Jena Economics Research Seminar

The Jena Economics Research Seminar (JERS) provides a platform for invited speakers to present their current research in economics. The seminar covers both empirical and theoretical contributions from all fields of economics. All presentations and discussions are conducted in English. The JERS is a collaborative initiative by the University's Economics Research Group, the Schumpeter Center for Research on Socio-Economic Change (JSEC), and the Jena Graduate Schools "Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change," "The Economic Impact of Digital Transformation," and "The Economics of Innovative Change."

The seminar is held in presence in seminar room 102, Bachstrasse 18k, Jena. It is as well possible to participate in the seminar series online. If you would like to join, please write a mail to jsec@uni-jena.de to get the access data.

The seminars in the winter term 2026/27 will be the following (further dates will be added):

21.10.2026 14:00 (online)
Oliver Coste (Fesdi.org)
"Europe's and Germany's lag in tech: the cost of failure, its impact on innovation and growth, and potential solutions."

28.10.2026 16:00
Jana Schütz (Jönköping International Business School)
"tba"

04.11.2026 14:00
Yannick Reichlin (University of Bocconi)
“tba” 

11.11.2026 14:00
Stefanie Huber (University of Bann)
"From Buzz to Bust: How Fake News Shapes the Business Cycle"

02.12.2026 14:00
Thomas Krause (Danmarks Nationalbank)
"tba"

09.12.26 16:00
Sophia du Plessis (University of Stellenbosch)
"tba"

13.01.2027 14:00
Ondřej Dvouletý (Prague University of Economics and Business)
"tba"

20.01.2027 14:00
Sascha Klein (Universität Vechta)
"tba"

previous seminars:

Summer Semester 2026pdf, 70 kb
Winter Semester 2025/26pdf, 89 kb
Summer Semester 2025pdf, 104 kb
Winter Semester 2024/2025pdf, 87 kb
Summer Semester 2024pdf, 136 kbpdf, 136 kb
Winter Semester 2023/24pdf, 107 kbpdf, 107 kb
Summer Semester 2023pdf, 856 kbpdf, 856 kb
Winter Semester 2022/23pdf, 1 mbpdf, 1 mb
Summer Semester 2022pdf, 104 kbpdf, 104 kb
Winter Semester 2021/22pdf, 77 kbpdf, 77 kb