Seminar: Ethics and Economics (379046)
Seminar-Steckbrief
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Seminar title | Ethics and Economics |
| Course code(s) | 379046 |
| Academic session | SuSe 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. A preliminary overview can be found here. Please send a minimum of three topic preferences with a clear hierarchal order to the following email address: to be determined. For reference, a list from the past that serves as an example of the type of topics can be found here. |
| 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. |
