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21NOV 2025
Allgemein
Reason to celebrate!
On November 20, 2025, Severin Bachmann successfully defended his dissertation on the topic “From Digital-Generated Data to Economic Insight: Studies on Retail Governance, Housing Markets, and Model Interpretability.” The entire team congratulates Dr. Severin Bachmann on his well-deserved success! Our thanks go out to FAU WiSo Professors Michael Amberg and Hendrik Scholz for being part […]
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15OCT 2025
Allgemein
Recent Publication
In International Review of Economics and Finance, author Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede investigates „The impact of the equity ratio on membership in cooperative banks during the financial crisis.“ Abstract: Member orientation is one of the cornerstones of cooperative banks. Members form not only the ideal but also the material basis of cooperatives. In this paper, […]
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13OCT 2025
Allgemein
Welcome to the Chair of Economics and Social Policy
Our team wishes all FAU WiSo students a successful semester and an inspiring academic experience! The courses offered by the Chair of Social Policy can be found at: Our Courses.
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10SEP 2025
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We’ve moved offices
The Chair of Social Policy recently moved from the 4th to the 1st floor at Findelgasse 7/9 in Nuremberg. You can find our new offices (FG 1.014 – 1.016) via the entrance to the WiSo Administration (Fachbereichsverwaltung) on the first floor. Find our contact information here: Our Team.
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08SEP 2025
Affordable Housing
Join OSUS (Online Spatial and Urban Seminar)
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 the broader urban economics community. The seminar is supported […]
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15JUL 2025
Bachelor Thesis
Bachelor Thesis in WS 2025/26
Applications to complete a Bachelor Thesis in Winter Semester 2025/26 at the Chair of Economics and Social Policy are due by September 12, 2025. The Chair supervises Bachelor and Master theses with a focus on: Social Policy Housing Policy Regional and Urban Economics Old-age Provision /Pension System Tax Policy Cooperatives Political Economy. More information is available […]
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