🙏 We thank all participants for their engagement and thoughtful contributions and are very much looking forward to seeing how these research insights will find their way into public debate. We are already looking forward to hosting the 12th edition of the workshop in January 2027.

🔍 The aim of the workshop is to bridge the gap between research and media and to strengthen the communication of scientific findings to the broader public. While presenting research for a broader audience is certainly challenging, our members always greatly enjoy to engage with future journalists.

🩺 Mette presented “The Power of Daughters: How Physicians’ Family Influences Female Patients’ Health”, showing that female patients of male physicians with more daughters have lower breast and gynecologic cancer mortality, driven by earlier detection and stronger preventive care.

🧠 Pedro presented “Ads as Cues”, showing how advertising works through memory and recall. Ads are especially effective for habitual consumers and create spillovers across similar products, as supported by large-scale NielsenIQ data.

On this page, we will continue to inform you about our news on publications, events, and prizes concerning our institute's members.

We wish you all a successful and productive 2026!

The scientific profile is further complemented by the research group headed by Sebastian Schneider. With the new name, this thematic focus is now also reflected externally.

In the future, our research will concentrate fully on questions in behavioral economics, including the analysis and design of economic institutions (Economic Design), and is led by the two directors, Matthias Sutter and Axel Ockenfels.

And here's further info on the prize:
www.socialpolitik.de/en/preis-der...

Here's the Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...