Welcome to the Chair of Macroeconomics

January 20th, 2026

FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 12 (noon) to 1.30 PM (German time). 

Antoine Bertheau (Banque de France & Sciences Po, Paris) will talk about “The U-Shaped Cost of Job Loss”.

The seminar will take place in-person at the IAB, room E10 (Regensburger Str. 100, Nürnberg). Online participation will be possible via Zoom.

If you are a researcher and you are interested in joining the talks, please send an e‐mail to macrolabor.seminar@gmail.com

January 9th, 2026

Guidelines for Bachelor’s Thesis – Summer Semester 26

Please note the updated guidelines for writing a Bachelor’s thesis at our chair in the Summer Semester 2026.

January 9th, 2026

Bavarian Macro Day

Save the date!

The 5th Bavarian Macro Day will take place in Universität Augsburg on March 13, 2026. The deadline for applications is 23 January 2026.

For more information on the program and how to register see here.

December 17th, 2025

Call for Papers: Ensuring Economic and Employment Stability

The “New Developments in the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets Conference” will take place on Wednesday, June 17 – Thursday, June 18, 2026, Nürnberg, Germany. Ayşegül Şahin (Princeton University) and Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley) will deliver keynote speeches.

Submission deadline is Thursday, January 22, 2026.

More information can be found here.

(Old and outdated communications and announcements can be found here)