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As part of our research colloquium, the next CEPA-Talk will take place on 2nd July 2025. Prof. Dr. Victor Klockmann (University of Würzburg)) will be a guest at our faculty and will speak on the topic "Human and Algorithmic Cooperation".

All interested parties are cordially invited!

When: Wednesday, 2nd July 2025, 3 pm s.t.

Where: Campus, building 22, room A-225 (Fakultätszentrum)

This is what it´s all about:

When do humans cooperate with machines? In online experiments using the infinitely repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma, we study how humans interact with algorithms that either mimic human behavior or maximize profits. Humans cooperate less with profit-maximizing algorithms, yet their behavior becomes more predictable, aligning closely with thresholds for cooperation stemming from equilibrium selection theory. When both players are profit-maximizing algorithms, cooperation becomes nearly deterministic. Our results show that both the type and strategy of artificial opponents shape human cooperation, and that algorithmic integration increases behavioral predictability in strategic interactions.

Here you find all upcoming CEPA-Talks.

Our Chair-member Mohamad Alhussein Saoud has presented his latest work about "The 2015/2016 New Year´s Eve Cologne Event and Anti-refugee Crimes" as a poster in a two-days workshop at Freie Universität Berlin.

Here you can find the entire publication, which has been published as a FEMM working paper.

What? Who? When: Find the upcoming events concerning the Faculty colloquium and the Faculty Reasearch Seminar.

On Wednesday, April 16 2025, exam inspections will be offered for the exams "Statistical Methods III", "Macroeconomics", "Introduction to Econometrics II" and "Evidence-Based Policy Analysis" at our chair. Please register until April 13 2025 by email (pia.scholz@ovgu.de) if you want to inspect an exam (indicate in your email which exam you want to inspect). Timeslots will be allocated and communicated via email.

The publication "The 2015/2016 New Year’s Eve Cologne Event and Anti-refugee Crimes in Germany" by Mohamad Saoud has been published as a FEMM-Working Paper!

For their outstanding commitment to teaching in the summer semester 2024, M.Sc. Mohamad Alhussein Saoud and Prof. Dr. Michael Kvasnicka were awarded with the Faculty of Economics' teaching prizes. Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Abdolkarim Sadrieh presented the certificates to the teachers during the graduation ceremony.

M.Sc. Mohamad Alhussein Saoud (l.) and Prof. Dr. Michael Kvasnicka (2nd from the left).

All teaching Awards of the last terms can be found here.