Seminar zur ausgewählten Feldern des Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftspolitik und/oder BWL: Politische Ökonomie von Demokratie und Autokratie (SoSe 2026)

Course schedule

Notice

Registration is required for this seminar to secure a place.

Seminar places are allocated through the Economics seminar allocation process in the Learnweb course "SemVWL". Please join this Learnweb course to learn about all deadlines and procedures.

Once you have secured a place, all Bachelor's students must register for the seminar during the early registration period via QisPos, FlexNow, or SLcM (depending on the system used to manage their exams).

Attendance at the preliminary meeting is mandatory; unexcused absence will result in exclusion from the seminar.

For important reasons and by prior arrangement, it is possible to send a representative to the preliminary meeting. Please contact us to arrange this.

During the preliminary meeting, all organizational matters will be discussed, and seminar paper topics will be assigned.

Important for Business Administration and Economics students: Your examination regulations will always indicate that you are required to attend a so-called "CIW seminar."

Under this label, you can attend all Bachelor's seminars in Economics, as well as the Business Administration seminar taught by Prof. Dilger.

All of these seminars are assigned via the Learnweb course "SemVWL."

Description

Course Dates:

Introductory Event: Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, “Festsaal” in Schloss 5

Block Sessions: Monday, January 19, 2026, expected 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, “Festsaal” in Schloss 5 Tuesday, January 20, 2025, expected 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, “Festsaal” in Schloss 5

Notes: The duration of the block seminar depends on the number of participating students. The date of the introductory event is still subject to organizational confirmation. Additionally, two optional sessions will be offered for a methodological introduction to the statistical software Stata. All dates will be finalized and officially published by mid-August.

Assignment and Grading

Grading is based on a seminar paper, presentation of the results as well as oral participation during the block seminar.

Students are expected to conduct an original empirical regression analysis and to summarize and critically reflect on their results in the seminar paper (15 pages).

Learnweb:

Further information on the course will be made available in a timely manner in the Learnweb system and on the webpage of the Chair of Political Economy.

Lecturers

• Professor Dr. Thomas Apolte (responsible)