Sunday 14 Sept. / 12:30-14:30

Women are still strongly underrepresented in economics. Many young female researchers do not have the necessary contacts in their discipline that would enable them to assess the possibilities of pursuing a scientific career. They often do not have access to an experienced fellow scientist who could help reduce uncertainty or give concrete answers to specific questions about career or life plans.

With the Mentoring Workshop we aim to give young female scientists a forum where they receive information on working in academia, and get the opportunity to discuss topics such as research strategy and life-work balance. In addition, there will be the opportunity for questions, exchanging ideas and experiences, as well as networking.

Target audience:
Doctoral students, post-docs, and junior professors

Workshop goal:
To provide information on career possibilities in universities and in research institutions, to increase professional and personal networks.

Organised by:

• Doris Weichselbaumer (VfS Equal Opportunities Officer)
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Sunday 14 Sept. / 15:00 - 17:00

The VfS has a long tradition of and strong commitment to promoting the careers of young researchers. This workshop aims to provide information about career opportunities outside of universities, where economists face a rich set of possible employments. Leveraging this year’s conference location in Cologne, this workshop focuses on a subset of potential employers: regulatory agencies and/or international organizations. Together with selected experts, the workshop participants will identify the most important questions and answers about career paths at these employers. The format is interactive and all participants are expected to make oral and written contributions before, during and after the VfS meeting.

Report on the workshop of the previous year (2024)

Target Audience:
Doctoral students, post-docs, and junior professors

Organised by:

• Florian Englmaier (LMU Munich)
• Georg Weizsäcker (HU Berlin)

Sunday 14 Sept. / 15:00 - 17:00

Practical Guidance for Open Science in Your Research

Open Science is a key ingredient for credible research. Many also think that it is hard. We provide an accessible introduction into the topic and the concepts. We distill results from surveys of 100s of economists and reproducibility checks on 1000s of replication packages into practical guidance on best practices for a variety of topics for your research. Participants in the workshop will be more effective in their research throughout the lifecycle of a project.

Organised by:

• Levent Neyse (WZB, DIW)
• Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University)

Monday and Tuesday
Start: 8:00 (all day)

The workshop provides training for candidates going to this year’s job market, for fresh economics PhDs and those who want to improve their academic communication skills. It is organized by Christian Bayer (University of Bonn), Benjamin Born (Frankfurt School) and Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn).

Since the number of slots is limited, applicants need to be members of the VfS who pay the reduced fee and submit a CV and a potential job market paper. The workshop organizers will select candidates based on this material.

If you are interested, please submit your application by July 15, 2025 to karolin.normann@socialpolitik.org. Please use as the email’s subject “Application Junior Job Market Workshop“. Successful applicants will be informed soon after the deadline.

Content:

• Presentation on the international job market

Training:

• Three-minute spiel on the job market paper
• Mock interviews
• Presentation of the job market paper

Goals:

• Raising awareness with PhD students that the presentation and proper communication of research is ever more important for a career in academia.
• Teaching of the often informal rules and scripts that govern the international and domestic academic job market. Feedback from experienced senior researchers.
• PhD students need to learn to prove themselves outside the comfort zone of their own departments.

Target Group:
Advanced PhD students who are thinking about going on the international job market.
Advanced PhD students with a more German focus who want to improve their communication and presentation skills.

Organised by:

• Arne Uhlendorff (CNRS – CREST)
• Philip Jung (Dortmund University)
• Pia Pinger (University of Cologne)

Tuesday 16 Sept. / 12:35 - 13:45

The Verein für Socialpolitik supports the networking of female researchers. This special networking event provides a forum for the mutual exchange of information and contacts.

Der Verein für Socialpolitik unterstützt die Vernetzung von Wissenschaftlerinnen. Diese Netzwerkveranstaltung bietet ein Forum für den gegenseitigen Austausch von Informationen und Kontakten.

Organised by: Doris Weichselbaumer (VfS Equal Opportunities Officer)

Tuesday 16 Sept. / 15:30 - 17:00

Organised by: Christiane Joerk (DFG)

Tuesday 16 Sept. / 17:15-18:30

Eine systematische Erhebung von Friebel, Fuchs-Schündeln und Weinberger (2021) zeigt, dass der Frauenanteil in den Bereichen Makroökonomie und Finanzen besonders gering ist. Die Bundesbank möchte dem entgegenwirken, indem sie die Vielseitigkeit der Themengebiete darlegt, Vorbilder und Raum für persönlichen Austausch schafft.

Im Rahmen des Workshops stellen Ökonominnen aus unterschiedlichen Fachbereichen der Bundesbank ihren Werdegang und Arbeitsalltag vor. Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen Einblick, an welchen Themen und mit welchen Methoden Ökonominnen in einer Zentralbank arbeiten und welche Einstiegswege es gibt. Der Workshop ergänzt die Jahrestagung, indem er wissenschaftsnahe Karrierewege jenseits des Akademischen aufzeigt und direktes Netzwerken mit Zentralbankerinnen ermöglicht.

Moderation: Natascha Hinterlang (Deutsche Bundesbank)

Referentinnen:

• NN (Zentralbereich Banken​- und Finanzaufsicht)
• Jana Ohls (Zentralbereich Finanzstabilität)
• Kira Hülshoff (Zentralbereich Märkte)
• Anne Weber (Zentralbereich Zahlungsverkehr und Abwicklungssysteme)

(The workshop language is German.)

Wednesday 18 Sept. / 14:00-16:00

First generation academics – typically individuals who were the first in their families that have obtained any university education – often face challenges that are specific to their social background (for example because of hidden curricula etc.). At the same time, our background shapes our perspectives, and it is therefore important to achieve a better representation of FirstGens in economics. This session will discuss challenges of #firstgen academics and aims at developing ideas to tackle social barriers in Economics. First gen faculty members will share their experiences and give advice and guidance.

Organised by: Andreas Peichl (ifo Institute / LMU Munich)

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