Exploitation of workers, factory farming, land grabbing and child poverty: How can we achieve more sustainable solutions? 

Questions of this kind will be studied in our block seminar. 

With the support at out chair, students develop their own ideas for the design of an economic experiment or field study.

Impulses may be received from Ernst Fehr (e.g. on employment), Mark Eisler or F. Bailey Norwood (on animal farming), Dan Ariely (e.g. on donations), Tania Singer (on compassion), Michael Sandel (Justice, What Money Can’t Buy) or Armin Falk and Nora Szech (on morals and institutions).

Students may work individually or in pairs of two. Working in teams of two is being recommended.

The seminar starts with an introductory meeting at the beginning of the semester. Ideas for an experiment or field study will be presented in a block event in December 2014, each presentation lasting about 25 minutes. Seminar papers of 8 – 10 pages are to be handed in by March 1st, 2015.

Grades will be based on the quality of presentations (30%), discussions in the seminar (20%), and the seminar paper (50%). Participation will be limited to 12 students.

Please apply until September 15th via the centralized system. You will be notified about acceptance by the end of September.

For further questions, please contact Leonie Fütterer.