8^th Research on Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship Workshop

Annual workshop for Ph.D. students and Junior Postdocs in Economics and Management

15/16 December 2025

We strive to stimulate a rigorous in-depth discussion of a select number of research papers. We offer Ph.D. students and Junior Postdocs an opportunity to present their work, to receive feedback from experienced researchers and to connect with peers from other renowned research institutions.

The keynote speaker of this year’s RISE8 Workshop is Matt Marx (Cornell University)

Submission Tool

The RISE8 Workshop welcomes papers from all areas of research on innovation, science of science and entrepreneurship, such as:

• Knowledge Diffusion
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Innovation Motives & Behavior
• Artificial Intelligence
• Environmental Innovation and Sustainability

The RISE8 Workshop will feature a keynote lecture and approx. 10 paper presentations. Each paper is discussed by a senior researcher with particular emphasis on the research design and the ability to identify causal relationships.

The keynote speaker of the RISE8 workshop is Matt Marx (Cornell University).

Format
Each paper will be allocated 40 minutes, as follows: 20 minutes for the presentation by the speaker, 10 minutes discussion by the senior researcher and 10 minutes open discussion with the audience.

Paper Submission Procedure
We invite submissions of full papers or extended abstracts (of at least three pages) from Ph.D. students and Junior Postdocs working in the fields of Economics or Management. Please apply via our online tool until Friday, 25 July 2025:

Submission Tool

Acceptance notifications will be issued by the end of August 2025. The workshop registration will be open until 13 September 2025. Kindly note that registering for the workshop is a firm commitment to attend. Participation for the entire duration of the workshop is expected. The full paper version of your submission is due on 25 November 2025.

Costs
There is no workshop fee. Meals during the workshop and the workshop dinner are included. A limited number of travel grants will be offered for researchers who do not receive financial conference assistance from their home institution to travel to Munich. Please indicate in your application whether the participation is contingent on receiving a travel grant.

Download the Call for Papers RISE8.

We are delighted to announce as our keynote speaker:

Matt Marx (Cornell University)

Matt Marx is the Bruce F. Failing, Sr. Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and is the inaugural Faculty Director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. He leads the Innovation Information Initiative (I3), curates several open datasets at relianceonscience.org, serves as Department Editor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Management Science, and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Matt was previously an executive and inventor at two successful startup companies and holds six patents.

Personal Website Matt Marx

To be announced.

Programs of past workshops can be found here:

Program RISE7 2024

Program RISE6 2023

Program RISE5 2022

Program RISE4 2021

Program RISE3 2020

Program RISE2 2019

Program RISE 2018

The workshop will take place at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Herzog-Max-Str. 4, 80333 Munich.

In general, we recommend booking your flight tickets and accommodation as early as possible since the workshop takes place shortly before Christmas.

You can reach the venue in various ways, but as Munich has an excellent public transportation system that consists of trains, underground lines, trams, and buses, we would recommend to make use of public transports. Most locations within the inner city can be conveniently reached within less than 30 minutes. 

• The underground station “Karlsplatz (Stachus)” is located directly next to the venue and is frequented by underground lines U4 and U5, as well as by suburban and regional trains.
• Tickets can be bought at automatic vending machines at underground and train stations or inside buses and trams.
• For specific information on public transportation schedules, please check at Munich’s public transporation company MVV, Google Maps or download the mobile journey planner of MVV.

From Munich Airport
From the airport, you can take the S1 or the S8 train into the city and directly get off at “Karlsplatz (Stachus)”.

From Munich Central Station
From the central station, you can take any suburban train in the direction of “Ostbahnhof” and get off at “Karlsplatz (Stachus)”. Another possibility is to take the underground lines U4 and U5 and get off at “Karlsplatz (Stachus)”.

Accommodation
A list of hotel recommendations will be shared with the participants in the upcoming months.

Please direct any questions concerning the RISE8 Workshop to rise_workshop(at)ip.mpg.de.

Who is eligible to participate in workshop?
Ph.D. students and Junior Postdocs are welcome to present a research paper. Experienced Postdocs are welcome to join as discussant (please approach us by email).

Can I participate solely as an audience member?
A selected number of places will be available for participants who neither present nor discuss a paper. Please approach us by email.

Are you publishing the final papers?
No, the final papers will be shared only with the discussants. On a voluntary basis, we will provide speakers the opportunity to share their presentation slides and/or papers with other participants after the workshop.

Can I apply with an extended abstract?
Yes, you can apply with an extended abstract. However, your participation is contingent on providing the full paper by 25 November 2025.

Header Photo: Joerg Lutz, courtesy of City of Munich, Munich Tourist Office.