In political debates, it is often argued that measures to combat air pollution could jeopardize jobs, slow down investment, or put pressure on entire industries. “Clean air is bad for the economy”: Prof. Dr. Julia Mink addresses this provocative hypothesis in the first episode after the summer break of the University of Bonn's Hypothesis podcast with host Denis Nasser.

The Department of Economics congratulates Jun.-Prof. Dr. Amelie Schiprowski: She has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth €1.5 million. The European Research Council (ERC) uses this funding line to support researchers at the beginning of their careers. The grant will enable her to carry out her own research projects on the topic of career entry in tight labor markets over the next five years.

What effects does migration have on the German labor market? Can it help to close the skills gap? And why is Germany unpopular, especially among highly qualified workers?

Peter Andre has been awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for his research expertise in behavioral economics, particularly in relation to human behavior in the context of climate change. The economist, who graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn and completed his doctorate at the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, is one of ten prize winners in 2025. The Department of Economics at the University of Bonn congratulates Peter Andre on this important award.

A huge success for the University of Bonn: yesterday, all six of the University of Bonn's existing Clusters of Excellence were selected for further funding in the nationwide Excellence Competition. In addition, both newly applied Bonn cluster initiatives will receive funding from the federal and state governments. This means that Bonn will be represented by a total of eight clusters in the coming funding period - more than at any other university in Germany.

On Girls' Day on 3 April, organized by the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute and the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn, fourteen young schoolgirls took an exciting look at the world of research and economics. 

Aapo Stenhammar finished his PhD at Aalto University, Finland, this summer 2024. During the PhD, he visited the UC Berkeley and the IIES at Stockholm University. Before his PhD, he did his MSc at the Stockholm School of Economics and BSc at the University of Helsinki.

There have never been so many ERC Starting Grants at once at the University of Bonn: no fewer than seven researchers have been successful with their applications in the highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) funding process. With their funding of some €1.5 million each, the researchers will be able to realize their projects over the next five years.