BeNA organizes a weekly seminar during the semester. The Berlin Applied Micro Lunch is jointly organized together with the research group Transformations in the Labor Market. It provides an informal, constructive space for researchers in and around Berlin working on applied microeconomics to present their work and exchange feedback.
The seminar takes place every Monday from 1:00 to 1:45 pm at DIW Berlin, right before the Berlin Applied Micro Seminar (BAMS), which hosts invited speakers for long-format talks. The seminars take place in the same room to make them accessible for a large audience of researchers located in Berlin and Brandenburg.
A light lunch is provided. Presentations often feature early-stage projects and research ideas, making the series an ideal venue for constructive discussion and input from peers.
Researchers can sign up for presentation slots on a first-come, first-served basis and are encouraged to attend other sessions to support the community. The new slots are announced via the BeNA newsletter and our cooperating partner’s mailing lists before the start of each semester. Researchers interested in presenting can sign up via a google sheet. Weekly reminders about upcoming talks are sent with the BAMS reminders.
Recent Announcements
- Call for Presentations – Berlin Applied Micro Lunch (Winter 2025)
- Call for Presentations – Berlin Applied Micro Lunch (Summer 2025)
Past Seminar Schedules
Summer 2025
| Date | Slot 1 Presenter | Slot 1 Presentation Title | Slot 2 Presenter | Slot 2 Presentation Title |
| 05.05.2025 | Julia Dennett | Julia Dennnett | ||
| 12.05.2025 | Aiko Schmeißer | Felix Degenhardt | ||
| 19.05.2025 | Florian Hack | Julie Tréguier | ||
| 26.05.2025 | Annica Gehlen | Local Labor Market Conditions and Retirement | Marc Bachmeier | The effect of foreign peers on the political orientation of domestic students |
| 02.06.2025 | Thomas Rieger | Social City? Evaluating Urban Renewal in Germany | Adrian Santonja | Health Impacts of Transboundary Air Pollution: Evidence from the German-Polish Border |
| 16.06.2025 | Sophie Wagner | Unemployment benefits and subjective well-being | Clara Schäper | Understanding Patterns of Violence Against Women: A Comparative Study of Health-Based and Reported Measures Across Time, Space, and Social Infrastructure |
| 23.06.2025 | Müge Süer | Gender in the Tank: The Role of Judge Composition in Entrepreneurial Pitches | ||
| 30.06.2025 | Louis Klobes | Under Pressure: Gender-Specific University Enrollment Under Competition | ||
| 07.07.2025 | Victor Rudakov | The impact of sanctions on human capital in sanctioned countries | Lukas Fink | The Impact of Journal Code-Sharing Policies on Code Availability and Citations |
| 14.07.2025 | Jonas Jessen | AI Adoption in Europe and the US | Jonas Jessen | AI Adoption in Europe and the US |