Faculty Teaching Award 2022
During the KIT anniversary celebration on May 17, the 2022 Fakultätslehrpreise were presented. Prof. Nora Szech and her team were awarded for their varied, research-oriented and particularly interactive digital teaching program. Despite the interactive concept, Szech's team has managed to deal with the difficult situation around Corona very well, so that the teaching does not suffer at all under the current conditions.
In case of equal suitability, some candidates are preferred. This is often the case, for example, with disabled applicants. In sports, too, there are sometimes rules in favor of teams or candidates who may have had a more difficult time. For example, an away goal may be worth more than a goal scored at home. Or the lighter athlete wins in the event of a stalemate in weightlifting. What do such rules do for competition? Nora Szech shows in model-theoretical analyses that especially somewhat weaker candidates are spurred on by this. The whole competition can become more motivated and committed. The study was awarded the Reinhard Selten Award in 2011. Now empirical studies by Nora Szech with Aniol Llorente-Saguer and Roman Sheremeta prove this motivating effect.
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Hannes Rau and Nora Szech document very worrisome and pressing data on consumption of products made by modern slaves compared to what consumers believe they consume. Please find the talk here and the corresponding slides here.
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The new study by Marta Serra-Garcia and Nora Szech shows that a great many people prefer to look the other way when it comes to a donation situation. However, as little as 10 cents reward can persuade half of these people to look into the donation opportunity after all - and possibly donate if necessary! The study is published as a featured paper in the top journal Management Science and presented on the Management Science Review Blog.
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The recently published research paper by Nora Szech, Leonie Kühl and David Huber investigates the question of appropriate remuneration of work. "Our study shows that the respective incentive system, work experience, and especially gender have an influence on what wages managers set for their employees" explains Nora Szech.
Bloomberg, Spiegel Online, Business Insider.com, Financial Post, Fortune, Business Insider.jp, Haufe
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As support for our chair, we are currently looking for several Research Assistants (HiWi, 20-40h/month) with a focus on either Behavioral Economics, Medicine and Genetics or Social Media. More details can be found in the individual job descriptions.
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Our interdisciplinary graduate school KD2 School, centering around the KD2Lab, has started. Both projects are funded by the German Science Foundation. Our research focus is on adaptive systems, AI, and morals.
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Nora Szech is interviewed in the TV show alpha Demokratie. She talks about child labor and what politics could do. Another topic is why consumers often chose products made by children even if they are against child labor.
You can find the video in the ARD Mediathek
Information nudges are designed to guide behavior in a particular direction without coercion. One example is the Nutri-Score, which suggests healthy eating. The team of authors around Nora Szech investigates how information nudges and self control work together. The research paper is accepted to be published in the top journal Management Science.
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The regularly held workshop features excellent researchers in the field of Economics and Finance. This semester, many session are taking place online via Zoom. More information on the link below.
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Marta Serra-Garcia and Nora Szech document that financial incentives can increase Corona vaccination and testing. An easy access helps, too. With these measures also educationally disadvantaged people are reached who are more likely affected by Corona.
Deutschlandfunk, FAZ, SWR aktuell, Der Spiegel, The Times, Tagesschau, n-tv, WirtschaftsWoche, Spiegel Daily Podcast, WDR 5, SZ, tagesthemen
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Talks by excellent researchers in the fields of market design. Jointly with colleagues from the universities of Bonn, Cologne, Sorbonne-Assas and ZEW, Nora Szech organizes the Virtual Market-Desgin Seminar. If you want to participate, please register here.
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In this TV show, Nora Szech talks about management, diversity, and ethical consumption.
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Melanie Brinkmann, Clemens Fuest, Michael Meyer-Hermann and Nora Szech, among others, are part of the Helmholtz expert board on Corona. Please find interdisciplinary answers on various questions related to Corona here. Answers will be updated regularly.
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In Frontiers in Psychology, Steffen Huck, Agne Kajackaite and Nora Szech host a special issue on Honesty and Moral Behavior in Economic Games.
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The top journal The Review of Economic Studies publishes Nora Szech's study on the diffusion of morality in groups and voting as a featured paper.
Frankfurter Allgemeine FAZ (Article)
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In a representative study, Marta Serra Garcia and Nora Szech find that 4 in 5 people demand a test if it is for free. Yet demand drops sharply in price. The topic is also pressing for willingess to test among travelers.
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In the following articles, Nora Szech discusses the roles of norms and habits in times of Corona, such as wearing masks.
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Curious and creative? Do you have questions and ideas for science? Then let's do research together! The initiative wir-forschen.digital at KIT offers a home to your creativity and curiosity for research on socially pressing questions. As a participant, you contribute ideas, answer questions, and take part in scientific studies. Sounds interesting? Then tell us in a short survey what motivates you to become part of wir-forschen.digital and take part in a raffle of prizes worth 50€ each.
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This workshop is a joint endeavor by the KIT, the Université Sorbonne-Assas (Paris II) and the ZEW. It brings together researchers on market design both from theory and from the experimental-empirical side as well as decision-makers from the industries. One of the organizers is Nora Szech. The last events were in October 2019 with Uri Gneezy (UCSD) as keynote speaker. And recently in Paris on June 27-28, 2022 with Keynote speaker Dirk Bergemannn (Yale University).
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The Chair of Political Economy co-hosted a symposium on June 3, 2022 as part of the BMBF-funded interdisciplinary research project Coping with Certainty where we had the opportunity to discuss „normative challenges of AI generated prediction“ with colleagues from the Legal and Ethical sciences.
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Nora Szech talks with Nobelist Paul Romer about the crisis, second waves, and how to get through them.
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Nora Szech talks with Angela De Giacomo about the impact of the Corona crisis.
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We need an early warning system such that we can live safely and the economies can open up again. The initiative was founded by Dan Ariely, Ernst Fehr, Oliver Hart, Ulrike Malmendier, Nora Szech and others.
https://testtheworld.org/founding-members/
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Make profit or kill a mouse, or better do without the money and save the mouse? Individually, the majority decides in favor of the mouse’s life. But it is completely different in group decisions, where moral responsibility is shared and diffused. Nora Szech’s behavioral study is published in the top journal Review of Economic Studies.
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In their study published in PLOS ONE, Jannis Engel and Nora Szech explore cheap excuses when shopping for fast fashion.
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No matter if we talk about ethical consumption or the boards of companies: Responsibility is easily diluted. In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Nora Szech reports about her latest research findings.
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With these photos, the magazine Capital presents the elite under 40, featuring representatives of industry and science. One of them is Nora Szech.
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The HCEO network at the University of Chicago connects cross-disciplinary experts to advance innovative thinking and approaches to fight inequality. In its format "3 Questions," it presents network member Nora Szech. To the Interview.
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Thank you so much, dear students! We are very happy about the teaching prize!
In this podcast of the Süddeutsche Zeitung Gerd Gigerenzer, Malcolm Gladwell, Julia Rothhaas, and Nora Szech talk about the relationship of economy and gut feeling. Susanne Klingner is doing the interviews.
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The next HeiKaMaX Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, jointly organized with the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim will take place on October 14, 2022 at KIT in Karlsruhe. If you want to participate and do not yet receive an invitation, please contact Petra Nieken, Philipp Reiss, Clemens Puppe or Nora Szech.
The HeiKaMaxY Workshop for Young Researchers is a periodic workshop on Behavioral Economics and Experiments for young researchers, jointly organized with the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. Hannes Rau will be pleased to give you more information.
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On Wednesdays at 12:00 our Brown Bag Seminar takes place. Everybody is very welcome to participate!
Learn more!On Thursdays at 11:45 am our research Seminar Workshop on Economics and Finance takes place. Everybody is welcome to join in!
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The lecture series "Digital Citizen Science" investigates how citizens can actively participate in science.
All are very welcome!