Prof. Dr. Benjamin Born, professor of macroeconomics at the Institute for Macroeconomics and Econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn, has been awarded the Carl Menger Prize by the Verein für Socialpolitik. The award ceremony took place on September 14 at the University of Innsbruck as part of the Verein für Socialpolitik’s annual conference.

The Department of Economics at the University of Bonn is strongly positioned in the current "Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2026" (GRAS) by Shanghai Ranking. In the field of Economics, Bonn ranks 49th worldwide, 13th in Europe, and 1st in Germany.

The Department of Economics at the University of Bonn is pleased to welcome Maximilian Konradt as Junior Professor at the Institute of Finance and Statistics, effective September 1, 2026.

Congratulations! Björn Höppner and Valentin Kecht graduated from Bonn Graduate School of Economics.

We are delighted to announce that BGSE doctoral candidate Bjoern Höppner has been selected to participate in the 2026 REStud North America Tour.

A new study by the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute, involving BGSE PhD candidate Philipp Schirmer, shows why people often draw different conclusions from company news than financial economics would suggest, and how much this has to do with the way they think markets work—published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

The SOZIAHR research project at the University of Bonn is now launching a large-scale population survey to find out how people have fared in the five years since the Ahr Valley flood. Around 70,000 people are being invited to take part. Those who were registered in the municipalities of Adenau, Altenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Sinzig, and Grafschaft on the reference date of the flood, and who still live there today or have moved at most once since then. The survey begins in early August and runs until the end of September. The results are planned to be published in April 2027.

What invisible costs do flood disasters cause in the long term? How do the jobs and places of residence of those affected change? And do floods actually lead to more climate action?