Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Places Stay, Workers Leave: Political Persistence Without Political Continuity" Mathias Bühler, LMU Wednesday, May 20th, at 16.15 in S61, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

Philosophy Research Forum Announcement! "Whats wrong with Conspiracy Theorists?" Jacob Hesse (Ruhr-Uni Bochum) Tuesday, May 19th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S72, NWII (like all the Philosophy Research Forums). For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re... Everyone is welcome!

On July 19 and 20 Bayreuth is hosting the first PPE-Student-Conference, where Students and faculty from the University of Milan, the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and the UBT departments come together. For those who are interested, here's an overview of the schedule. See you there!

Nach P&E im Bereich Politik weiterstudieren? Das geht! Heute wollen wir euch unsere P&E-Alumna Teresa Wallacher (Abschluss 2024) vorstellen, die sich dazu entschieden hat, nach Oxfort zu gehen und dort im Bereich European Politics weiterzustudieren.

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Populist Policymakers" Thushyanthan Baskaran (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Wednesday, May 13th, at 16.15 in S61, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/... Everyone is welcome!

Philosophy Research Forum Announcement! "AI Engendered Epistemic Disabilities" Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen) Tuesday, May 12th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S72, NWII (like all the Philosophy Research Forums of this semester). For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Complementing Demand: Market Access, Quality Specialization and Income Effects in Bilateral Trade" Dorothee Hillrichs (Ifo Institut) Wednesday, May 6th, at 16.15 in S61, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). Everyone is welcome!

P&E zu studieren ist immer eine gute Idee! 
Aber was sagen eigentlich unsere Alumni über ihre Zeit in Bayreuth? Was hat ihnen besonders gut gefallen und warum lohnt es sich, P&E in Bayreuth zu studieren? Anna-Magdalena Glockzin (Abschluss 2024) erzählt!

P&E Joint Talk Announcement! "Jobs, Cash, or Community: Experimental Evidence on Compensation and Acceptance of Environmental Harm" Gabi Spilker (Unversität Konstanz) Wednesday, April 29th, at 16.15 in S61, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). Everyone is welcome!

P&E Joint Talk Announcement! "Elite Higher Education, the Marriage Market and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital" Katja Kaufmann (UBT) Tuesday, April 28th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S72, NWII (like all the Philosophy Research Forums of this semester).

On the third day of this years Wittgenstein Lecture the focus will be on the topic of scientific progress through bias. If you wanna know more, come to the Wittgenstein Lecture from June 15 to 19 2026!

Save the date! Lena Kästner (Professor for Philosophy, Computer Science & AI) and Karolina Milewicz (Professor for Global Political Economy) will be holding their inaugural lectures. If you're interested come join them on June 24th at 6:15 pm in H24 (RW I). All welcome!

Protestparteien sind die Folge ungelöster Probleme. David Stadelmann plädiert für institutionelle Reformen – jenseits der aktuellen Politik der Ausgrenzung. Mehr dazu gibt es im neuen Beitrag des P&E Blogs zu lesen! peblog.de

In unserer neuen P&E-Podcastfolge hört ihr unseren Alumni Maximilian (Abschluss 2025) Volland über das Thema Bildungsungerechtigkeit sprechen. Maximillian engagiert sich beim Verein "StudyTutors" in Bayreuth, der ehrenamtliche Nachhilfe von Studierenden für Schüler:innen anbietet

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "The Power of Industrial Policy: The Global Impact of Chinese Subsidies on Solar Innovation and Emissions Reduction" Claudia Gentile (University of Geneva) Wednesday, April 15th, at 16.15 in S61, RW1.

Philosophy Research Forum Announcement! "Toward an Ecology and Economy of Problematization" Konrad Werner (University of Warsaw) Tuesday, April 14th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S72, NWII (like all the Philosophy Research Forums of this semester). Everyone is welcome!

Individual rationality & social pathology: pluralistic ignorance At the second day of the Wittgenstein Lecture 2026, Kevin Zollmann explores how fully rational individuals can still form irrational groups. What happens when epistemic problems exist at the group level? Save the date: June 15–19

We are delighted to announce that this years European PPE Network Conference is coming to Bayreuth! This year's conference will focus on how we should think about, plan for, and govern the future? More information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/Wo...

P&E zu studieren ist immer eine gute Idee! 
Aber was sagen eigentlich unsere Alumni über ihre Zeit in Bayreuth? Was hat ihnen besonders gut gefallen und warum lohnt es sich, P&E in Bayreuth zu studieren? Kilian Holle (Abschluss 2025) erzählt, warum P&E für ihn die richtige Studienentscheidung war.

How does polarization emerge? Kevin Zollman uses simple models to show how interacting with like-minded others shapes social dynamics. Wittgenstein Lecture, June 15-19, 2026.

The last Economics Research Forum of this semester!   "Strategic Cartel Profit Sharing" Bas Dietzenbacher (Maastricht University) Wednesday, February 4th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums).  For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "The Motherhood Penalty in the Mutual Fund Industry" Alexandra Niessen-Rünzi (Mannheim University) Wednesday, January 28th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

The last Philosophy Research Forum of this semester! "Causal Complications for Explainable AI“ Thomas Kroedel (UH Hamburg) Tuesday, January 27th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S110, INF (like all the Philosophy Research Forums). For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

Save the date! Die diesjährige Vollversammlung des P&E-Bachelors findet am Dienstag, den 3. Februar 2026, um 16:00 Uhr (s.t.) statt.
Der Raum wird noch bekannt gegeben (t.b.a.). Wir freuen uns über rege Teilnahme!

The P&E @ School initiative was launched a few years ago to give current students and P&E graduates the opportunity to return to their own (or other) high schools and present the program to prospective P&E students. Information session on Monday, February 2nd, at 13:45, in room H13 (NW I building)

Philosophy Research Forum Announcement! "Metaethics between Theory and Practice" Pascale Willemsen (University of Zurich) Tuesday, January 20th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S110, INF (like all the Philosophy Research Forums). For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

Economics Research Forum Announcement!   "Coopetitive Indices for Monotone TU-games" Michele Aleandri (Luiss University Rome) Wednesday, January 14th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums).  For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/... All welcome!

Economics Research Forum Announcement!   "Cooperation and Predictability in Human-Algorithm Interaction" Alicia von Schenk (JMU Würzburg) Wednesday, January 7th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums).  For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

With this end of the year we are remembering our colleague Marius  Backmann, who tragically passed in September 2025. We’re honored to share that his paper “How Thick is Now? The Prospects of Thick Presentism” has been published posthumously in Metaphysica. We are thinking of you, Marius. ✨

We are proud to announce that this year’s GO Forschung-Award was presented to our former master’s student Cristina Şomcutean for her outstanding master’s thesis. Congratulations, Cristina!

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Triadic Network Formation" Cavit Pakel (University of Oxford) Wednesday, December 17th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/... Everyone is welcome!

Philosophy Research Forum Announcement!  "Memory and Disjunctivism Abstract" Dorothea Debus (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg) Tuesday, December 16th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S110, INF (like all the Philosophy Research Forums).  For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Out and Down: The Reputational Damage of Exiting International Organizations" Inken von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford) Wednesday, December 10th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "The Role of Comparative Advantage in Shaping Economic Geography - Evidence from East Germany" Katharina Erhardt (DICE Düsseldorf) Wednesday, December 3rd, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums).

🎉 Exciting news! 🎉 Dr. Konrad Werner (University of Warsaw) as been granted a Humboldt Fellowship to work at the department of philosophy on a project titled “Collective Problematization and Institutions.” Learn more about his work here 👉 konradwerner.com

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Gender Attitudes in Times of Economic Uncertainty" Natalia Danzer (FU Berlin) Wednesday, November 26th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/... Everyone is welcome!

Philosophy Research Forum Announcement! "Democratizing AI: Why and How" Annette Zimmermann (Bayreuth) Tuesday, November 25th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S110, INF (like all the Philosophy Research Forums). For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re... Everyone is welcome!

🎉 A Nature Publication for our P&E MA Graduate, Laura Jahn! We’re very happy to share that Laura Jahn, a graduate of our P&E MA program, has published a paper in Nature! The paper explores friction strategies to combat online misinformation. The article: rdcu.be/ePjIX Congratulations!

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "The Costs of Urban Density: Rents vs. Home Values" Michael Pflüger (JMU Würzburg) Wednesday, November 12th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Economic Elites and the Diffusion of Ideology" Johannes Buggle (University of Innsbruck) Wednesday, November 5th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

Economics Research Forum Announcement! "Effects of the Minimum Wage on Migration" Martin Friedrich (Institute of Employment Research (IAB)) Wednesday, October 29th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

First Philosophy Research Forum of the semester! "Defeat as Defense. A Novel Account of Figleaves" Alexander Dinges (HU Berlin) Tuesday, October 21th, from 16.15 to 17:45 in S110, INF (like all the Philosophy Research Forums). For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

What future do tech CEOs imagine - and what ideas drive them? Prof. Annette Zimmermann’s seminar examines ideologies behind Big Tech’s AI vision and its political economy. 📸 “A Rising Tide Lifts All Bots” by Rose Willis & Kathryn Conrad via betterimagesofai.org, CC BY 4.0

First Economics Research Forum of the semester! "Income Smoothing Across EU Regions: A Panel Decomposition of Adjustment Channels" Etienne Farvaque (Université de Lille) Wednesday, October 15th, at 16.15 in S62, RW1 (like all the Economics Research Forums). Everyone is welcome!

Die Begrüßung der Erstsemester zum Wintersemester 2025/26 findet am Montag, 13.10., 11.15 Uhr in Raum H 36 (NWIII) statt! Nach diesem Treffen werdet ihr von studentischen MentorInnen und dem Förderverein in kleinen Gruppen in Empfang genommen. Herzlich Willkommen!

Im Wintersemester bieten Fabian Herweg und Joshua Greubel ein Seminar dazu an, wie Firmen auf kognitive Verzerrungen strategisch reagieren. Ob fehlende Aufmerksamkeit, Salienz oder Zeitinkonsistenz – Konsumenten sind oft alles andere als perfekt rational. Bild: KI-generiert

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Annette Zimmermann, who will be holding the Chair of Political Philosophy this academic year! Her work explores democracy, justice & AI. Author of “Democratizing AI”, she’s now writing “The Algorithmic is Political”. Welcome, Annette!

This winter term: Patricia Rich & Mario Larch’s seminar on Philosophy of Data Science & Econometrics. Going from evidence-based policy to big data, causality & the limits of statistics.

Save the date! On Sept 24th and 25th Prof. Cristina Borgoni hosts the workshop “Onset of Communication”. Topics: What marks communication? Is human communication unique—and how? And more. Leading philosophers & psychologists will explore these questions.

Big congratulations to Leonard Harms for finishing his P&E BA with a flawless 1.0 grade! The whole P&E teaching team is thrilled and grateful for the smart, thoughtful and dedicated students we get to educate.