Seminar: Ethics and Economics (379046)
Seminar-Steckbrief
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Seminar title | Ethics and Economics |
| Course code(s) | 379046 |
| Academic session | SoSe 2025 |
| Course availability | - |
| Course content | Ethics and economics |
| Target group / area (Zuordnung) | MSc WiWi PO 2018, Area Economic Policy, and Theory, Area Health Economics |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Course language | Seminar: English |
| Location | Internal seminar |
| Industry partner | No |
| Timetable | Block course |
| Completion of term paper | During lecture period |
| Requirements and Academic Support | |
| Objectives | Students are able to identify and analyze ethical challenges in economic transactions and behavior. |
| Prerequisites | Knowledge in empirical economics and English language skills |
| Introductory course to academic research | Strongly recommended: "Theoretische Übung: Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten am Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie (SoSe 2025)” (translation: “Introduction to Scientific Work at the Institute of Health Economics"); event in German, event dates and documents for self-study in English language available on the StudIP page of respective course |
| Formal guidelines | Guide „Writing Scientific Papers : https://www.ihe.uni-hannover.de/en/lehre/translate-to-english-wissenschaftliches-arbeiten |
| General literature | - |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes, will be provided |
| Methodology | Behavioral economics, empirical economics, experimental economics |
| Specialised software | None |
| Recommended word processing software | No particular recommendation |
| Length of term paper | 10 pages in groups of two; 5 pages in work alone |
| Meeting(s) to discuss outline | Upon demand |
| Performance requirements / evaluation [indicate weighting] |
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| Examiner(s) | Prof. Dr. Reichert, Prof. Dr. Marina Schröder |
| Contact person | andrea.waespi@ihe.uni-hannover.de (Andrea Waespi) |
| Group Assignments and Topics | |
| Group assignment | Possible |
| Group size | 1-2 |
| Group formation | Preference-based and drawn at random |
| Topics | Students will have access to the topics after the registration period and have from 1st April (7 PM) to 11th April 2025 (7 PM) to communicate their topic preferences. An overview can be found here. Please send a minimum of three topic preferences with a clear hierarchal order to Fabian Sauer (fabian.sauer@stud.uni-hannover.de). |
| Assignment of topics | Preference-based and drawn at random |
| Initial registration | Participation in the seminar requires the registration via StudIP from 31th of Match (midday) until April 11th (see details below). |
| Process Schedule | |
| Initial registration / application | March 31th from 12:00 (midday) until April 11th until 12:00 (midday) Registration will be possible in StudIP during the registration period. (a maximum of 20 students, 5 students on waiting list; first come, first serve) |
| Initial discussion / topic discussion / kick-off meeting | Kick-off meeting: Calendar week 16 (April 23 at 11:15am) Calendar week 19: individual appointments with supervisor to discuss topic/paper |
| Topic assignment | In Kick-off meeting. |
| Formal (binding) registration | Subsequent to kick-off meeting |
| Commencement of seminar paper | Subsequent to formal registration |
| Submission of seminar paper | June 25th until midnight |
| Submission of presentation | Day before presentation at noon. |
| Presentation | Ca. 3 weeks before submission of seminar paper (May 27 and May 28). 15 minutes presentation and 10-15 minutes discussion per topic. |
