July 2026: Participation of several group members at ESEE Conference in Ghent
Several members of our group attended the 16th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) from June 30th until July 3rd in Ghent, Belgium. Four group members as well as Professor Kopp presented their current work and enjoyed the discussions with ecological economists from across Europe.
Syeda Aimen Abbas presented her paper titled “Greener at Home, Dirtier Abroad? Environmental Policy Stringency and Emissions Embodied in EU Imports.” This work explores how stricter EU environmental policies can be linked to increasing emissions embodied in imports.
Marcel Böhl, in a joint work with Steffen Lange titled "Rising Prices, Rising Populism: Inflation and Far-Right Populists' Electoral Gains in Western Europe,” analyses a monthly panel dataset of 19 countries over 25 years. This study concludes that inflation tends to increase far-right support in Western European countries.
Markus Nabernegg discussed a joint paper with Luca Salvatici titled "Where is the EKC turning point? A meta-study of in-sample vs. out-of-sample turning points for production- and consumption-based carbon indicators.” This paper reviews studies that utilise the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) to classify them as no EKC, in-range EKC, or out-of-range EKC.
Vipul Chawla presented a paper titled "A Room of One’s Own? A Panel Data Analysis of Income Inequality and Living Space in Post-Communist and Non-Post-Communist Countries in Europe." This study explores the relationship between income inequality and living space in Europe, and whether this association differs between post-communist and non-post-communist countries.
Prof. Thomas Kopp discussed a collaborative research with Severin Caspari and Niklas Heiland titled "Reducing Emotional Distress in Academic Work Environments through Experimental Organizational Development.” This work reveals that a two-hour annual workshop appears to meaningfully strengthen leadership practices and improve the working conditions of junior researchers at universities.
