Mobile phone data are ubiquitous today, as almost everyone carries a mobile device in their pocket. This generates huge data trails that provide almost unbiased information about people’s mobility and location. These data have been used, for example, in the COVID-19 years to assess the impact...

We invite researchers to submit papers or extended abstracts to the 7th Economics of Media Bias Workshop. As a group of economists and political scientists, we investigate forms, causes, and consequences of bias, especially in news markets and on social media. Main questions of interest are: •...

We invite researchers to submit papers or extended abstracts to the 6th Economics of Media Bias Workshop. Organized by the eponymous research network, the workshop will be a platform to discuss current research, exchange ideas, and explore new collaboration scenarios. As a group of economists...

Der Workshop wird von der DStatG veranstaltet. Er bietet Doktorand:inn:en:, »frisch-gebackenen« Doktor:inn:en sowie anderen jungen Statistiker:innen die Möglichkeit, ihre Forschungsarbeit in einem Vortrag vorzustellen und in einer kleinen Gruppe gemeinsam mit erfahrenen Hochschullehrern zu...

Courses: - Data Analysis with Stata; Qualitative Research Methods; Grounded Theory; Writing your Literature Review; - Data Analysis with R; Case Study Research; Questionnaire Design; Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA); - Data Visualization; Multi-level Modelling with R; Academic English...

The two-day international workshop, taking place at the ifo Institute in Munich and hosted by CESifo, will gather doctoral students involved in research in the field of the Economics of Digitization with both theoretical and empirical focus Topics of Interest: Telecommunications – Internet and...

Als Gruppe von Ökonomen und Politikwissenschaftlern untersuchen wir Formen, Ursachen und Folgen von Voreingenommenheit, insbesondere auf Nachrichtenmärkten und in sozialen Medien. Die wichtigsten Fragen von Interesse sind: - Wie können Medienverzerrungen definiert und gemessen werden? - In...

Zahlreiche Nutzungsansprüche auf Agrarflächen – von landwirtschaftlicher Produktion über Artenschutz und Erholung – führen zu Zielkonflikten und betreffen eine Vielzahl von Interessengruppen. Daraus resultieren sowohl agrarpolitische als auch ökologische und soziale Herausforderungen,...

Topics: - Decentralisation of political decision-making and administrative reforms; - Intergovernmental relations and agricultural policies; - Role of food, animal welfare and environmentalist action groups; - Corruption, rule of law, quality of bureaucracy; - Synchronisation of policies in...

In 2020, the ninth colloquium for doctoral students in management accounting will be held in conjunction with the Annual Conference for Management Accounting Research (ACMAR). The colloquium’s objective is to provide an opportunity for doctoral students in management accounting from various...