OSUS is a Zoom-based Urban Economics Workshop Series founded in 2020 with the aim of bringing economists from various disciplines together to explore urban issues. OSUS is run by junior faculty and post-doctoral students on a revolving basis, with the aim of involving early-career academics in t...
Economist Matthias Wrede, Professor of Social Policy at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, was interviewed by the F.A.Z. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) about the housing shortage in Germany, its consequences for the labor market, and possible solutions.
Like many other wealthy countries, Germany is fac...
The new competition for the Friedwart Bruckhaus Awards 2025/2026 has been announced on behalf of Managing Director Barbara Frenz and the jury. The theme is "Undesirable developments in the housing market – between market and government failure?" Prizes will be awarded for academic and journalistic w...
