Wir gratulieren Laetitia Wendt, P&E-Alumna, ganz herzlich! 🎉 Sie wurde mit dem Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2025 der Uni Bayreuth für ihre Bachelorarbeit „A Normative Argument for a Militant Climate Democracy“ ausgezeichnet. Mehr zum Preis gibt's hier: nachhaltigkeit.uni-bayreuth.de/de/forschung/n…

On June 17th at 16 c.t. the next Philosophy Research Seminar, which will be a P&E Joint Talk, takes place in S72 (NW2) and Hasko von Kriegstein, P&E Alumni (Toronto Metropolitan University), will talk about “Well-Being as Harmony“. More information on: phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/rese…

On June 18th the next Economics Research Forum will take place, which will be a H&E Joint Talk. It will be held by Christopher Meissner (University of California, Davis). He will talk about “Suez” at 16c.t. in S61, RW1. For more information: vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/re…

Next week (June 23–27), the Wittgenstein Lectures 2025 will take place. The lectures will be given by Prof. Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge) on the topic: "Automating the Economic Style of Reasoning." More: phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/witt…

Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture 2025: Am 23.6. spricht Michael Theurer (Bundesbank) zum Thema: „Aufs Beste hoffen, aufs Schlimmste vorbereiten: Wirtschaftliche Weichenstellungen in Zeiten geopolitischer Umbrüche“ 🌍📉 Wo? RWI, S62 Wann? 23.6., 14:30 Uhr Mehr: uni-bayreuth.de/uninotizen-63-…

Warum Philosophy & Economics studieren? Johanna Thoma, Professorin für Ethik in P&E, erklärt im Video, warum gerade die Verbindung von Philosophie und Ökonomie so spannend und zukunftsrelevant ist. 👉 Mehr Infos zum Studiengang: pe.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studieninte…

On June 25th, the next Economics Research Forum takes place. Gabriel Ahlfeldt (Humboldt Uni Berlin) talks about „The „Geography of Life: Evidence from Copenhagen“. This P&E Joint Talk will be from 16.15 until 17.45 in S61, RWI. More information: vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/re…

The next Philosophy Research Seminar in this semester takes place on July 8th. Melina Tsapos (Lund University) will talk about „What is Interesting about Conspiracy Theories“. The talk will be from 16.15-17.45 in S72, NWII. More information: phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/rese…

On July 9, the next Economics Research Forum will take place at 16.15 in S61, RW1. Simon Dato (EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht) will talk about: "On the Relative Importance and Interaction of Intention and Outcome Effects." More: vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/re…

On July 15th at 16 c.t., the next Philosophy Research Forum takes place and Kristina Musholt (Leipzig University) will talk about „Self-knowledge and epistemic injustice“. The talk will take place in S72, NWII. More information: phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/rese… All welcome!

On June 16th the next Economics Research Forum will take place at 16c.t. in S61, RWI). It will be held by Marco Thalhammer (RWTH Aachen). He will talk about "IMPACD: An Integrated Macroeconomic Model of Pandemics, Climate Change, and Deforestation". More: vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/re…

⏰ Reminder! The deadline for registration for the 17th Biennial INEM Conference is coming up fast: August 1st! 🗓️🖊️ 📍Conference dates: September 17–19, 2025 📌 Location: University of Bayreuth 🔗 Read more & register here: phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/Work…

The P&E Interview Day is coming up on July 25th! 📍 11:00 AM: Welcome session in S58, RW1 🍝 12:00 PM: Lunch at the Mensa 🗣️ 1:00–3:00 PM: Interviews Enjoy the P&E Launch near the RW Café with: 🤝 JahrgangssprecherInnen 💬 P&E Dialoge 🎓 Förderverein 🚶‍♀️ Campus Tours

On July 23rd, the last Economics Research Forum of this semester will take place at 16 c.t. in S61, RW1. Kamila Cygan-Rehm will talk about "The Effects of Universal Screening for Gestational Diabetes on Maternal and Child Health". For more information: vwl4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/re…

🎤 We are thrilled to announce our Wittgenstein speaker for 2026: Kevin Zollman from Carnegie Mellon University! 🧠🌐 🗓 Dates: June 15–19, 2026 📖 Title: Connected Intelligence: How Our Social Ties Generate Knowledge We are looking forward to welcome him in 2026! Stay tuned!

Cristina Borgoni and her colleague Shalini Chakraborty, from CS (Software Engineering) have received the "Beyond Research Award: Thinking Outside the Box" from the University of Bayreuth! 🏆 More information: uni-bayreuth.de/pressemitteilu…

Big congratulations to Leonard Harms for finishing his P&E BA with a flawless 1.0 grade! The whole P&E teaching team is thrilled and grateful for the smart, thoughtful and dedicated students we get to educate.

Save the date! On Sept 24th and 25th Prof. Cristina Borgoni hosts the workshop “Onset of Communication”. Topics: What marks communication? Is human communication unique—and how? And more. Leading philosophers & psychologists will explore these questions.

Seminar Announcement: Patricia Rich & Mario Larch’s seminar on Philosophy of Data Science & Econometrics. Going from evidence-based policy to big data, causality & the limits of statistics.

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Annette Zimmermann as a Visiting Full Professor for Political Philosophy this year! Her work explores democracy, justice & AI. Author of “Democratizing AI”, she’s now writing “The Algorithmic is Political“. Welcome, Annette! Annette Zimmermann