PhD Seminar
In this seminar, Ph.D. students in all fields of Economics present their work.
Organizers: Taylan Alpkaya, Emre Oral
taylan.alpkaya[at]uni-mannheim.de
emre.oral[at]uni-mannheim.de
Date and Time: The seminar takes place in lecture room P044, L7 3-5, every Thursday from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. during the lecture period. The exact dates, presenters and topics are shown below.
Format: Presenters can present in a long- or short-format. Long presentations (40- or 60-minutes, including questions) are for advanced work, and short presentations (20-minutes) are reserved for early idea pitches.
The presentation titles will be updated on a rolling basis.
Date | Name | Topic | |
September 11th, 2025 | Taylan Alpkaya (Short idea presentation) Emre Oral | Seven Is The New Five: PhD Completion Times in Top European Departments Retirement Reference Points and the Dynamics of Adjustment to Pension Reform | |
September 18th, 2025 | - | - | |
September 25th, 2025 | João Henrique Reis Menegotto | Effect of Income Tax on Unemployment | |
October 2nd, 2025 | - | - | |
October 9th, 2025 | - | - | |
October 16th, 2025 | Steffen Zetzmann | Who Pays for Higher Energy Costs? Distributional Effects in the Housing Market | |
October 23th, 2025 | Adrià Romero | TBA | |
October 30th, 2025 | Hwee Bin Koh Assaf Abraham | Experts as Gatekeepers Indiana Gas Boom | |
November 6th, 2025 | Tanay Agarwal | Supply Chains and Market Power | |
November 13th, 2025 | Ayman Tibi Nazim Can Tilkici | TBA Sick pay and Home Workers | |
November 20th, 2025 | Samhitha Srinivas Pooja Singh | Narratives, Safe Havens, and Disaster Risk Premium: Evidence from Developed and Emerging Markets. TBA | |
November 27th, 2025 | Jens Oehlen (Stockholm University) | Enigma | |
December 4th, 2025 | Qinkun Yao | TBA |