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.
Winter Term 2026–2027
Konstantinos Ioannidis (University of Cambridge)
How computational complexity can restore general equilibrium in markets with indivisible goods
21 October
Manuel Förster (Bielefeld University)
A theory of policy influence
04 November
Foivos Savva (University of Southampton)
The paradox of strategic altruism
18 November
Anna Maria Halewska (University of Lausanne)
Does political violence pay off? Media attention and political backlashes
02 December
Inbal Dekel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Follow, ignore, or counteract: Learning, identity, and polarization
16 December
Selahattin Tolga Er (University of Hamburg)
Constitutional compliance experience and demand for executive overreach
20 January
Jaakko Meriläinen (Stockholm School of Economics)
The diffusion of national identity: Evidence from the Fennoman movement
03 February
Omer Edhan (The University of Manchester)
Who buys the robots' output
10 February
Dariia Mykhailyshyna (Kyiv School of Economics)
Narrative frames and host support for refugees
17 February
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)
Strategic obfuscation, alternative information, and electoral accountability
17 June
Otto Swank (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
An empirical analysis on coalition formation in Dutch municipalities: How a norm prescribing broad coalitions prevents exploiting bargaining power
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