Co-organized with Fabian Mankat, this series features scholars working in political economy and provides a platform for presenting and discussing current research. If you would like to attend or present, feel free to reach out by email.
Summer Term 2026
Doron Klunover (Sami Shamoon College of Engineering - Ashdod Campus)
Collective punishment for collective action
06 May
Margaryta Klymak (King's College London)
Charitable giving in wartime: Evidence from Ukraine’s war fundraising
20 May
Jan Auerbach (Brunel University of London)
Financial rewards, crowding, and political elitism
03 June
Federico Trombetta (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
tba
17 June
Matheus Cosso (Hoover Institution - Stanford University)
Politics for sale
01 July
Artyom Jelnov (Ariel University)
Militant democracy
15 July
Patricia Himml (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
"We are the firewall!": Mainstream parties’ optimal strategy under norm uncertainty
29 July
Winter Term 2025–2026
Lotte Swank (University of Groningen)
Learning fast or slow: The social dynamics and patterns of change
01 December
Federico Trombetta (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
Governing through division
15 December
Philip Zilke (University of Münster)
Auctions of green shares
12 January
Tianxiong Yu (University of Luxembourg)
No way out: Dual channels of manipulation in agenda institutions
26 January
Shafin Shabir (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute)
Bureaucratic rumours and policymaking
09 February
Giulio Piccirilli (Mercatorum University)
Electoral promises and affective polarization
23 February
Lara Alper (Pompeu Fabra University)
Dynamic persuasion and polarization
09 March