The IAB Special Lecture Series 2023 / 2024 / 2025

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The IAB Special Lecture Series 2023 / 2024 / 2025

hosted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in collaboration with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)

CONTENT

The IAB Special Lecture Series invites outstanding international researchers across the Social Sciences to present their current work. Guest lecturers are selected on exellent academic merit and typically have made significant contributions to their respective fields and continue to actively shape internationale research agendas. The IAB Special Lecture Series aims to provide a unique opportunity to the IAB researchers as well as researchers from other research entities to discurss the work and share their expertise with the speaker during the presentation, and to receive feedback on their own research projects during individual talks with the speaker.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The IAB Special Lecture Series will be held at the IAB, Regensburger Str. 100, 90478 Nuremberg.

ABSTRACTS OF THE SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES 2024

» 16 September 2025 - Ulrike Malmendier

 Lecture Title & Abstract

Perspectives from the Frontiers of Behavioral Economics

Professor Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley) will explore how insights from behavioral economics deepen our understanding of decision-making in markets, organizations, and policy. Drawing on her cutting-edge research, she will discuss the role of personal experiences and psychological biases in shaping economic outcomes and the implications for policy.

LOCAL ORGANIZERS

• Yuliya Kosyakova
• Martin Friedrich
• Tim Kovalenko
• Adrian Lerche
• Theresa Koch
• Jonathan Latner

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AT THE SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES

• Prof. David Autor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

• Prof. Lucinda Platt (London School of Economics and Political Science)

• Prof. Giovanni Peri (University of California)

• Prof. Spanghero Lotta (Getulio Vargas Foundation)

• Prof. Filiz Garip (Princeton University)

• Prof. Jeffrey Smith (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

• Prof. Katherine S. Newman (University of California, UC Berkeley)

• Prof. Andrea Weber (Central European University) 

• Prof. Matthew Desmond (Princeton University)

• Prof. Claudia Buchmann (Ohio State University) 

• Prof. Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago)

FURTHER INFORMATION:

For any questions refer to IAB.Special-Lecture@iab.de

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