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.
The Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB) is seeking Student Assistants and looks forward to receiving your application no later than 31.01.2024.
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12. December 2023 @ 12:00 - 13:00 Room 3.206, Studierenden Service Center (SSC) (Building 102), Universitätsstraße 22a, 50923 Köln
Luca Braghieri (Bocconi University) - Biased Decoding and the Foundations of Communication
13. December 2023 @ 12:00 - 13:15 Room 3.206, Studierenden Service Center (SSC) (Building 102), Universitätsstraße 22a, 50923 Köln
Sarah Eichmeyer (Bocconi University) - The Slant of Online News
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13. December 2023 @ 17:45 - 19:15 Online via Zoom --- or --- in-person in the WiSo Building
Hybrid Speaker Series on Analytical-Empirical Sociology features a talk by Dan McFarland (Stanford University) titled "Homo Academicus Stanfordiensis".
To attend in-person or via zoom, please visit the event page.
Organized by the Academy of Sociology (AS) and the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS) at the University of Cologne; supported by the Profile Area Social and Economic Behavior.
15. December 2023 @ 12:00 - 12:45 via ZOOM
Max Grossmann (University of Cologne) - Paternalism and Deliberation
18. December 2023 @ 16:00 - 17:00 via ZOOM
Peter Cramton (University of Maryland): tba
For more information and registration visit: https://virtual-md-seminar.com/