IWF Doctoral Seminar

Every semester there is an IWF Doctoral Seminar, which gives doctoral students the opportunity to present their work towards the professors of the institute.

In the Summer Term 2026, the presentations will take place in person at the FAU WiSo, Lange Gasse 20.

These are the dates for this semester:

May 5, 2026 (Room LG 0.423)

14:00-14:45 Ulrike Pfefferer, “Mitigating price spikes in electricity markets with reserve power plants: Case study on Germany within the European market”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Grimm
14:45-15:30 Nima Farhang-Damghani, “Cost competitiveness of Low-Emission Hydrogen Supply to Europe: Modeling and Case Studies”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Grimm
5-minute break
15:35-16:20 William Dean, “Who Gets Stuck with the Bill? A Dynamic Approach to Fiscal Federalism”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Büttner

May 12, 2026 (Room LG 0.423)

13:30-14:15 Kristina Saveska, “Financial Constraints: Labor Adjustment and Short-Time Work”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Merkl
14:15-15:00 Paolo Bontempo, “Inflationary Consequences of Product Market Reforms: A Structural Macroeconomic Analysis with Evidence from Portuguese Markets”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Merkl
5-minute break
15:05-15:50 Celina Högn, “Does Homophily Reflect Preferences for Similarity?”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rincke

June 16, 2026 (Room LG 4.154) Please note the earlier than usual start time

13:30-14:15 Mara Buhmann, “The curse of (not) being replaceable: the role of substitutability in shaping the child penalty”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Fitzenberger
14:15-15:00 Florian Hack, (Topic TBA), Advisor: Prof. Dr. Fitzenberger
5-minute break
15:05-15:50 Elisa Poletto, “The Effects of Youth Enfranchisement: Evidence from Germany”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wrede

Each presenter is allotted 30 minutes plus a total of 15 minutes for discussion.

We hope that many of you from the IWF research community will attend these presentations and would welcome your productive contributions to the discussions.