Research Seminar Series
The Institute for Economic and Social History holds a regular research seminar with 4-5 speakers per term. The research seminar is coordinated with the ‘Wiso Abendkolloquium’ and further research seminars at the Institute for Economic and Social History of the University of Vienna and normally held on Tuesdays from 17:00 to 18:30. Attendance is open to everyone interested in the topics. For inquiries please contact geschichte@wu.ac.at
In past semesters, speakers and papers were:
Winter Term 2026
Sebastian OTTINGER (CERGE-EI Prague)
Killing the Bargain: Agincourt and the Making of the French Fiscal State (with Ben Marx, Lukas Rosenberger, and Nico Voigtländer)
17th November 2026
Maria KRAVTSOVA (FU Berlin)
Change in Family Structure over a Century: Evidence from Northwestern Europe (with Jonathan F. Schulz)
12th January 2027
Christian OCHSNER (CERGE-EI Prague)
Fast car to boom and bust: Transportation technology and its causal effects on rural economic development (with Flavio Malnati)
19th January 2027
Summer Term 2026
Juan Pablo JULIÁ (University of Gothenburg)
The Political Consequences of Trade Shocks and Tariffs: Evidence from Argentina, 1912-1938
24th March 2026
Richard BLUHM (University of Stuttgart)
Political violence and radicalization: Evidence from the French Revolution (with Gerda Asmus-Bluhm, Raphaël Franck, & Raphael H. Heiberger)
26th May 2026
Esther SAHLE (University of Copenhagen)
Age heaping and numeracy in early modern Germany
16th June 2026
2025
Winter Term 2025
Felix SCHAFF (Utrecht University - SCOOP Center)
Before the U-Curve: Intra-Family Roots of Preindustrial Gender Inequality (with Sheilagh Ogilvie)
18th November 2025
Jane HUMPHRIES (Oxford University)
Towards an economic history of caring labour
9th December 2025
Summer Term 2025
Andreas LINK (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
will present his joint research with Christine Binzel (Erlangen-Nürnberg) on
Historical Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy: The Persistent Effect of the Naturopathic Movement in Germany
11th March 2025
Gaia DOSSI (University College London),
Race and Science.
8th April 2025
Johannes BOEHM (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Trade and the End of Antiquity (with Thomas Chaney)
24th June 2025
2024
Winter Term 2024
Rui ESTEVES (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva),
“Dormant securities”: Imperial guarantees for colonial loans, 1842-1934 (mit Ali Coskun Tuncer).
29th October 2024
Alexander DONGES (Uni Mannheim),
How the West was Settled. The Location Choice of East German Companies Migrating to West Germany after World War II (mit Jochen Streb).
26th November 2024
Nina BOBERG-FAZLIC (TU Dortmund).
Wrecking their hopes? – The Effect of Travel Risk Assessment on Migration Decisions (mit Richard Franke).
14th January 2025
Summer Term 2024
Marco MOLTENI (Graduate Institute Geneva/Oxford)
The effect of the abolition of the ruota in 19th century Italy (with Guiliana Freschi, Sant'Anna Pisa)
23rd April 2024
Jordi DOMÈNECH (Carlos III Madrid)
Land Reform and Voting in Interwar Europe: Evidence from 1930s Spain
7th May 2024
Faustine PERRIN with Youssouf Merouani (Lund)
Woman Inventors: On the Origins of the Gender Patenting Gap
4th June 2024
2023
Winter Term 2023
Carola STAPPER (Köln)
"Consequences of Forced Labor: Evidence from Dutch Civilians after WWII"
7th November 2023
Fabian WAHL (WU, Mit Thilo Hüning (York) und Hans-Joachim Voth (Zürich))
"Strategic Dispersal and the making of the German Economy"
28th November 2023
Marvin SUESSE (Trinity College Dublin)
"The Nationalist Dilemma"
5th December 2023
Summer Term 2023
Mikolaj Malinowski (Groningen)
“Incredible Commitment: Oligarchy and state failure in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth”
21st March 2023
Ryah Thomas (Oxford)
"All rise: Mobility of social status in late-industrial England (1850-1911)"
18th April 2023
Nuno Palma (Manchester)
"American treasure and the decline of Spain "
23rd May 2023
2022
Winter Term 2022
Björn Brey (UL Bruxelles)
“The consequences of a trade collapse: Economics and politics in Weimar Germany ”
18th October 2022
Martín Fernández-Sánchez (Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research)
"Networks, Diversity, and Migrants' Productivity: Evidence from the Pontine Marshes, 1932-1941"
8th November 2022
Markus Hansen (Lund University)
"The Early Phase of the Danish Agrarian Reforms, 1740-1770: Causes and Consequences"
29th November 2022
Summer Term 2022
Seminars will be held online via Zoom, please send an email to geschichte@wu.ac.at to get the link for participation.
For questions on the seminars please contact organizers Marina Chuchko and Markus Lampe
Clara Salvo (Sapienza Università di Roma)
“Does trade liberalization boost innovation? Evidence from French industrial sectors in the 19th century”
22. März 2022
Joanne Haddad (Université Libre de Bruxelles):
"Settlers and Norms"
17. Mai 2022
Stefan Nikolic (Bocconi University):
"Industrialisation in the Habsburg Empire. A Spatial Analysis"
31. Mai 2022
2021
Winter Term 2021
Seminars will be held online via Zoom, please send an email to geschichte@wu.ac.at to get the link for participation.
For questions on the seminars please contact organizers Marina Chuchko and Markus Lampe
Viktor Malein (SDU Odense)
Human Capital and Industrialization: The Case of German Colonists in Late Imperial Russia
Moderation: Marina Chuchko
2. November 2021, 18.00-19.30h / online
Francesco Cinnirella (Bergamo)
“Flow of Ideas: Economic Societies and the Rise of Useful Knowledge”
Moderation: Markus Lampe
16. November 2021, 18.00-19.30h / online
Georgios Tsiachtsiras (Universitat de Barcelona)
“Transportation Networks and the Rise of the Knowledge Economy in 19th-Century France”
Moderation: Markus Lampe
7. Dezember 2021, 18.00-19.30 Uhr / online
Andrei Markevich (Moscow)
“The Political-Economic Causes of the Soviet Great Famine, 1932–33”
Moderation: Marina Chuchko
11. Jänner 2022, 18.00-19.30h / online
Summer Term 2021
Seminars will be held online via Zoom, please send an email to geschichte@wu.ac.at to get the link for participation.
For questions on the seminars please contact organizers Marina Chuchko and Markus Lampe
Blanca Sánchez Alonso/Carlos Santiago-Caballero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid):
The Loss of Human Capital After the Spanish Civil War
20 April 2021, 18.00-19.30h
Anna Dagorret (Stanford GSB), Julia Cagé (PSE), Pauline Grosjean (UNSW), Saumitra Jha (Stanford GSB):
Heroes and Villains: The Effects of Combat Heroism on Autocratic Values and Nazi Collaboration in France
4 May 2020, 18.00-19.30h
Javier Mejía (NYU Abu Dhabi):
Social Networks and Entrepreneurship in Historical Context
1 June 2021, 18.00-19.30h
Wolf-Fabian Hungerland, Felix Kersting (HU Berlin):
Trade Shocks, Labor Markets and Elections in the First Globalization
8 June 2021, 18.00-19.30h
2020
Winter Term 2020
Tamas Vonyo (Bocconi)
War and Socialism: Economic Growth and Backwardness in Eastern Europe
20 October 2020
Theresa Neef (FU Berlin/World Inequality Database)
The Long Way to Gender Equality: Gender Pay Differences in Germany, 1871-2016
12 January 2021
Summer Term 2020
Alexia Lochmann (Paris School of Economics)
Culture and Emigration: Evidence from the South Tyrol Option Agreement
21 April 2020
Thilo Albers (HU Berlin)
Losing the Gains from Trade. Evidence from the Trade Multiplier of the Great Depression
26 May 2020
2019
Winter Term 2019
Michael HUBERMAN (Université de Montréal)
Against the Grain: Spanish Trade Policy in the Interwar Years.
(with Concha Betrán, University of Valencia)
15. Oktober 2019
Cormac O GRADA (University College Dublin)
Economic History: ‘An Isthmus Joining Two Great Continents’?
(veranstaltet gemeinsam mit Agrarian Studies Group, Universität Wien)
05. November 2019
Janek WASSERMAN (University of Alabama)
The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas (Yale Univ. Press)
Book presentation
02. December 2019
Maylis AVARO (Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Zombie International Currency: The Pound Sterling 1945-1973
26. November 2019
Max-Stephan SCHULZE (London School of Economics)
Comparing inter-urban transaction costs: capital and wheat markets North and South of the Alps, 1350-1800“ joint work with David Chilosi (Groningen) und Oliver Volckart (LSE)
10. December 2019
Thies LINDENTHAL (University of Cambridge)
Property Level Yields in Paris, 1810-1910
21. January 2020
Summer Term 2019
Fabian HUNGERLAND (HU Berlin)
The Great Specialisation Revisited: Evidence from Germany in Two Globalisations (with Nikolaus Wolf)
12. März 2019
Bruno WITZEL-SOUZA (Göttingen)
Immigration policies, nationalities, and occupational sorting: new evidence from the Age of Mass Migration in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1820-1920)
26. März 2019
Kara DIMITRUK (Stellenbosch)
A Collection of Unruly Gentlemen? Explaining English Parliament's Functioning, 1660-1702.
09. April 2019
Stefano UGOLINI (Toulouse)
The Origination and Distribution of Money Market Instruments: Sterling Bills of Exchange during the First Globalization (with Olivier Accominotti and Delio Lucena)
21. Mai 2019
Valeria RUEDA (Oxford)
Political unification and geographic economic disparities in Italy: 1861-1871
4. Juni 2019
2018
Winter Term 2018
Jochen STREB (Universität Mannheim)
The Impact of Social Insurance on Marriage and Ferility: Prussia 1875-1910
22. January 2019
Sofie WALTL (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research and WU)
Housing Rent Dynamics, Rent Regulation and Consumer Prices in St. Petersburg (1880-1917)
22. November 2018
Alexander WULFERS (Oxford University)
The Shift towards Protectionism in the Weimar Republic and the political economy of German Trade Policy
13. November 2018
Daniel RAFF (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Business History and the Problem of Action.
Eric HORNUNG (Universität zu Köln)
Roman Trade Networks and Contemporary Economic Integration
16. October 2018
Summer Term 2018
Kerstin ENFLO (Lund University)
Can Kings Create Towns that Thrive? The long-run implications of new town foundations (joint work with Alexandra L. Cermeño)
12. June 2018
Wolfgang HÖPKEN (Universität Leipzig)
Wissenschaft - Macht - Ideologie: Die deutschsprachige Südosteuropa-Forschung zwischen Nationalsozialismus und Nachkriegsdemokratisierung.
05. June 2018
Cathrin MOHR (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Carrots or Sticks? Housing construction and the opposition in the German Democratic Republic
22. May 2018
Vicente PINILLA (University of Zaragoza)
How to become a leader in an emerging new global market: The determinants of French wine exports, 1848-1938 (joint work with María Isabel Ayuda and Hugo Ferrer-Pérez)
17. April 2018
2017
Winter Term 2017
Francisco J. BELTRÁN TAPIA (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Reading and writing in the city: Madrid, 1880-1905
30. Januar 2018
Alexander KLEIN (University of Kent)
'Second Serfdom' and Economic Performance of the Czech Lands: Opinions vs Evidence
Kilian RIEDER (University of Oxford)
Contingent Rules: Last Resort Lending, Moral Hazard and Credit Limits at the Austro-Hungarian Bank 1878-1913
21. November 2017
Javier MEJIA (Universidad de los Andes/Stanford)
Social Networks and Modern Entrepreneurship. Evidence from a Historical Episode of Industrialization
Rudolf BOGENSPERGER (Landesverteidigungsakademie, Zentraldokumentation)
Stukturwandel im Kreditwesen am Beispiel der Zentralsparkasse der Gemeinde Wien 1955-1970
10. Oktober 2017
Summer Term 2017
Philipp AGER (University of Southern Denmark)
The Kindergarten Movement and the U.S. Demographic Transition
27. Juni 2017
Andrea COLLI (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi)
The evolution of the Italian economy in the long-run: Why it´s worth knowing it better especially if you´re not Italian
30. Mai 2017
Sandra DE PLEIJT (Universiteit Utrecht)
Girl power Generates Superstars in Long-term Development: Female Autonomy and Human Capital Formation in Early Modern Europe
09. Mai 2017
Judy STEPHENSON (University of Oxford)
The wage dispersion and labour supply of early modern builders in London
28. März 2017
Guido ALFANI (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi)
Labouring to the top? The prevalence and the composition of the rich in Italy and Europe, ca. 1300-1800
07. März 2017
2016
Winter Term 2016
Joan R. ROSÉS (London School of Economics)
A Tale of Two Crises: Exploring the Economic Resilience of Swedish Regions during the Interwar Period
joint work with Kerstin ENFLO, Lund University
17. Januar 2017
Pablo MARTINELLI (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
The Role of Women in Tradidtional Agriculture: Evidence from Italy
joint work with Giovanni Federico, University of Pisa
13. Dezember 2016
Michael PAMMER (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz)
Distribution and Productivity in Cisleithanian Agriculture, 1902
15. November 2016
Tomas CVRCEK (University College London)
The Making of a Liberal Education: Political Economy of the Austrian School Reform, 1865-1875
11. Oktober 2016
Summer Term 2016
Laura MARAVALL BUCKWALTER (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
The role of indigenous agency: A case study in pre-independence Algeria
14. Juni 2016
Marc GONI (Universität Wien)
Landed elites and education provision in England and Wales: Evidence from school boards, 1870-1899
25. Mai 2016
Paul SHARP (University of Southern Denmark)
The effect of serfdom on labor markets
10. Mai 2016
Kevin O´ROURKE (University of Oxford)
Protectionism, the Ottawa accords, and British interwar trade
03. Mai 2016