News and media contributions
2023
Der Preis der Sicherheit. A dialogue with Steffen Huck and Jan Stöß in the WZB series "Preise", September 2023.
Mehr Glück und Zufall in die Schulen! Nicht nur Übung macht den Meister. Essay by Steffen Huck in: Der Tagesspiegel, 25 August 2023.
Angst, Interessen und Moral. Essay by Steffen Huck in the WZB series "Wahrheit", December 2022.
Sozialforschung zum Altruismus. Spenden ist Typ-Sache. Report with Maja Adena, in: Der Tagesspiegel, 21 December 2022.
Spendenrekord 2022: Geben wir mehr, wenn Medien mehr berichten? Interview with Maja Adena about donation behavior, in: Deutschlandradio, 21 December 2022.
Spendenreport. Report with Maja Adena, in: Leibniz-Magazin, 20 December 2022.
"Spendenbereitschaft in Deutschland", Interview with Maja Adena, in: Radio Eins Potsdam, 16 December 2022.
Spendenbereitschaft in Krisenzeiten. Interview with Maja Adena about donation behavior, in: Deutschlandradio, 15 December 2022.
Auch die relativen Preise ändern sich. Essay by Steffen Huck in the WZB series "War in Europe: Causes and consequences", 20 April 2022.
Entscheidung, Krieg und Identität oder wie das Entscheiden ganz einfach wird. Essay by Steffen Huck in the WZB series "War in Europe: Causes and consequences", 15 March 2022.
"Ich durfte nicht scheitern". Essay by Steffen Huck and Jutta Allmendinger in the WZB series "Herkunft und Lebenschancen", September 2021.
"Gerecht statt effizient". Maja Adena quotes in Wirtschaftswoche 19/2021, 5 May 2021.
Für eine Neuaufstellung der Sozialwissenschaften in Zeiten der Krise. Essay by Steffen Huck and Michael Zürn in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 1 April 2021.
Schafft den Doktortitel ab! Essay by Steffen Huck in DIE ZEIT , 2/2021, 8 January 2021.
Wir brauchen mehr künstliche Freunde! Je besser lernende Maschinen uns kennen, desto mehr profitieren wir von ihrer Intelligenz. Essay by Steffen Huck in DIE ZEIT 43/2020, 14 October 2020.
Steffen Huck has been appointed as a Managing Editor for the Economic Journal from July 1, 2020.
Maja Adena will serve as a co-speaker of the The Consortium for the Social, Behavioural, Educational and Economic Sciences (KonsortSWD).
Die Fleischindustrie und Corona. Essay by Jana Friedrichsen in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 28 May 2020.
Kill or pay the bill: Vol. 3. Essay by Anna Holzscheiter and Steffen Huck in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 27 May 2020.
Kill or pay the bill: Vol. 2. Essay by Anna Holzscheiter and Steffen Huck in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 14 May 2020.
Kill or pay the bill: Vol. 1. Essay by Anna Holzscheiter and Steffen Huck in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 22 April 2020.
Leere Regale durch Bilder leerer Regale. Essay by Hande Erkut, Steffen Huck and Johannes Leutgeb in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 8 April 2020.
Von Seerosen, dem Coronavirus und guten Entscheidungen. Essay by Steffen Huck in the WZB series "Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research", 27 March 2020.
Gutes richtig tun. Interview mit Maja Adena über Spendenverhalten, in: odysso - Wissen im SWR, SWR Fernsehen, 19 December 2019.
Brexit: Take over! Warum der Brexit eine Chance für die deutsche Wissenschaft ist. Jutta Allmendinger and Steffen Huck in DIE ZEIT 19/2019, 2 May 2019.
Ich würde auf No-Deal wetten. Interview with Steffen Huck in Der Tagesspiegel, 29 March 2019, 3.
Auch das Spenden hat ein Geschlecht. Maja Adena and Katharina Dorn in Fundraiser Magazin , February 2019, 24-25.
LEEPS oTree Hack-A-Thon 2017 @ WZB - a joint event with Market Design: Theory and Pragmatics.
"Double Shift: schooling Syria‘s child refugees", Steffen Huck cited in: nature.com, 13 July 2017.
A quality certificate increases trust and donations to a charity. Maja Adena in LSE Business Review.
Maja Adena was awarded with the European Business Circle Research Award 2017.
double-shift.org. A multimedia documentary by Paula Ellguth, Marjam Fels, Philipp Albert, Heike Harmgart, and Steffen Huck about Education for Syrian refugee children in Jordan.
How we behave when asked for donations while buying concert tickets online. Maja Adena in LSE Business Review.
Steffen Huck as keynote presenter on the 11th Annual Australia New Zealand Workshop on Experimental Economics, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Partnerverlust und seine Folgen. Maja Adena explores the impact of mourning on health and well-being.
The Impact of Aggregators and Intermediaries on News Consumption. Live recording of the WZB event with Susan Athey.
Fleisch und Farbe. Drei quantitativ-visuelle Studien by Anna Becker, Steffen Huck, Julia Schubert and Nora Szech.
Alle Jahre wieder: Gänsekeule, Raclette & Co. Der Tagesspiegel on a study by Steffen Huck et al.
The Art and Science of Asking and Giving. John Nickson at the WZB.
Ihr Geld für einen Opernbus. Wie bringt man vermögende Kulturfreunde zum Spenden? Maja Adena and Steffen Huck in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 23 August 2015, 58, also available online at http://www.faz.net/-gx5-870dx.
Die barmherzigen Nachbarn der Samariter, Steffen Huck in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 August 2015, 13, also available online at http://www.faz.net/-gsf-86ddx, and at Quantara.de (English translation at https://goo.gl/gknjRC, Arab translation at https://goo.gl/Xri9jQ).
Economics and Creativity. A Look at the Future of the Film Industry. Steffen Huck in WZB Report, 2015, 46-47.
Googles Macht ist zerbrechlich, Ludwig Ensthaler in Capital, 26 January 2015.
TV, Economics & Society. A dialogue between the arts and economics, 21 November 2014.
The Birth and Rise of Epic TV Series - Tom Fontana in Conversation with Sir Peter Jonas, 21 November 2014.
Ihr Smartphone weiss, was sie kaufen, Ludwig Ensthaler in Capital, 10 September 2014.
Es gibt keinen neuen Ostblock. Interview with Fabrizio Zilibotti in ZEIT ONLINE, 24 May 2014.
Reich ist gesund, arm bleibt krank. Maja Adena in ZEIT ONLINE, 2 April 2014.
Armut: Subjektives Empfinden senkt Lebenserwartung. Maja Adena in Arbeitskreis Krankenversicherungen, 27 February 2014.
Der eingebildete Arme wird eher krank. Maja Adena in Wirtschaftswoche, 21 February 2014.
Wer sich arm fühlt, wird eher krank. Maja Adena in derStandard.at, 20 February 2014.
Auch subjektive Armut belastet die Gesundheit. Maja Adena in Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 20 February 2014.
Justin Valasek has been granted the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award.
Does matching work? The evidence says: Not always and not best. Steffen Huck and Maja Adena in Philanthropy Impact Magazine, 6-7.
Nahrungsmittel Tier? Drei Perspektiven. Live recording of the WZB event with Melanie Joy, Bernd Ladwig and Gerhard Manteuffel.
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Counting the cost: On what Breaking Bad can teach us about economics, Steffen Huck in Spectator, 5 October 2013, 65-66, also available online at http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/television/9040851/learning-about-economics-from-breaking-bad/
Vince Gilligan in Conversation. Live recording of the WZB event on "Breaking Bad: Economics and Morality".
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Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man. Live recording of a WZB Distinguished Lecture in Social Sciences with Torsten Persson.
Nora Szech has been appointed WZB-Fellow. She will be cooperating with the research unit Economics of Change.
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Skulpturen aus geschredderten Aktien sind eine sichere Bank, Steffen Huck in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 February 2013, 30, also available online at http://tinyurl.com/a4ktbr6.
Meltdown in Valhalla, Steffen Huck in Spectator, 13 October 2012, 52-53, also available online at http://tinyurl.com/cspt9go.