Teaching
  • Bachelor
    • “Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik”, summer term, 3 CP, in German
    • “Einführung in die VWL für die Hörer der anderen Fachbereiche”, winter term, 5 CP, in German
  • Master
    • Modul “Economic Policy”, winter term, starting again from winter term 2026/27, 6 CP, in English, consisting of lectures
      • “Political Economics”
      • “Public Economics”
    • Modul “Arbeit und Soziales”, summer term, starting again from summer term 2027, 6 CP, in German, consisting of lectures
      • “Arbeitsmarkttheorie und Politik”
      • “Sozialpolitik”
  • Seminars for Bachelor and Master students, various topics, summer and winter term, 5 CP

Course information

Exam reviews will be announced on our webpage (news) at the beginning of each semester.

Examination dates are published below and on TUCaN.

Registration for courses offered by our unit has to be done via TUCaN.

Teaching materials can be found on Moodle.

For office hours, please check the websites of the team members .

Winter Semester 2024/25

  • Module “Arbeit und Soziales”: Monday, 10th of February 2025, 8:30-10:00
  • Module “Economic Policy”: Wednesday, 12th of February 2025, 9:50-11:20
  • Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (für Hörer anderer Fachbereiche): Monday, 17th of February 2025, 18:00-19:00
  • Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik: Friday, 14th of March 2025, 15:00-16:00

The locations will be announced at a later date.

Course very good good satisfactory sufficient insufficient
Political economics WS 22/23 36.4% 63.6% 0% 0% 0%
Sozialpolitik SS 2024 52.4% 42.9% 4.8% 0% 0%
Arbeitsmarkttheorie und Politik SS 2023 46.7% 46.7% 6.7% 0% 0%
Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik SS 2024 44% 44% 12% 0% 0%
Makroökonomie WS 22/23 27.9% 55.7% 13.1% 3.3% 0%
Einführung in die VWL WS 24/25 27.8% 61.1% 8.3% 2.8% 0%
Seminar: Aktuelle Themen der Wirtschaftspolitik SS 2024 55% 40% 5% 0% 0%
Course much better 1 2 3 4 5 much worse
Political economics WS 22/23 0% 90.9% 9.1% 0% 0%
Sozialpolitik SS 2024 14.3% 66.7% 19% 0% 0%
Arbeitsmarkttheorie und Politik SS 2023 20% 60% 20% 0% 0%
Public economics WS 19/20 12.5% 33.3% 45.8% 8.3% 0%
Makroökonomie WS 22/23 8.5% 50.8% 33.9% 6.8% 0%
Einführung in die VWL WS 24/25 10% 60% 26.7% 0% 3.3%
Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik SS 2024 29.2% 54.2% 12.5% 4.2% 0%

Students looking for topics for their final theses may choose among the ones provided below or approach us with their own suggestions.
A short and concise guide on how to write a final thesis (or a seminar paper) can be found here (opens in new tab). We strongly recommend to study the brochure at the start of your final thesis project.

  • Programming and analysing an agent-based computational model

    Master thesis, Master thesis (30 CP)

    Your task is to replicate the coding of an existing agent-based model using the platform Repast Simphony, or to code your model of choice using the platform Repast Simphony and analyse it. For the latter option, you may choose a textbook model you learned about during your studies, or a topic from another area of interest.

    If you are interested please contact Michael Neugart via .

    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart

  • Replication study of an empirical research paper

    Master thesis, Master thesis (30 CP)

    Your task is to replicate an empirical research paper with the data used in the original publication and add further robustness analyses, or to replicate the research paper using similar data, e.g. from another country.

    Guide for replication studies (opens in new tab)

    If you are interested please contact Darius Griebenow via or Michael Neugart via

    Supervisor: Darius Griebenow (M. Sc.) or Prof. Dr. Michael Neugart

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