complex societal problems often requires combining different streams of knowledge and researchers from different fields. However, it is unclear if research conducted in this interdisciplinary way is indeed impactful given possible hurdles, e.g., in teamwork or publishing. Using more than 13,000 research articles published in economics journals in 2011 and 2012 and three novel measures of interdisciplinary research, we find a robust negative effect of a paper’s interdisciplinarity within economics on its impact and journal placement.

Hier finden Sie weitere Informationen zum Brown Bag Seminar.

30.01.2023: Faculty Seminar with Joschka Wanner from the Uni Potsdam

Joschka Wanner from the Universität Potsdam has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic “Multinational Production, Trade, and Carbon Emissions”.

23.01.2023: Faculty Seminar with Philipp Richter from the Uni Mannheim

Philipp Richter from the Universität Mannheim has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic "Offshoring and Environmental Policy: Firm Selection and Distributional Effects".

16.01.2023: Faculty Seminar with Vera Eichenauer from the ETH Zürich

Vera Eichenauer from the ETH Zürich has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic „Mild Deglobalization? The Effects of Screening Foreign Investments on Mergers and Acquisitions”.

Forschungsaufenthalt an der Pennsylvania State University von Dr. Miriam Kohl

 

 

Von August bis Dezember 2022 war Dr. Miriam Kohl, Postdoktorandin am Lehrstuhl für International Economics (Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms) im Rahmen eines Forschungsaufenthalts zu Gast an der Pennsylvania State University. Eingeladen wurde sie von Prof. Stephen Yeaple, einem führenden Wissenschaftler auf dem Gebiet der Handelstheorie unter Berücksichtigung von Firmenheterogenität und Arbeitsmarktimperfektionen. Miriam Kohl konnte dort ihre Forschung zu den Verteilungseffekten der Globalisierung präsentieren und durch den Austausch mit renommierten Handelsökonom*innen wertvolle Eindrücke und produktive Impulse gewinnen.

12.12.2022: Faculty Seminar with Svenja Dube from the Fordham University

Svenja Dube from the Fordham University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Behavior.

28.11.2022: Faculty Seminar with Andrea Menclova from the University of Canterbury

Andrea Mencolva from the University of Canterbury has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Schooling Opportunities for 5-Year Olds: Some Early Origins of High School Achievement".

21.11.2022: Faculty Seminar with Gianluca Orefice from the Université Paris Dauphine

Gianluca Orefice from the Université Paris Dauphine has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of Deep Trade Agreements and Heterogeneous Firms Exports in Developing Countries

November 14th 2022: Faculty Seminar with Simon Wiederhold from the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Simon Wiederhold from the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of Early Child Care and Maternal Labor Supply – A Field Experiment

01.-03.11.2022: AI FORA WORKSHOP. The role of AI for global social goods provision in times of crisis. How the world deals with the war in Ukraine

Nähere Informationen können Sie dem Flyer anbei entnehmen.

Für eine Veranstaltungsteilnahme melden Sie sich bitte unter dieser E-Mail-Adresse an: wurster@politik.uni-mainz.de

28.-30.09.2022: Gemeinsame Tagung der Sektion Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte und des AK Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie in der DVPW

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Alte Mensa) 28.-30. September 2022

Das Programm können Sie hier herunterladen.

Für eine Veranstaltungsteilnahme melden Sie sich bitte unter dieser E-Mail-Adresse an: theorie@politik.uni-mainz.de

Forschungsaufenthalt am Massachusetts Institute of Technology von Marc Diederichs

Vom April bis Ende Juni 2022 hat Marc Diederichs, Doktorand am Lehrstuhl Statistik und Ökonometrie bei Prof. Dr. Van Ewjik, einen 3-monatigen Forschungsaufenthalt am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) absolviert. Während seines Aufenthalts am MIT konnte er sich mit dem Nobelpreisträger von 2021 für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Joshua Angrist, über seine Forschung im Bereich von kausalen Zusammenhängen austauschen und viele neue Erkenntnisse gewinnen.

Forschungsaufenthalt an der Université Laval in Quebec von David Wittenberg

David Wittenberg, Doktorand am Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik und BWL bei Prof. Dr. Rothlauf, hat einen 3-monatigen Forschungsaufenthalt an der Université Laval in Quebec City (Kanada) absolviert. Dort war er von April bis Ende Juni 2022 bei Prof. Dr. Gagné am Institut für Intelligenz und Daten (IID) eingeladen. Durch den regen Austausch mit Prof. Dr. Gagné hat er viele neue Eindrücke im Bereich der Entwicklung von Methoden für maschinelles Lernen und heuristische Optimierung gewinnen können.

02.06.2022: IPP Symposium "Science Meets Policy"

organisiert in Kooperation mit dem Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship Programm

Wie können wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse hilfreich in politische Entscheidungsprozesse eingebracht werden? Anhand konkreter Fallbeispiele und unterschiedlicher Erfahrungsperspektiven zielt das Symposium „Science Meets Policy“ darauf ab, diese Frage zu erörtern und grundlegende Herausforderungen und konkrete Lösungsansätze zu identifizieren.

Das Programm können Sie herunterladen.

12.05.2022: Gastvortrag am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der JGU

Russland, die Ukraine und die Zerstörung der europäischen Sicherheitsordnung

Referent: Dr. Hans-Joachim Spanger, Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)
Wann: Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022, 18:00 Uhr
Wo: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz – Hörsaal RW1, Haus Recht und Wirtschaft, Jakob-Welder-Weg 9, 55128 Mainz

Informationen zur Veranstaltung:
Russlands Krieg in der Ukraine hat weitreichende Konsequenzen – nicht nur für die Ukraine, sondern auch für die künftige Ordnung in Europa. Wie wird diese Ordnung aussehen, da die Vision eines geeinten und freien Kontinents verflogen ist? Was hat dieses „Gemeinsame Europäische Haus“ scheitern lassen und schließlich zerstört? Tritt an dessen Stelle ein reaktivierter Kalter Krieg und welche Rolle werden in der neuen europäischen Ordnung Russland und die NATO spielen? Was wird aus der Ukraine?

Dr. Hans-Joachim Spanger ist am Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung seit 40 Jahren in verschiedenen Funktionen tätig und arbeitet vor allem über Russland, die europäische Sicherheit und Demokratisierung. Er ist unter anderem Regionalkoordinator für das postsowjetische Eurasien des Bertelsmann Transformation Index und war bis 2021 Gastprofessor an der Nationalen Forschungsuniversität – Hochschule für Ökonomie in Moskau.

05.05.2022: Veranstaltungsreihe "Wir leben monetär in revolutionären Zeiten"

Vortrag: Wirtschaftswissenschaften als Sozialwissenschaften

Die Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Rheinland-Pfalz veranstaltet in Kopperation mit dem IPP eine Vortragsreihe zur aktuellen wirtschaftspolitischen Situation und dem Beitrag der Wirtschaftswissenschaften zu Demokratie und Gerechtigkeit. Diese kleine Veranstaltungsreihe findet im Mai und Juni unter dem Titel "Wir leben monetär in revolutionären Zeiten" statt.

Professor Dr. Salvatore Barbaro von der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz wurde hierfür eingeladen, am 5. Mai, einen Vortrag über "Wirtschaftswissenschaft als Sozialwissenschaft" zu halten. Hierbei greift Barbaros auf, dass die Wirtschaftswissenschaft eine besondere und durchaus umstrittene Rolle innerhalb der Gesellschaftswissen­schaften einnimmt und gleichzeitig wertvolle Beiträge zur Entwicklung demokratischer Entscheidungsprozesse und Gerechtig­keitstheorien leistet. Barbaros Vortrag kreist um die ökonomischen Theorien von Amartya Sen.

Für die Teilnahme an dem Vortrag wird eine vorherige Anmeldung unter anmeldung@politische-bildung-rlp.de bis zwei Tage vor der Veranstaltung vorausgesetzt.

Den Flyer zur Veranstaltungsreihe erhalten Sie hier.

 

05.04.–07.04.2022: AI Fora First General Meeting

Die Digitalisierung öffentlicher Verwaltungen ist in aller Munde. Aber was bedeutet das eigentlich? Welche Rolle übernehmen automatisierte Prozesse künftig etwa bei der Vergabe öffentlicher Güter?

AI FORA ist ein Forschungsprojekt, das in insgesamt elf Länderfallstudien den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz bei der Vergabe öffentlicher Güter und Dienstleistungen untersucht. Dabei wird nicht nur eine Bestandsaufnahme der derzeitigen Praktiken – und wie es zu ihnen gekommen ist – vorgenommen, sondern auch der Blick auf bessere KI gelegt. Denn gerade im Bereich der öffentlichen Güter muss stets eine Abwägung zwischen Effizienz, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und demokratischer Partizipation gewahrt werden.

Am 6. April werden dazu im Rahmen des 1st general meeting die verschiedenen Länderfallstudien und die unterschiedlichen Herausforderungen für eine bessere KI vorgestellt. In mehreren Sessions stellen die Forscher*innen aus den elf Ländern den Bereich öffentlicher Güter vor, der Gegenstand ihrer Fallstudie ist.

Mehr Informationen zur Agenda des Meetings erhalten Sie hier.

 

01.03.–02.03.2022: Workshop: Citizens’ Conceptions of Democracy and Political Process Preferences: State of the Art and Future Directions

Mehr Informationen zum Workshop finden Sie hier. Die Teilnahme ist aufgrund der Hygienebestimmungen nur nach vorheriger Anmeldung bei Claudia Landwehr möglich.

14.03.–18.03.2022: Spring School: Webscraping und Data Mining mit Python

 

Durch die Allgegenwart von Informationstechnologien ist auch in den Sozialwissenschaften die Bedeutung digitaler Prozessdaten enorm gewachsen. Die adäquate Analyse solcher aus der Interaktion
mit sozio-technischen Systemen gewonnen Daten erfordert entsprechendes Hintergrundwissen sowie
spezifische praktische Fähigkeiten, die dieser Kurs vermitteln möchte. Durch Übungen und Anwendungsbeispiele sollen Möglichkeiten, aber auch Probleme neuer digitaler Datenquellen aufgezeigt
werden. Der Workshop führt zunächst in die Programmiersprache Python ein. Danach werden verschiedene Methoden der Datenextraktion und schließlich auch die speziellen Herausforderungen der
Aufbereitung und Analyse dieser Datentypen behandelt.

Die Spring School findet in deutscher Sprache statt. Aktuell ist die Veranstaltung in Präsenz geplant.
Gegebenenfalls muss pandemiebedingt kurzfristig auf ein Online-Format gewechselt werden.

Mehr Informationen zum Event finden Sie hier.

 

January 24th 2022: Faculty Seminar with Christian Bayer from the University of Bonn

Christian Bayer from the University of Bonn has been invited to a faculty seminar talk about the topic of "Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has not Converged".

 

January 17th 2022: Faculty Seminar with Krisztina Kis-Katos from the University of Göttingen

Krisztina Kis-Katos from the University of Göttingen has been invited to a faculty seminar talk about the topic of "Dealing with agricultural shocks: Income source diversification through solar panel home systems".

 

January 10th 2022: Faculty Seminar with Toke Aidt from the Cambridge University

Toke Aidt from the Cambridge University has been invited to a faculty seminar talk about the topic of "The Origins of Elite Persistence: Evidence from Political Purges in post-World War II France".

 

December 6th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Matthias Krapf from the Cambridge University

Matthias Krapf from the Cambridge University has been invited to a faculty seminar talk about the topic of "The Corporate Elasticity of Taxable Income: Event Study Evidence from Switzerland".

 

November 22nd 2021: Faculty Seminar with Navid Sabet from the Goethe University Frankfurt

Navid Sabet from the Goethe University Frankfurt has been invited to a faculty seminar talk about the topic of "Terrorism and the rise of right-wing populism: Evidence from Germany and the AfD".

 

November 15th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Andrei Levchenko from the University of Michigan

Andrei Levchenko from the University of Michigan has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "The Long-Term Effects of Industrial Policy".

 

November 8th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Mathias Trabandt from the Goethe University Frankfurt

Mathias Trabandt from the Goethe University Frankfurt has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "How do People Respond to Small Probability Events with Large, Negative Consequences?".

 

November 4th - 5th, 2021: IPP Retreat Osthofen

In November 2021, members of the IPP gathered for the eigth consecutive retreat in Osthofen close to Mainz. The main purpose of the retreat was once again to foster the exchange of research ideas and collaboration and talk about the future of the IPP.

 

September 27th - October 1st 2021:

Summer School advanced methods in behavioral economics

Prof. Daniel Schunk (Chair of Public and Behavioral Economics at the University of Mainz, Germany) and Niklas Witzig have organized a Summer School on advanced methods in behavioral economics, which took place in person September 27th - October 1st, 2021. Lectures were given by Simeon Schudy (LMU Munich), Jan Hausfeld (University of Amsterdam) and Carina Hausladen (ETH Zurich). See here for more info.

This course is designed for students from the fields of economics and related disciplines in the social sciences. The main purpose of this course is to bring PhD students with an interest in behavioral economics in contact with methodological advancements in the field – and in contact with each other. Students from related disciplines who are interested in behavioral research can also benefit from participating in this summer school. There is no specific pre-requisite for this course other than being interested in doing behavioral research, e.g., as part of your doctoral dissertation. The third part requires basic knowledge of the programming language Python. We will provide you with details and materials regarding the necessary prerequisites 4-6 weeks in advance and this should prepare you sufficiently.

Please send your CV and short letter of motivation to ipp-mainz@uni-mainz.de (subject:
SSBE2021) by 15 July 2021.

We currently plan the Summer School in person but may switch to an online format if
necessary.

 

August 23th - 26th 2021: Summer School „The development of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in childhood and adolescence“

 

Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Public Center at the JGU Mainz and the Collaborative Research Center TR 224 at the Universities of Bonn and Mannheim.

Application Deadline: July 31, 2021 and Notification Deadline: August 13, 2021

We invite applications for a Summer School on “The Development of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills in Childhood and Adolescence” to be online from Monday, August 23, to  Thursday, August 26.This course is designed for Ph.D. students and recent post-docs from the field of economics and related disciplines in the social sciences.

The main purpose of this course is to introduce Ph.D. students and any post-docs to the methodological and topical advancements in the field (design or surveys on subjective expectations related skills production function and expected returns to education; models of skill development). There is no specific pre-requistite for the course other than being interested in doing research on this and related topics, e.g., as part of your doctoral dissertation. Each day, there will be a long morning lecture session. The afternoons will offer opportunities for students to discuss their ideas and research with faculty and fellow students.

The Summer School will be held by two leading economists in the field, Rita Ginja  (University of Bergen, Norway) and Christopher Tauh (Cambridge University, UK).

Please send your CV and short letter of motivation to kkaufman@uni-mainz.de (subject: SS2021) by July 2021 and indicate if you are interested in presenting your own research or research ideas in the afternoon sessions. The maximum number of participants is 20.

The organizer of the summer school is Prof. Katja Maria Kaufmann, Ph.D. (JGU Mainz)

 

July 5th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Burak Can from the Maastricht University

Burak Can from the Maastricht University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "On Reward Sharing in Blockchain Mining Pools".

 

June 28th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Barthélémy Bonadio from the University of Michigan

Barthélémy Bonadio from the University of Michigan has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "Migrants, Trade and Market Access".

 

June 18th 2021: Covid 19 Symposium

Das IPP verbindet Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler unterschiedlicher Disziplinen und möchte sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Corona-Pandemie, deren Bewältigung sowie Folgen zusammenbringen und eine Plattform für den Austausch bieten.

Mehr Informationen zum Event finden Sie hier.

 

June 14th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Alessandra Bonfiglioli from the Queen Mary University of London

Alessandra Bonfiglioli from the Queen Mary University of London has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Export, Female Comparative Advantage and the Gender Wage Gap".

 

June 7th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Christoph Trebesch from the Kiel University

Christoph Trebesch from the Kiel University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of " Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending".

 

May 31st 2021: Faculty Seminar with Alejandro Cuñat from the University of Vienna & Robert Zymek from the University of Edinburgh

Alejandro Cuñat from the University of Vienna and Robert Zymek from the University of Edinburgh have been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Bilateral Trade Imbalances".

 

May 17th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Sharon Traiberman from the New York University

Sharon Traiberman from the New York University has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Globalization, Trade Imbalances, and Labor Market Adjustment".

 

May 10th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Evgenia Passari from the Université Paris Dauphine

Evgenia Passari from the Université Paris Dauphine will give a presentation in the faculty seminar. The title is "Reading the News: Telling Supply from Demand in Commodity Markets".

 

April 30th 2021: 2nd Digital IPP Retreat

14:00 Welcome by Daniel Schunk
14:05 Mini-Graduiertenkolleg „Resilient Institutions“ by Claudia Landwehr
14:30 Lecture by Aleksandra Kaurin
14:55 Break in Breakout-Rooms
15:40 Global Spillovers of Taxation in the Online Advertising Market. Theory and Evidence from Facebook by Andrea Lassmann
16:05 Lecture by Marcus Maurer
16:30 Closing Discussion
16:35 End

 

January 18th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Aksel Erbahar from the Erasmus University Rotterdam

Aksel Erbahar from the Erasmus University Rotterdam will give a presentation in the faculty seminar. The title is " Trade Protection Along Supply Chains".

 

January 11th 2021: Faculty Seminar with Martin Schmitz from the European Central Bank

Martin Schmitz from the European Central Bank will give a presentation in the faculty seminar. The title is "Shifts in the portfolio holdings of euro area investors in the midst of COVID-19: looking-through investment funds".

 

December 7th 2020: Faculty Seminar with Rui Costa from the University of Essex

Rui Costa from the University of Essex has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Trade and Worker Deskilling".

 

November 23rd 2020: Faculty Seminar with Michel Serafinelli, from the University of Essex

Michel Serafinelli from the University of Essex has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "The World's Rust Belts".

 

November 16th 2020: Faculty Seminar with Thomas Cornelissen, from the University of Essex

Thomas Cornelissen from the University of Essex has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Knowledge Spillover and Individual Careers".

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November 13th 2020: Digital IPP Retreat

In November 2020, for the seventh consecutive time, members of the IPP gathered for the annual retreat. Due to the pandemic situation, the retreat needed to be hosted purely online. Despite this, the main purpose of the IPP retreat could be preserved: the exchange of research ideas and potential collaborations was fostered and the members of the IPP, including the new ones, could engage in interesting discussions. In addition, Prof. Iryna Gurevych from the TU Darmstadt attended the retreat as an external guest, outlining the potential for collaboration between the IPP and CASG.

A special emphasis at the retreat this year was the COVID-19 research conducted at the IPP. Numerous promising projects, in part funded by the IPP, were presented, which will serve as the main scientific contribution to an upcoming IPP Symposium in 2021 about the social science COVID-19 research at the JGU.

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November 11th 2020: IPP Researchers Meet Senior Policy Professionals

14 IPP researchers participated in the Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship-Programme in early November 2020. Our researchers conducted virtual meetings with visiting fellows from the German federal ministries of finance as well as education and research, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hessian state ministries, the European Commission, and major national media outlets (ZDF, STERN Magazine).
Our IPP researchers talked with the visiting fellows on issues such as the current Covid-19 pandemic, trends in education, digital transformation, and economic reforms in Germany and the European Union. Professor Andrej Gill (corporate finance) met a policy fellow from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: “The meetings with the policy fellows provide great opportunities for us researchers to receive first-hand information on salient policy issues which often lead to ideas for future research projects. Likewise, the policy fellows learn about current research trends. Thus, the Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship-Programme offers a unique opportunity to feed our academic expertise into policy processes.”
The Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship-Programme is a joint endeavour of the universities Mainz, Frankfurt and Darmstadt. Since the inception of the programme 127 fellows have conducted about 1,600 meetings with more than 500 researchers in the Rhine-Main Area.

September 9th 2020: Virtual COVID19-Research Workshop

A virtual Conference bringing many researchers together, to discuss the current COVID19-Research at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Please find attached the program of the Workshop:
Virtual Meeting Corona

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April 24th 2020: Faculty Seminar with Miriam Wüst from the University of Copenhagen

Miriam Wüst from the University of Copenhagen will give a presentation in the faculty seminar. The title is tba.

4:15 - 5:45 pm. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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January 27th 2020: Faculty Seminar with Andreas Fuchs, from the University of Göttingen

Andreas Fuchs  from the University of Göttingen has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset".

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January 20th 2020: Faculty Seminar with Martin Halla from the Johannes Kepler University Linz

Martin Halla from the JKU Linz has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "Cutting Fertility? The Effect of Cesarean Deliveries on Subsequent Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply".

4:15 - 5:45 pm. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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December 17th 2019: Faculty Seminar with Steven Ongena from the University of Zurich

Steven Ongena from the University of Zurich has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "Being Stranded with Fossil Fuel Reserves? Climate Policy Risk and the Pricing of Bank Loans".

4:15 - 5:45 pm. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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December 16th 2019: Faculty Seminar with Nina Mazar from the University of Boston

Nina Mazar from the University of Boston has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar about "Behavioral Insights in Action".

4:15 - 5:45 pm. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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December 9th 2019: Faculty Seminar with Ingo Isphording from the IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

Ingo Isphording  from the IZA - Institute of Labor Economics has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "The Value of a Peer".

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November 29th 2019: Faculty Seminar with Maarten Lindeboom from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Maarten Lindeboom from the VU Amsterdam will hold a presentation about "A Bit of Salt, A Trace of Life: Gender Norms and The Impact of a Salt Iodization Program on Human Capital Formation of School Aged Children".

9:00 - 10:00 am. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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November 27th 2019: Presentation with Hanna Lierse from the University of Bremen

Hanna Lierse from the University of Bremen will hold a presentation about "The devision of the society? redistribution of wealth in times of economic liberalization".

18:00 - 19:00 pm. Location of the talk: Room 01-611 GFG building.

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November 18th 2019: Faculty Seminar with Colin Green the from Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Colin Green from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Beauty and Adolescent Risky Behaviours".

4:15 - 5:45 pm. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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November 13th 2019: Mercator-Science-Policy-Fellowship program

On November 13, 11 executives from ministries and authorities, NGOs and the media visited the Johannes Gutenberg-University as part of the Mercator-Science-Policy-Fellowship program. At the JGU, they engaged in discussions with 11 scientists from the research unit Interdisciplinary Public Policy. The discussions revolved around a vast set of topics, such as education policy, governmental capacity and ability, populism and fake news, social challenges for NGOs, stability of financial markets, and shifting political communications. The participating executives come from federal authorities like the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Audit Office, the media (Süddeutsche Zeitung, MDR, NDR), NGOs (German Red Cross, Maltesers) and international organizations (World Bank, EBRD and European Commission). The interaction proved to be very fruitful for Professor Daniel Schunk: „The research unit Interdisciplinary Public Policy investigates a broad spectrum of contemporary questions related to up to date topics in economic, social and educational policy. It is thus very important to discuss our research with representatives from practice. Thus, the discussions within the fellowship program provide an optimal opportunity for our research unit.“

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November 11th 2019: Faculty Seminar with Robert Schwager from the Georg-August-University Göttingen

Robert Schwager  from the Georg-August-University Göttingen has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of " Quasi-hyperbolic discounting and externalities: Can government intervention improve welfare?".

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October 21st 2019: Faculty Seminar with Georg Schaur from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Georg Schaur  from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville has been invited to give a talk at the faculty seminar on the topic of "Tariff Rate Uncertainty and the Structure of Supply Chains".

4:15 - 5:45 pm. Location of the talk: "Dekanatssaal" (ReWi I building, 03-150).

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September 23rd - 27th 2019: Social Simulation Conference 2019

The Social Simulation Conference 2019 took place September 23 - 27, 2019 at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

The conference is one of the key activities of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) to promote social simulation and computational social science in Europe and elsewhere. With over 180 attendees from 25 different countries and more than 120 paper and poster presentations, SSC19 has been greatly received by the attendees.

This year’s special theme was “Social Simulation for Social Policy” with foci on the areas of Urban Planning – Environmental, economic, demographic and social perspectives. Many great papers have been presented on these topics and especially the keynote presentations by Joshua M. Epstein, Nigel Gilbert, Erik Johnston and Gert Jan Hofstede gave interesting insights on social simulation, policy making and on how to use social simulation for policy making.

More information: Social Simulation Conference 2019

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