The Jena Economics Research Seminar (JERS) provides a platform for invited speakers to present their current research in economics. The seminar covers both empirical and theoretical contributions from all fields of economics. All presentations and discussions are conducted in English. The JERS is a collaborative initiative by the University's Economics Research Group, the Schumpeter Center for Research on Socio-Economic Change (JSEC), and the Jena Graduate Schools "Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change," "The Economic Impact of Digital Transformation," and "The Economics of Innovative Change."

The seminar is held in presence in seminar room 102, Bachstrasse 18k, Jena. It is as well possible to participate in the seminar series online. If you would like to join, please write a mail to jsec@uni-jena.de to get the access data.

The seminars in the summer term 2026 will be the following (further dates will be added) :

22.04.2026 14:00
JinHyo Joseph Yun (University of Hohenheim)
tba

13.05.2026 14:00
Elena Cefis (University of Bergamo)
“The Direction of Digital Transformation: Labour-Saving versus Time-Saving Trajectories in Industrial Dynamics.”?

13.05.2026 16:00
insights@JSEC?
Christian Hummert (Cyberagentur)
tba

20.05.2026 16:00
Patrick Spieth (University of Kassel)
tba

27.05.26 14:00
insights@JSEC
Katharina Wrohlich (DIW)
"V?ter in Elternzeit und Gender Gaps am Arbeitsmarkt"
Fakult?tssitzungszimmer WiWi

03.06.2026 14:00
insights@JSEC
Hennig von Grünberg (University of Potsdam)
tba
Fakult?tssitzungszimmer WiWi

17.06.2026 14:00
Saleh Zakerinia (IWH, FSU Jena)
tba

24.06.26 14:00
Alina Sorgner (John Cabot University, Rome)
tba

08.07.26 14:00
Kamila Cygan-Rehm (TU Dresden)
tba

previous seminars:

Winter Semester 2025/26pdf,?89?kb?·?de
Summer Semester 2025pdf,?104?kb?·?de
Winter Semester 2024/2025pdf,?87?kb?·?de
Summer Semester 2024pdf,?136?kbpdf,?136?kb?·?de
Winter Semester 2023/24pdf,?107?kbpdf,?107?kb?·?de
Summer Semester 2023pdf,?856?kbpdf,?856?kb?·?de
Winter Semester 2022/23pdf,?1?mbpdf,?1?mb?·?de
Summer Semester 2022pdf,?104?kbpdf,?104?kb?·?de
Winter Semester 2021/22pdf,?77?kbpdf,?77?kb?·?de