We started Malengo Inc. in 2021 to support Ugandan students on their journey to a Bachelor's degree in Germany. That year, we admitted 10 students. In 2022, we admitted 30. Please meet the Malengo Inc. class of 2023: ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY STUDENTS! Here's how we did it: 1/n

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 We’re THRILLED to announce the 2nd Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, September 4-5, 2023, in Düsseldorf/Germany. Two fantastic keynotes by Prof Dynarski and Frank Schilbach 🤩 Deadline is May 15, 2023 – please spread the word! 🥳

WiSo Professor Axel Ockenfels, economist at the UoC, will become a new director🎉at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn in August 2023. He will establish a new department🙂 there, to be called ‘Economic Design & Behavior’.👉uni.koeln/78LBB

Please spread the news: Heidelberg University has a new M.Sc. program in development economics, taught in English. We accept applications until 9/30, 2023, axel-dreher.de/m-sc-developme…

Motivated by a Marshall Burke question & Johannes Haushofer request, I've written up 7 ways you can improve power in an experiment without increasing the sample size n (number 4 may surprise you by saying you might want to reduce n) blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati… 1/3

Got my first solo authored paper accepted !! Super excited and happy 🚀🎊🥳

From behavioral diagnosis to highly cost-effective interventions to tackle non-payment for public utilities. Just Accepted new paper by Bettina Rockenbach, Sebastian Tonke Sebastian Tonke, Arne Weiss Arne Weiss zurl.co/Pi2R

So great to see this published online at the #JDE 🥳 👉 RCT to curb water demand in Namibia during severe #waterscarcity. 👉 Providing a short list of actionable and specific saving tips reduces consumption by 5%. #Sustainability #ClimateCrisis #boost tinyurl.com/23fxufzs

📢Are you interested in cooperation, social norms, emotions, trust, conflict, and related topics? Then consider submitting an abstract to ICSD! We really much looking forward to welcoming you in Leiden. See below for more info:

🆕 Providing a short list of specific saving strategies ⬇️ water consumption by 5% in #Namibia 🇳🇦 - raising awareness & asking households to find their own strategies was ineffective. Sebastian Tonke outlines evidence on promoting water conservation: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

So cool to see my paper being featured by VoxDev 🤩!

Wow, Esther Duflo is becoming the new head of PSE!

Providing a short list of specific saving strategies ⬇️ water consumption by 5% in #Namibia 🇳🇦. Raising awareness & asking households to find their own strategies was ineffective. Sebastian Tonke outlines evidence on promoting water conservation: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

Providing a short list of specific saving strategies ⬇️ water consumption by 5% in #Namibia 🇳🇦. Raising awareness & asking households to find their own strategies was ineffective. Sebastian Tonke outlines evidence on promoting water conservation: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

The Experimental Economics and Behavioral Economics groups are looking for 2 full-time Senior Research Fellows (post-doc positions). For more information and to apply: econjobmarket.org/positionGroup/… #econjobmarket

Diese Verschärfung der PostDoc-Regelungen ruiniert den Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland. Seit über einem Jahr wurde darauf hingewiesen, gewarnt, geradezu um Einsicht gebettelt. Ignorant und gefährlich von der #Ampelkoalition. #WissZeitVG #IchBinHann

Thank you to EEG MPI (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods) for a wonderful workshop! 🙌 We had great presentations from nicolestoelinga, Anna Hochleitner, Sebastian Tonke, Mathias Ekström, Manuela Puente, marlis, Dalila Figueiredo, and Ingar Haaland!

📢New #paper available Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Correcting #misperceptions about #trends and #norms to address weak #collective #action — Experimental evidence from a #recycling program With Ben D'Exelle Kristian Sebastian Tonke & Arjan Verschoor 🔗#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem…