VWL V: Seminar in the summer term 2025: „The Economic Consequences of Geopolitical Tensions“.
Seminar in the summer term 2025
In the summer term 2025, we will offer a seminar on
„The Economic Consequences of Geopolitical Tensions“.
We will discuss the measurement of geopolitical risk, the macroeconomic effects of wars and other conflicts, the consequences of sanctions, the costs of an increased economic fragmentation and many other issues.
This a joint seminar for Bachelor and Master students, in particular for students of the Economics of Global Risk program. Our working language is English.
Each student has give to a presentation in one of the seminar sessions, serve as a discussant of another presentation and submit a written seminar thesis at the end of the semester. In addition, we expect each student to participate in the discussions. The participation in the weekly sessions is mandatory.
The seminar will take place weekly on Tuesday, 14:15 – 15:45. The kick-off meeting will be on April 22, 2025. In the kick-off meeting, you will learn more about all other organizational details, the grading etc.
If you are interested, you should apply for a place in this seminar. There is a centralized application for all seminars, which is handled by the Student Examination Office. Please check their website for the application process and the deadline.
The papers listed here will be the basis for your presentations and seminar theses. Please look into these articles and submit your preferences on the papers you would like to cover. Please submit a ranking of your favorite papers with a least four positions. You should submit this ranking before the kick-off meeting. We will allocate the paper based on your submitted preferences.
Please feel free to contact me (peter.tillmann@wirtschaft.uni-giessen) in case you have further questions.