Ulrike Vollstaedt
Dr. Ulrike Vollstaedt
Faculty of Economics and Management
Chair of Behavioral Social Policy
Research Associate
Chair of Behavioral Social Policy
Research Associate
Universitätsplatz 2,
39106 Magdeburg,
G22C-209
Educational Path and Professional Career:
since 09/2021 | Research associate, Chair of Social Economic Policy, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg |
09/2019 – 08/2021 | Visiting researcher, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (host: Yan Chen) |
10/2012 – 08/2021 | Research associate, Chair of Quantitative Economic Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen (04/2015 – 02/2016: maternity leave; 09/2019 – 08/2021: leave for research stay abroad) |
03/2012 – 09/2012 | Coordinator and researcher, Jena Graduate School “Human Behavior in Social and Economic Change”, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
02/2011 – 03/2011 | Visiting researcher, Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (host: Ilan Yaniv) |
07/2008 - 12/2011 | PhD in Economics, Doctoral student, International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World (IMPRS Uncertainty), Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
04/2005 - 04/2008 | Master student in Economics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
11/2007 – 12/2007 | Undergraduate research assistant, Chair of Macroeconomics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
03/2007 – 12/2007, 08/2006 – 11/2006 | Intern and undergraduate research assistant, Evolutionary Economics Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena |
09/2004 - 02/2005 | Studies abroad, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (now Ecole de Management de Normandie), Le Havre, France |
09/2002 - 07/2004 | Student in Business Administration/Intercultural Management, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
Scientific Awards and Fellowships:
09/2019 – 08/2021 | DFG Research fellowship, ∼135,000€ for research stay at the University of Michigan, USA (host: Yan Chen, project: “A new mechanism for product tests”) |
01/2016 – 05/2017 | Grant “Program to promote excellent junior scientists”, ∼30,000€ for project “Voluntary disclosure of product quality”, University of Duisburg–Essen |
09/2012 | Grant “ProChance 2012” for European Meeting of Economic Science Association, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
07/2008 – 06/2011 | Doctoral fellowship, International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World (IMPRS Uncertainty), Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
02/2011 – 03/2011 | Short-term fellowship, IMPRS Uncertainty, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, for research stay at the Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
07/2010 | Grant “ProChance 2010” for additional experimental research funding, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
07/2009 | Grant “ProChance 2009” for Mannheim Empirical Research Summer School (MERSS), Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
09/2004 – 02/2005 | ERASMUS grant for studies abroad, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (now Ecole de Management de Normandie), Le Havre, France |
06/2002 | Best Abitur/high school diploma of the year, Große Stadtschule “Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium”, Wismar |
Experiments in Behavioral Social Policy (link to the course)
by appointment