MU-CEN: Maastricht University CEnter of Neuroeconomics

Interdisciplinary Brownbag Seminar of Behavioral Sciences – Theory and Empirics

The goal of the seminar is to establish an interdisciplinary seminar community of scholars interested in human behaviour and strategic interaction at SBE and beyond. In particular, we welcome presentations on theoretical, empirical and experimental research around this broad topic.We are looking forward to intensifying the links in our community across disciplines, departments, and research groups. Therefore, we cordially invite colleagues from all departments at SBE and beyond who are interested in human behaviour to attend the seminar and to present their work.One seminar slot per month will be reserved for presentations by colleagues from other departments or faculties.Projects can be presented at any stage from early idea generation to final polishing. Not only are we curious to discuss your early stage research, but we are also happy to see the same project again at a later stage and follow your research through its whole life cycle.Besides research presentations we also offer a forum to discuss published papers (reading group style) or to conduct a mock interview in preparation for the job market.The seminar will be held on Thursdays from 12:00 to 13:00.If you are interested in presenting in the seminar, please contact Egor Bronnikov (egor.bronnikov@maastrichtuniversity.nl) or Till Vater  (till.vater@maastrichtuniversity.nl). Please find our Best Practices summarized here.
If you would like to receive the seminar reminders, please contact econae1office-sbe@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Fall 2025

October
October 9, 12:00-13:00, room C-1.05
Marco Catola (University of Pisa)
Curbing energy consumption through voluntary quotas: Experimental
evidence
 
October 16, 12:00-13:00, room  C-1.05
Moritz Hennicke (MPE)
Selling Control, Contracting Influence: Evidence
from East Germany’s Privatization
 
October 23, 12:00-13:00, room A0.23
Stanislav Avdeev (University of Amsterdam)
University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization</sp
 
October 30, 12:00-13:00, room C-1.05
Jilong Wu (Ghent University)
Is Prospect Theory Really a Theory of Choice?
 

November

November 6, 12:00-13:00, room t.b.a.
Yvon Ruitenburg (TU Eindhoven)
Seeking Truth, Comfort, and Connection: How Conversational User Interfaces can help Couples with Dementia Manage Reality Disjunction

November 13, 12:00-13:00, room C-1.05
Huzeyfe Elden (Tilburg University)
Anxious and Uncertain? Attachment Styles and Uncertainty Preferences

November 20, 12:00-13:00, room A0.24
Julia Teufel (Maastricht University & MPI for the Study of Crime, Security and Law Freiburg)
Exploitation at work: situational predictors of perceived exploitation

November 27, 12:00-13:00, room A0.24
Thomas Meissner (Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics)
Debt Aversion and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

December
December 4, 12:00-13:00, room A0.24
Robin Aarts (Maastricht University & University of Amsterdam)
Does Music Education Improve Non-Cognitive Skills? Evidence from a Large-Scale RCT
 
December 11, 12:00-13:00, room A1.23
Charlotte Kroll (Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics)
 
 
For previous talks, please see the Archive.

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