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On January 29, 2025 at 18:00, Dr. Mulu Berhanu Hundera will give a “Humboldt Lecture” as part of the event …

On March 18, 2025, the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, the MPI for Research on Collective Goods, and …

Matthias Sutter has been elected as a new member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for the section …

C-SEB has approved the following 12 projects for funding in the 19th funding round: Junior Start-Up Grants Arno Apffelstaedt (with …

On September 26, 2024, Bettina Rockenbach was elected as the new president of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. She …

ECONtribute and C-SEB member Christopher Roth, Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne, …

The “ESA Prize for Exceptional Achievement” recognizes no more than one researcher per year who has overcome unusually difficult obstacles …

Axel Ockenfels has been a new member of the Specialist Group for Regulatory Issues (WAR) of the Bundesnetzagentur for Electricity, …

C-SEB has approved the following 14 projects for funding in the 18th funding round: Junior Start-Up Grants Nils Blossey – …

On July 3, 2024, at 18:30, Axel Ockenfels will give a talk at the Kölner Juristische Gesellschaft with the title “Gesetze und Gerichte oder ökonomisches Design? Wie Kooperation beim Klimawandel, bei der Organspende, in der Pandemie und in der Sharing Economy entsteht – und wie nicht.” (German-speaking event) Members of the Kölner Juristische Gesellschaft are invited; guests are also very welcome.

At the Cologne International Forum: SALON on 13 June 2024 at 18:00, C-SEB PI and Global Faculty Member Prof. Nira Liberman will give a public lecutre on “Can Poor Access to Internal States Explain Obsessive-Compulsive Tendencies?”. Some people easily know what they feel, what they like, and what they want. Others, however, find it difficult to access such internal states. Together with Nira Libermann the event will look at obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as an example of this difficulty. For more information and registration: https://uni.koeln/BQZN4

C-SEB has approved the following projects for funding in the 17th funding round: Junior Start-Up Grants Arno Apffelstaedt – “Signups” …

Pia Pinger receives the prestigious ERC Starting Grant for her project “OPPORTUNITY – Inequalities in Decision-Making at Critical Junctions in …

Matthias Sutter‘s new book “Der menschliche Faktor oder worauf es im Berufsleben ankommt” has just been published in its second …

C-SEB has approved the following projects for funding in the 16th funding round: Junior Start-Up Grants Vanessa Clemens – “The …

The Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB) is seeking Student Assistants and looks forward to receiving your application no …

As part of the Diversity Week at the University of Cologne, the Excellence Clusters CECAD and ECONtribute invite you to …

Axel Ockenfels, professor at the University of Cologne, will become a new director at the Max Planck Institute for Research …

Whether or not people bribe – or attempt to bribe – others depends on which country the counterpart comes from. …

Anna Bindler was awarded the “Wissenschaftspreis Opferschutz 2023” (only in German) by WEISSER RING and Bundeskriminalamt for her publication ‘Scaring …

In his new book Behavioral Economics for Leaders: Research-Based Insights on the Weird, Irrational, and Wonderful Ways Humans Navigate the …

C-SEB has approved/awarded 19 projects for funding in the 15th funding round: Junior Start-Up Grants Sercan Demir – “Impact of …

Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels has published a policy brief (only in German) together with Prof. Achim Wambach, PhD at the …

Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels was admitted as an affiliated scientist in the Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG). The Behavior …

Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels, together with Sandro Ambuehl, and B. Douglas Bernheim received the prestigious Exeter Prize 2022 for their …

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