The Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB) at the University of Cologne (UoC) brings together Cologne-based researchers from economics, management science, and psychology. Together with internationally renowned scientists from Europe and the USA, they investigate the fundamental principles and behavioral mechanisms that affect social and economic behavior. Since its establishment in 2019, the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute is an important partner.
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Social and economic behavior is shaping almost all aspects of our lives. But it does not only influence the actions of individuals. Behavior and its underlying motivation and cognition, also affects the success of societies, politics, markets and organizations. Understanding its determinants, and how it can be ‘managed’, is thus of crucial importance for understanding and addressing major challenges to society and humanity.
C-SEB aims to develop an empirically based theory of the institutions that define economic incentives and of the conditions that influence information processing in social and economic contexts. Using a behavioral economics and social cognition approach, the center examines how these mechanisms can be designed and manipulated. C-SEB seeks to build a bridge between laboratory research and real-world contexts in order to contribute to solutions to contemporary challenges in the economy.
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14. October 2024 @ 16:00 - 17:00 via ZOOM
Atila Abdulkadiroglu (Duke University): School Assignment By Match Quality (with Aram Grigoryan and Umut Dur)
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15. October 2024 @ 12:00 - 13:00 Room 3.206, Studierenden Service Center (SSC) (Building 102), Universitätsstraße 22a, 50923 Köln
Ben Grodeck (University of Exeter) - "No Intention to Profit, yet Still Repugnant: Experimental Evidence for Outcome-Based Repugnance"
16. October 2024 @ 12:00 - 13:15 Room 3.206, Studierenden Service Center (SSC) (Building 102), Universitätsstraße 22a, 50923 Köln
Sonja Kovacevic (University of Cologne) - tbd
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18. October 2024 @ 12:00 - 12:45 via ZOOM
Rosa Wolf (Fraunhofer FIT) - "Correcting Erroneous Beliefs about Student Aid: Co mparing Information Provision via Chatbot with Traditional Formats"
22. October 2024 @ 12:00 - 13:00 Room 3.206, Studierenden Service Center (SSC) (Building 102), Universitätsstraße 22a, 50923 Köln
Emmanuel Lagrée (Université Panthéon-Assas) - "How To Tame Experts With Identified Preferences but Hidden Competence?"