“The Leopoldina originated in 1652 as a classical scholarly society and now has 1,737 (March 7, 2026) active members from almost all branches of science. In 2008, the Leopoldina was appointed as the German National Academy of Sciences”.
Klaus F. Zimmermann has been elected Member of Leopoldina in 2001.
He has been elected Senator of Leopoldina and Chair (“Obmann”) of its Section 25 “Economics and Empirical Social Sciences” since December 13, 2023 for a period of four years.
Vice-Chair of Section 25 is Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz (TU Wien). Members of the Section Committee are Lars-Erik Cederman (ETH Zürich), Andreas Diekmann (University of Zürich), Bernd Skiera (University of Frankfurt), Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
2029
- 2; 15-16: Nuernberg, Germany. 2029 Leopoldina Meeting of Section 25, Economics and Empirical Social Sciences, Institute for Employment Research, annual conference. Local Organizers: Bernd Fitzenberger & Regina Riphahn. More Info to come in time.
2028
- 3; 2-3: Vienna, Austria. 2028 Leopoldina Meeting of Section 25, Economics and Empirical Social Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, annual conference. Local Organizers: Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz & Wolfgang Lutz. More Info to come in time.
2027
- 2; 11-12: Frankfurt, Germany. 2027 Leopoldina Meeting of Section 25, Economics and Empirical Social Sciences, University of Frankfurt, House of Finance, annual conference. Local Organizers: Markus Gangl & Bernd Skiera. Program Chair. More Info to come in time.
PAST EVENTS -2026
March 5-6, 2026: Bonn, Germany. 2026 Leopoldina Meeting of Section 25, Economics and Empirical Social Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, annual conference. Local Organizers: Matthias Sutter & Axel Ockenfels. Program Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann
5. März 2026
Ab 12:45 Imbiss & Zusammentreffen
13:20 Matthias Sutter, Klaus F. Zimmermann: Willkommen
13:30 – 14:30 Sitzungsleitung: Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz
13:30 Matthias Sutter
Financial Literacy, Experimental Preference Measures and Field Behavior – A Randomized Educational Intervention
14:00 Axel Dreher
The Political Economy of Aid Allocation and Effectiveness
15:00 – 16:00 Sitzungsleitung: Juergen von Hagen
15:00 Martin Weber
Frequency of Outperformance and Investment Decisions
15:30 Lars Feld
Evaluating the Effects of the German Debt Brake: A Synthetic Control Approach
16:00 – 17:30 Sitzungsleitung: Klaus F. Zimmermann
16:00-17:00 Panel: Grenzen der Staatsverschuldung
Kai Konrad, Thomas König, Lars Feld
17:00-17:30 Sektionsversammlung
19:30 Gemeinsames Abendessen
6. März 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Sitzungsleitung: Regina T. Riphahn
9:00 Katrin Auspurg
Effects of Immigration: Experimental Evidence on Social Mechanisms
9:30 Anette Fasang
Generational Trends in Wealth Accumulation and Wealth Inequality at Mid-Life: Comparing Baby Boomers and Millennials
10:00 – 11:00 Sitzungsleitung: Axel Börsch-Supan
10:00 Thomas König
Mehrfachpräferenzen im Wahlsystem
10:30 Christian Welzel
Understanding Autocracy-vs-Democracy: Socio-psychological Drivers of Global Regime Evolution
11:00 Pause mit Gruppenfoto
11:30 – 12:30 Sitzungsleitung: Axel Ockenfels
11:30 Ludger Woessmann
Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
12:00 Hartmut Esser
On the Wrong Track? Effekte der Zusammenlegung und Öffnung der Bildungswege in den deutschen Bundesländern.
12:30 – 13:00 Imbiss
Gesamtteilnehmerliste: Katrin Auspurg, Axel Börsch-Supan, Axel Dreher, Hartmut Esser, Anette Fasang, Lars Feld, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Martin Hellwig (Gast), Anke Hoeffler, Thomas König, Kai Konrad, Axel Ockenfels, Regina T. Riphahn, Matthias Sutter, Juergen von Hagen, Martin Weber, Christian Welzel, Ludger Woessmann, Klaus F. Zimmermann
PAST EVENTS -2025
April 24-25, 2025: Potsdam, Germany. 2025 Leopoldina Meeting of Section 25, Economics and Empirical Social Sciences, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), annual conference. Local Organizer: Ottmar Edenhofer. Program Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann
24. April 2025
Group photo day I, April 24. From the left: Ottmar Edenhofer, Regina T. Riphahn, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Bernd Fitzenberger, Anke Hoeffler, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Bernd Skiera, Christian Welzel, Agnieszka Turska-Kawa, Markus Gangl, Walter Müller, Andreas Diekmann, Armin Falk
13:45 Ottmar Edenhofer, Klaus F. Zimmermann: Willkommen
14:00 – 15:30 Chair: Ottmar Edenhofer
- Andreas Diekmann. Wie werden Policy-Interventionen künftig die CO2-Emissionen von Haushalten beeinflussen? Zur Erhebung von Mikro-Daten von CO2-Emissionen mit dem Deutschen Umweltpanel (GLEN)
- Christian Welzel. The Cool Water Effect: Geo-Climatic Sources of Western Exceptionalism
- Markus Gangl. The Great Gatsby curve over the long run: Economic inequality and intergenerational reproduction across 20th century birth cohorts in 32 Western countries
15:30 Break
16:00 – 17:45 Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann
- Walter Müller. Karl Ulrich Mayer – Eine Einführung
- Karl Ulrich Mayer. Über die Ursprünge der Leopoldina-Sektion “Ökonomik und empirische Sozialwissenschaften” und einige Spätfolgen
- Diskussion
- 17:00 Sektionsversammlung
25. April 2025
Group photo day II, April 25. From the left: Kai Konrad, Walter Müller, Anke Hoeffler, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Regina T. Riphahn, Ottmar Edenhofer, Bernd Skiera, Andreas Diekmann, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Sönke Neitzel, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Bernd Fitzenberger
09:00 – 10:30 Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann
- Anke Hoeffler. The Global Cost of Violence
- Kai Konrad. Alliance Formation in Regional Space: Shifting the Battlefront Between Competing Hegemonial Powers
- Sönke Neitzel. (Gast) Militärische Gewaltkulturen: Was können wir aus der Geschichte lernen?
10:30 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Chair: Regina T. Riphahn
- Bernd Skiera. Cohort Analysis in Customer Management
- Bernd Fitzenberger. Changing Fertility and Heterogeneous Motherhood Effects: Revisiting the Effects of a Parental Benefits Reform
PAST EVENTS -2024
March 14-15, 2024: Köln/Cologne, Germany. Leopoldina Meeting of Section 25, Economics and Empirical Social Sciences, University of Köln, annual conference.
Local Organizer: Bettina Rockenbach, Program Chairs: Bettina Rockenbach, Klaus F. Zimmermann
From the left: Thomas König, Dietmar Harhoff, Andreas Diekmann, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Axel Börsch-Supan, Werner Raub, Bettina Rockenbach, Axel Ockenfels, Ottmar Edenhofer, Regina T. Riphahn, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Martin Weber, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Hartmut Esser, Bernd Skiera.
