Online seminar on formal political economy: Co-organised with Fabian Mankat, this series features scholars working on formal theory 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 to either of us by email.
• 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
Elshan Garashli (University of Graz)
Robust equilibria in cheap-talk games with fairly transparent motives
23 March
Workshops for Ukraine: A great series of educational workshops organised by Dariia Mykhailyshyna. You can learn and support Ukraine at the same time.