Institute of Economics

Julia Wolffson, a research assistant at the Institute of Economics, participated in the 18th Joint IOS/Leibniz ScienceCampus “Europe and America”/EACES Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe in Bernried on Lake Starnberg in early July. The topic of the Summer Academy was “Health, Fertility, and Gender Norms: Times of Crisis, War, and…

As part of the lecture series “Braunschweig Seminar on Economics, Politics & Practice,” another interesting lecture took place on July 1, 2026, in the old building. The speaker was Jürgen Matthes from the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. He spoke on the topic “Partner, Competitor, and Systemic Rival: How Should We Deal with China?” It was a…

On June 11, 2026, Prof. Felix Rösel participated in the workshop “Exciting Experiments for Economics Classes” at Baker Hughes. There, teachers from the Celle region received practical ideas for teaching economic concepts in a clear and interactive way in the classroom. Prof. Rösel explained and illustrated economic topics using experiments.

The DFG project “Metal Trade, Empires, and War: New Data and Methods in Early Economic History” kicks off today (June 1, 2026) with Prof. Ludwig and our new research assistant, Sabrina Litzenberger, in collaboration with Prof. Rahmstorf from Georg-August University of Göttingen.