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Economics Department J.-F.-Kennedy Institute
🗓️ Thursday, April 23
We are very happy to welcome Taylan Alpkaya (University of Mannheim) at the Research Seminar in Economics at Freie Universität Berlin.
He will present his work on: “Legacy of Servitude: Long-Run Intergenerational Mobility in the US”
sites.google.com/view/taylana...
New research from our team by @steinhardt.bsky.social, @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social & @simonvoss.bsky.social has been published in @houspoldebate.bsky.social. Overcrowding for some, spare rooms for others: unequal housing space in Germany.
doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2026.2670542
🗓️Thursday, May 21
We are very happy to welcome
@rhuguenotnoel.bsky.social (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) at the Research Seminar in Economics at Freie Universität Berlin.
He will present his work on: “Addressing Challenges to Supranational Integration: The Case of the Euro".
At our institute, @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @steinhardt.bsky.social are organizing an interdisciplinary public lecture series this summer term, featuring speakers from economics, sociology, and more.
Feel free to drop by Thursdays 16:15–17:45!
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
🚀 A new semester begins at the Department of Economics at the John-F.-Kennedy-Institute Berlin!
Join exciting courses, explore new research, and don’t miss the upcoming Social Science Research Colloquium.
👉 Learn more: www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/faculty/econ...
🎉 Excited to share that our team member @freya-rubel.bsky.social will present a poster on “Environmental Shocks and Female Employment: Evidence from the Dust Bowl” at the Annual Conference of the @echistsoc.bsky.social at the London School of Economics, April 10–12, 2026.
🗓️Thursday, May 11.06.
We are very happy to welcome @olivierjacques.bsky.social
(@umontreal-en.bsky.social) at the Research Seminar in Economics at FU Berlin.
Presenting his work on: "The Political Economy of Health Care: The Role of Individual Preferences".
csdc-cecd.ca/en/chercheur...
🗓️Thursday, May 28.05.
We are very happy to welcome @norawaitkus.bsky.social (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) at the Research Seminar in Economics at Freie Universität Berlin.
She will present her work on: “Housing Wealth Regimes".
For more info: www.mwi.uni-heidelberg.de/de/forschung...
🗓️Thursday, May 04.06.
We are very happy to welcome @isabelamares.bsky.social (@ispsyale.bsky.social) at the Research Seminar in Economics at FU Berlin.
Presenting her work on: "How Mainstream Parties Fight Back Against Extremists: Explaining the Choice among Strategies of Democratic Defense".
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Economics Department J.-F.-Kennedy Institute
Economics Department J.-F.-Kennedy Institute
Economics Department J.-F.-Kennedy Institute
🗓️Thursday, May 07
We are very happy to welcome Sven Hartmann (@unitrier.bsky.social) at the Research Seminar in Economics at Freie Universität Berlin.
He will present his work on: “Mixed Signals from the West: Cultural Disruption and Human Capital in East Germany”
sites.google.com/view/sven-ha...
Contemporary public housing debates generally focus on affordability, while overlooking inequalities in housing quality, such as living space. Using longitudinal survey data from Germany (1985–2022...
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
