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The Berlin School of Economics (BSoE) is a premier institution that integrates several Berlin universities, offering a PhD program focused on high-level research and practical training in economics. It prepares future leaders to tackle economic challenges.

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
💱 Do floating exchange rates really shield economies from external shocks? A new study revisits this long-standing idea and finds they may offer less protection than expected. Read more: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔁 @wzb.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
✍️ Authors: @herkut.bsky.social and @dkuebler.bsky.social
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📰 As commercial surrogacy returns to the center of public debate in Germany, our new INSIGHTS piece asks a broader question: What makes some market transactions morally unacceptable? Read more: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/repu... #behavioraleconomics #marketdesign
Cover image for the Berlin School of Economics INSIGHTS piece "Repugnant Transactions" by Hande Erkut and Dorothea Kübler.
 
A pregnant woman holds several banknotes in front of her stomach.
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Yesterday (today for some of us 😀), the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social QSE ended on a high. Thanks so much to all the speakers, long-term visitors, short-term guests, and the regulars at the seminars (and socials). What a fantastic community! sites.google.com/view/bqse/bq...
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Friendly reminder: The call for submissions for the Leibniz Open Science Day 2026 is open until July 31. If you're working on AI, meta-science, or open science in the social sciences, consider submitting your contribution! 👇 www.zbw.eu/de/ueber-uns...
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
👥 @schmacker.bsky.social, @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
👥 @phaan.bsky.social, @simonvoss.bsky.social @mareenbastiaans.bsky.social, @marcodavis94.bsky.social, @schaeper-clara.bsky.social, @eliaskoch.bsky.social, @esmeezwiers.bsky.social, @lorenzocavaglia.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, @annabindler.bsky.social, @weiqiangzheng.bsky.social
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🔁 @viadrina.eu, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, @unipotsdam.bsky.social, @hertieschool.bsky.social, @rfberlin.bsky.social, @wzb.bsky.social, @diw.de
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We also thank the Organizing Committee for making this conference possible: Vakhtang Abashidze, @mingzhao-dai.bsky.social, Rongrong Fu, Fidel Petros, Paul Rosmer, Jiawei Zhang, @larsfelder.bsky.social, @amageh.bsky.social, Alexander Grawe, Dilasa Karakaya, Iván Pérez, @maxischaller.bsky.social
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🌍 Thank you to everyone who joined the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics! Proud to see this international conference organized by PhD students from the Berlin School of Economics. Thanks to all who contributed! #economics
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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics: Jointly organized by PhD students from the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social, @diw.de, and @wzb.bsky.social. Great line up and speakers! sites.google.com/view/berlin-...
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Berlin PhD Conference in Economics - Applied Microeconomics
An International Conference for PhD students in Applied Microeconomics
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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is not just another summer workshop in Berlin, but actually TWO conferences! The 2nd Berlin PhD Conference consists of an Applied Micro part and a part on micro theory and behavioral economics: sites.google.com/vie... Keynotes by Esmée Zwiers, Simon Jäger, Jeanne Hagenbach, and Botond Köszegi.
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
What if hiring is really an inventory problem? Tested on US nurse staffing data Alexandre Mas builds an equilibrium model of the labour market as a newsvendor: firms either hold permanent staff as a buffer or hire on the spot once demand is realised. More: www.rfberlin.com/event/alexan...
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Alexandre Mas (University of California, Berkeley)
The RFBerlin Applied Economics Seminar series brings leading researchers to Berlin to share their latest work and engage with our community. We are pleased to welcome Alexandre Mas (University of…
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🗣️📄 This week, the BSoE-DIW GC Summer Workshop 2026 brought together PhD students from the Berlin School of Economics and @diwgradcenter.bsky.social communities for two days of research exchange, constructive feedback, and networking across different areas of economics. #economicsresearch
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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📖 Our discussion paper can be found (and read 😀) here: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... (n/n) @diw.de @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social @bsoeberlin.bsky.social
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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🆕 How does workforce diversity evolve when labor demand rises sharply, but no targeted diversity policy is in place? Our DP (with my fabulous co-authors @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social, @lenajanys.bsky.social & Luisa Santiago Wolf) addresses this question using a natural experiment. Thread 👇 (1/n)
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thanks to #BritishEmbassyBerlin for an excellent conference to honour the #KensingtonTreaty One lesson from the regional policy panel: create spatially balanced agglomeration. Updated my slides on growth & spatial inequality based on what I learned github.com/Ahlfeldt/pre... @bsoeberlin.bsky.social
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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · 29/06/2026
Looking forward to having @jrgptrs.bsky.social in our research seminar this Thursday! Feel free to join. 12.15 Boltzmannstraße 20.
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Yet another good use of our AHS microgeographic price and rent index by @tagesspiegel.de This time about the doughnut effect. interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/berliner... Underlying raw data available here: github.com/Ahlfeldt/AHS... @bsoeberlin.bsky.social
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Wohnen im Speckgürtel – Analyse in Karten: Aus der Hauptstadt ins Eigenheim. Ist der Traum vom Umland vorbei?
Wer den Wohnungspreisen entkommen wollte, zog ins Umland. Jetzt holt ihn das Problem dort ein. Fast nirgendwo sind die Immobilienpreise flächendeckend so stark gestiegen wie im Berliner Speckgürtel.
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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · 15/06/2026
Es hat mir viel Spaß gemacht meine Erfahrungen mit der Co-Organisation der Berlin Replication Games 2025 im Podcast von @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social mit #DoreenSiegfried zu teilen. Replication Games zeigen, wie wertvoll gemeinsames Arbeiten an Replikationen und Reproduktionen sein kann!
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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Out in @jeeanews.bsky.social: our paper on the long-run evolution of wealth in Germany! 🥳
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great dashboard implementation our methodology from @cep-lse.bsky.social @bsoeberlin.bsky.social research to illustrate microgeographic property prices and rents in Germany by @tagesspiegel.de. Try clicking on your postcode. 😀 interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/der-inte...
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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Delighted to see our work with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social on overcrowding in Germany published open access in @houspoldebate.bsky.social Crowding among families and migrants, empty rooms elsewhere: a story of unequal space. doi.org/10.1080/105114
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
On June 5, 2026 at 16:30, @humboldtuni.bsky.social hosts “Micro- and Macro-perspectives on Populism.” 👥 With contributions from Chi Hyun Kim, Johanna Krenz, @felixkersting.bsky.social, Ben Schumann & Sulin Sardoschau. We warmly invite you to attend. 🔗 www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/de/Events/mi...
Micro- and Macro-perspectives on Populism

June 5, 2026
Start: 16:30

Hörsaal 201
Spandauer Straße 1
10178 Berlin
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Tenure Track position on food econ in Berlin, deadline 28 May 👇🏼 Among the many plusses of being in the econ crowd of Berlin: a large number of women colleagues with top publications www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit... #Econsky
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Were Nazi Party members mainly extremists – or “ordinary people” shaped by their surroundings? 📂 New research using 11 million records shows how local communities helped turn the Nazi Party into a mass movement. 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new... #PoliticalEconomy #EconomicHistory
"Hysteresis and Selection in the Rise of Fascism: The ‘Ordinary Men’ of the Nazi Party" 
by Luis Bosshart, Max Deter, Leander Heldring, Cathrin Mohr, and Matthias Weigand Focus and Research Question

The study asks whether members of the Nazi Party were mostly ideological extremists or ordinary citizens. It examines how an extremist political movement grew into a mass organization in Germany. Data and Methodology

The researchers digitized nearly all surviving membership records of the Nazi Party, covering about 11 million people, and linked them to census data. This lets them compare party members to the wider population and trace joining patterns across towns, workplaces, and families. Key Finding I – The party became socially “ordinary”

Early members were somewhat distinctive: mostly men and somewhat more middle class than the average population. Over time, however, new members increasingly resembled the wider German population.
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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
❗Am Montag, 18.5., diskutieren wir ab 18 Uhr beim rbb24 inforadio-Forum im DIW Berlin @diw.de über Gewalt im öffentlichen Raum. Was sagen Politik & Wissenschaft? 💬 Ich freue mich auf eine spannende Diskussion mit allen Beteiligten! 📌 Anmeldungen für die Veranstaltung sind noch möglich, siehe Link:
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📘 Scott Cunningham joins @diw.de on June 15–16, 2026 for the Causal Inference – The Mixtape Master Class 2026 on Difference-in-Differences and Synthetic Control methods. Registration is open until June 1, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #causalinference #economics
CAUSAL INFERENCE - THE MIXTAPE
Master Class 2026 by Scott Cunningham

June 15-16, 2026
DIW BerlinJune 15, 2026

- Lecture 1/3: Difference-in-Differences
- BeNa Lunch Seminar
- BAMS Talk “Surveillance and Connection: Two Approaches to Reducing Self-Harm in Prison” by Scott Cunningham
- Office HoursJune 16, 2026

- Lecture 2/3: Difference-in-Differences
- Lecture 3/3: Synthetic Control
- Office Hours

Organizers: 
Theresa Henkel, Peter Haan, Thomas Siedler

Please register online by June 1, 2026.
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
📯 Welcoming 3 new Research Associates to BSoE! @joarlinghaus.bsky.social (@hertieschool.bsky.social), Sonja Dobkowitz (@diw.de) & David Piazolo (@tuberlin.bsky.social) join us. Their work spans environmental econ, public finance & political economy. 👏 Great to have you on board! #welcome #econ
Prof. Dr. Johanna Arlinghaus
Assistant Professor of Economics and Sustainability 
Hertie School

Research interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Public finance, Applied Econometrics

Recent publication: “The Effect of Framing on Policy Support: Experimental Evidence from Urban Transport Policies” (with Théo Konc, Linus Mattauch, and Stephan Sommer) Dr. Sonja Dobkowitz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Macroeconomics Department 
DIW Berlin

Research interests: Green Transition and Environmental Policy, Structural Transformation, Public Finance, Political Economy

Recent publication: “Environmentally-Responsible Households: Irresponsible Corporate Lobbying” (with O. Cutinelli-Rendina & A. Mayerowitz) DIW, Discussion Papers 2115 / 2025Dr. David Piazolo
Postdoctoral Researcher
Public Sector and Health Economics
Technical University of Berlin

Research interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, game theory, political economy

Recent publication: “Legislative bargaining with private information: A comparison of majority and unanimity rule“ (with Christoph Vanberg) Games and Economic Behavior 153, 499-522
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🌉 Yesterday’s BSoE Opportunity Day at @rfberlin.bsky.social brought our 2025 PhD intake together with researchers from across the network. 📚 The event connects coursework and research, offering insights, exchange, and orientation for the next phase. 👏 Thanks to all who joined! #phdprogram
Group photo of the Berlin School of Economics PhD intake 2025
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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My colleague Felix Weinhardt @bsoeberlin.bsky.social just released a short but important note that might make you rethink how you interpret your OLS estimates. Worth a look @paulgp.com @p-hunermund.com @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social @conjugateprior.org 👇 opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/f...
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We continue after our lunch break with RFBerlin research officer @tohoff.bsky.social from @bsoeberlin.bsky.social at @humboldtuni.bsky.social, presenting on "The Life-Cycle Consequences of Obesity and the Welfare Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs".
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Congratulations @silkekaiser.bsky.social! 🎉
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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Celebrating a milestone at the Hertie School: silkekaiser.bsky.social is our first graduate of the bsoeberlin.bsky.social PhD programme. Her work on sustainable urban mobility shows how data can help shape better cities. Congrats, Silke! datasciencelab.bsky.social, hertiesustain.bsky.social
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 09/04/2026
A Bick, A Blandin, D Deming, N Fuchs-Schündeln, & J Jessen find large differences in AI adoption across countries, much of which are accounted for by management practices. Higher adoption rates are associated w/ + productivity growth but not w/ employment changes. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky
The upper panel shows the share of survey respondents who use generative AI for work. The lower panel reports the share of last week’s working hours spent using generative AI. For daily usage, respondents could indicate (i) no usage, (ii) less than 15 minutes, (iii) 15–60 minutes, (iv) 1–4 hours, or (v) more than 4 hours. To obtain the total minutes spent using generative AI, the authors assume daily usage of 0, 7.5 minutes, 37.5 minutes, 2.5 hours, and 4 hours for each option, respectively. Weekly usage is calculated by combining daily usage with the reported number of days used. If respondents report using generative AI on ‘some days’ (rather than one or all days), the authors assume they used it on half of their working days. For non-users, the share of work hours using generative AI is mechanically 0.

The economic impact of generative AI will depend on the speed and breadth of adoption by workers and firms. Drawing on a survey of workers in the US and six European countries and a firm survey covering 32 European countries, this column explores the speed of AI adoption across countries and whether an ‘AI gap’ will exacerbate existing productivity differences between the US and Europe. There are large differences in AI adoption across countries, much of which are accounted for by management practices. Higher AI adoption rates are associated with faster productivity growth but not with changes in employment.
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📢 Spots still available! Turn your research into a compelling opinion piece. Join our workshop “Writing for the Press” (in German), May 6 & 13, @humboldtuni.bsky.social. Register by April 30 (max. 12 spots). 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/event-detail... #sciencecommunication #mediatraining
Writing for the Press / Opinion Pieces (in German)

What makes a strong opinion article? What interests readers about your research? And how can complex academic findings become a clear and relevant public message?

May 6 and 13, 2026
with Christine Prußky (journalist)

- interactive sessions
- explore opportunities and limits of AI tools in writing
- discuss example texts
- work on your own article – with the goal of leaving the training with a text that is “fit to print”
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Women in Economics Initiative @womeninecon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
📢POSTPONED! To Friday, April 17th
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Hannes Ullrich @hannesullrich.com · 31/03/2026
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: submit your digital health economics papers and abstracts by April 6! More info here: www.digitalhealthecon.org
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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Interview zum Thema Wohnen in Deutschland in der @taz.de. Entstanden im Kontext eines von der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social geförderten Projekts zum Thema Wohnraummangel, gemeinsam mit @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social & @simonvoss.bsky.social.
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Anne Sophie Lassen @ansolassen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We have too little architectural quality—even though it pays. The reason is a coordination failure. 👉 Should policy step in? Our @econ-observatory.bsky.social coverage www.economicsobservatory.com/why-dont-we-... of our @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social DP github.com/Ahlfeldt/DPs...
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Why don’t we have nicer buildings? - Economics Observatory
The benefits of distinctive urban architecture extend far beyond the buildings themselves, but the costs are borne by the developers. This can lead to underinvestment in high-quality design – and it r...
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🎬 How can academic research reach a wider public audience? In our new video, Felix Degenhardt (@bsoeberlin.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social) shares how he turned his research into a published op-ed in @zeit.de. ▶️ Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj9... #sciencecommunication
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From Workshop to Die Zeit: How a PhD Student Got Published | INSIGHTS Skills Training
YouTube video by Berlin School of Economics
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@tagesspiegel.de with coverage of the AHSY index (w dashboard): interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/gewerbem... Here is our @bsoeberlin.bsky.social paper with the underlying methodology: github.com/Ahlfeldt/DPs... For those who cant get enough: our 1h live debate 😎: www.tagesspiegel.de/kneipe-weg-k...
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📰 Want to turn your research into a strong opinion piece? In the #training “Writing for the #Press”, journalist Christine Prußky shares tips on writing for a wider audience and bringing research into public debate. 📅 6 & 13 May | @humboldtuni.bsky.social 📩 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/event-detail...
Writing for the Press
Opinion Pieces (in German)

What makes a strong opinion article? What interests readers about your research? And how can complex academic findings become a clear and relevant public message?

May 6 & 13, 2026

with Christine Prußky (journalist)

- interactive sessions
- explore opportunities and limits of AI tools in writing
- discuss example texts
- work on your own article – with the goal of a text that is "fit to print"
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Fascinating fact: in countries with higher inequality, people are *more* optimistic that they‘ll climb the social ladder. Long interview with Julia Baumann and Yiming Liu. 👇🏼 @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @rationalitycrc.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
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Reicher Traum, armes Leben: Wie die Hoffnung auf Erfolg die Ungleichheit zementiert
In ungleichen Gesellschaften schätzen Menschen ihre Aufstiegschancen viel zu optimistisch ein, statt Umverteilung zu fordern. Das stabilisiert Ungleichheit.
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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🌇 @ahlfeldt.bsky.social (@humboldtuni.bsky.social and @bsoeberlin.bsky.social), Nathaniel Baum-Snow, and Remi Jedwab show that tall buildings lead to more compact and productive cities 🏢 ⬇️
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Hannes Ullrich @hannesullrich.com · 18/03/2026
Call for Papers! The 3rd Workshop Applied Economics in Digital Health will take place at HPI, Potsdam, 2-3 July 2026. Submission deadline on March 30. Exciting keynote, diverse academic program and policy discussions! Further info: www.digitalhealthecon.org @arieldora.bsky.social @simonreif.eu
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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We revised our Skyscraper Revolution paper github.com/Ahlfeldt/DPs... Added indirect inference to estimate the QoL effect of density by matching causal reduced-form estimates in the model => more realistic counterfactuals. Quick read @voxeu.org: cepr.org/voxeu/column... @bsoeberlin.bsky.social
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Matthias Kalkuhl @mkalkuhl.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We're hiring 2 PhD students in global #public #economics at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social. Join our team for collaborative impact-focused research. Apply empirically calibrated principal-agent models to design jurisdictional reward funds to boost global cooperation on climate, health & beyond. (1/2)
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Leibniz Association: Detail
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