Welcome to the Chair of Macroeconomics
April 13th, 2026
FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”
The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 14, from 12 (noon) to 1.30 PM (German time).
Oskari Vähämaa (University of Helsinki) will talk about “Furloughs, Employment, and Worker Reallocation in Normal Times” (joint work with Niku Määttänen and Eero Mäkynen).
The seminar will take place 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
March 26th, 2026
Exam review: “Macroeconomics: Business Cycles” (Master)
The exam review for “Macroeconomics: Business Cycles” (Master) will take place on Monday, 13 April 2026, from 15:00 to 15:45 in room LG 3.152/3. Registration is not required. You need to bring an identification document (ID card, FAU card, etc.).
March 19th, 2026
Exam review: “International Economics”
The exam review for “International Economics” will take place on Thursday, 16 April, at 15:00 in LG 3.152/3. Registrations are required by sending an email untull the 14 April to paolo.bontempo@fau.de.
Please also note that an alternate appointment is not possible, you are not allowed to bring any materials, solutions will be provided directly by the lecturer, and you need to bring an identification document (ID card, FAU card, etc.).
March 12th, 2026
Exam review: “Macroeconomics (Bachelor English)”
The exam review for “Macroeconomics” will take place on Tuesday, 21 April, between 15:00 – 16:00 in LG (room LG 3.166). Registrations are required by sending an email between 13 and 17 April to kristina.saveska@fau.de.
Please also note that an alternate appointment is not possible, you are not allowed to bring any materials, solutions will be provided directly by the lecturer, and you need to bring an identification document (ID card, FAU card, etc.).
March 12th, 2026
Exam review: “International Finance”
The exam review for “International Finance” will take place on Thursday, 16 April, between 15:00 – 16:00 in LG (room LG 3.166). Registrations are required by sending an email between 07 and 14 April to kristina.saveska@fau.de.
Please also note that an alternate appointment is not possible, you are not allowed to bring any materials, solutions will be provided directly by the lecturer, and you need to bring an identification document (ID card, FAU card, etc.).
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 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)