Economics

In summer term 2017, the seminar on “Selected Topics in Economics of Growth: Theory and Applications” will be offered for DEIS Master students. The registration deadline is on April 24, 2017 at 8pm You may find more information in the List of topics. Continue

Due to the high number of registration for the existing seminars, the Institute offers an additional proseminar in Economics. This will be taught by Ms. Fischer on the topic “Economic Crises” and take place on Thursdays from 12.15 to 1:45 pm. Registration starts on February 1, 2017 at 8.... Continue

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 ... Continue

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... Continue

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. Continue

Prof. Auktor contributed a chapter to the recently published book by Mike Young and Christine Esau, “Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management: Guidelines for policy excellence”. The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational cha... Continue

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... Continue

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... Continue

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... Continue

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... Continue