University of Mannheim

Pro-government militias are organized armed groups that support the government but are not part of the official state armed forces. Whether in the Balkans, Afghanistan or many Arab countries, they are often involved in armed conflicts and…

In 2021, the University of Mannheim celebrated the 75th anniversary of its re-establishment. Founded in 1907, the commercial college was spun off to Heidelberg during the “Third Reich”. In 1946 it returned to the square city of Mannheim…

When the Austrian employment agency AMS used an algorithm at the end of 2020 to adapt the type of job and further training offers to the individual profiles of job seekers, there was a great deal of public excitement in Austria. Many…

As recently as October 2021, the long-lasting decline in corporate profits during the pandemic initially seemed to have come to an end. Only two months later, the growth momentum weakened significantly: In view of the fourth corona wave,…

The party programs of the major political parties have become longer and longer over the decades. Some parties need several hundred pages to explain their goals and positions. But can citizens distinguish when parties have concrete goals…

Since the end of September, the German Business Panel at the University of Mannheim has been asking its panelists, among other things, what is currently particularly stressful in view of the pandemic and the countermeasures that have been…

For many people, financial decisions are associated with great uncertainty. Long-term trends such as demographic change and digitization have far-reaching effects on retirement provision, savings behavior, interest rates and financing…

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants a maximum of ten Humboldt Professorships per year. One of them will be awarded to the macroeconomist Prof. Dr. Matthias Doepke, as the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation announced today. Doepke…

The rapid introduction of the corona infection protection measures in spring 2020 seriously changed the university studies of around 2.9 million students in Germany. This was also evident in exams and exams, which were converted to online…

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants a maximum of ten Humboldt Professorships per year. One of these will be awarded to the macroeconomist Prof. Dr. Matthias Doepke, as the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation announced today. Doepke…