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.

Cristina Borgoni and her colleague Shalini Chakraborty, from CS (Software Engineering) have received the "Beyond Research Award: Thinking Outside the Box" from the University of Bayreuth! 🏆 More information: www.uni-bayreuth.de/pressemittei...

🎤 We are thrilled to announce our Wittgenstein speaker for 2026: Kevin Zollman from Carnegie Mellon University! 🧠🌐 🗓 Dates: June 15–19, 2026 📖 Title: Connected Intelligence: How Our Social Ties Generate Knowledge We are looking forward to welcome him in 2026! Stay tuned for more information!

On July 23rd, the last Economics Research Forum of this semester will take place at 16 c.t. in S61, RW1. Kamila Cygan-Rehm will talk about "The Effects of Universal Screening for Gestational Diabetes on Maternal and Child Health". For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

The P&E Interview Day is coming up on July 25th! 📍 11:00 AM: Welcome session in S58, RW1 🍝 12:00 PM: Lunch at the Mensa 🗣️ 1:00–3:00 PM: Interviews Enjoy the P&E Launch near the RW Café with: 🤝 JahrgangssprecherInnen 💬 P&E Dialoge 🎓 Förderverein 🚶‍♀️ Campus Tours every ~45 minutes

⏰ Reminder! The deadline for registration for the 17th Biennial INEM Conference is coming up fast: August 1st! 🗓️🖊️ 📍Conference dates: September 17–19, 2025 📌 Location: University of Bayreuth 🔗 Read more & register here: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/Wo...

On June 16th the next Economics Research Forum will take place at 16c.t. in S61, RWI). It will be held by Marco Thalhammer (RWTH Aachen). He will talk about "IMPACD: An Integrated Macroeconomic Model of Pandemics, Climate Change, and Deforestation". More: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

On July 15th at 16 c.t., the next Philosophy Research Forum takes place and Kristina Musholt (Leipzig University) will talk about „Self-knowledge and epistemic injustice“. The talk will take place in S72, NWII. More information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re... All welcome!

On July 9, the next Economics Research Forum will take place at 16.15 in S61, RW1. Simon Dato (EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht) will talk about: "On the Relative Importance and Interaction of Intention and Outcome Effects." More: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

The next Philosophy Research Seminar in this semester takes place on July 8th. Melina Tsapos (Lund University) will talk about „What is Interesting about Conspiracy Theories“. The talk will be from 16.15-17.45 in S72, NWII. All are welcome! More information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

On June 25th, the next Economics Research Forum takes place. Gabriel Ahlfeldt (Humboldt Uni Berlin) talks about „The „Geography of Life: Evidence from Copenhagen“. This P&E Joint Talk will be from 16.15 until 17.45 in S61, RWI. More information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

Warum Philosophy & Economics studieren? 🤔💡 Johanna Thoma, Professorin für Ethik in P&E, erklärt im Video, warum gerade die Verbindung von Philosophie und Ökonomie so spannend und zukunftsrelevant ist. 👉 Mehr Infos zum Studiengang: www.pe.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studienin...

Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture 2025: Am 23.6. spricht Michael Theurer (Bundesbank) zum Thema: „Aufs Beste hoffen, aufs Schlimmste vorbereiten: Wirtschaftliche Weichenstellungen in Zeiten geopolitischer Umbrüche“ 🌍📉 Wo? RWI, S62 Wann? 23.6., 14:30 Uhr Mehr: www.uni-bayreuth.de/uninotizen-6...

Next week (June 23–27), the Wittgenstein Lectures 2025 will take place. The lectures will be given by Prof. Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge) on the topic: "Automating the Economic Style of Reasoning." The timetable is shown in the poster. More: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/wi...

On June 18th the next Economics Research Forum will take place, which will be a H&E Joint Talk. It will be held by Christopher Meissner (University of California, Davis). He will talk about “Suez” at 16c.t. in S61, RW1. For more information: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...

On June 17th at 16 c.t. the next Philosophy Research Seminar, which will be a P&E Joint Talk, takes place in S72 (NW2) and Hasko von Kriegstein, P&E Alumni (Toronto Metropolitan University), will talk about “Well-Being as Harmony“. More information on: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/re...

Wir gratulieren Laetitia Wendt, P&E-Alumna, ganz herzlich! 🎉 Sie wurde mit dem Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2025 der Uni Bayreuth für ihre Bachelorarbeit „A Normative Argument for a Militant Climate Democracy“ ausgezeichnet. Mehr zum Preis gibt's hier: www.nachhaltigkeit.uni-bayreuth.de/de/forschung...

On June 11th at 16 c.t. the next Economics Research Seminar takes place in S61, RW1. Ivo Bischoff (Universität Kassel) talks about "Does Social Media Deployment by Local Government Change Voter Behavior – Evidence from the German State of Hesse". More: www.vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/...