Welcome to the Chair of Macroeconomics
February 10th, 2026
The 5th Bavarian Macro Day will take place in University of Augsburg on March 13, 2026. This year’s workshop is jointly organized by Christoph Görtz, Fabian Kindermann, and Christian Merkl.
Registration deadline is Friday, February 27, 2026.
For more information on the program and how to register see here.
January 29th, 2026
Seminar: “Macroeconomic Stabilization in Severe Economic Crises“
The Chair of Macroeconomics will offer the seminar “Macroeconomic Stabilization in Severe Economic Crises“ during the summer term of 2026 (Master of Science in Economics).
Seminar topics will be handed out in a meeting on 4 February at 9:45 AM (room, LG 3.152).
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.
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(Old and outdated communications and announcements can be found here)