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Newsletter #1
2025
With this newsletter, we would like to inform you about the Institute’s activities in winter 2024/25. The coming weeks will bring significant changes for us: This is the last newsletter to be sent from our current location at Marstallplatz. In April, our Institute will move to Munich’s Stachus. In a renovated historic building in the heart of Munich, tradition and innovation will then form an inspiring alliance. We will report in issue 2!
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The German Research Foundation Extends Collaborative Research Center TRR 190 Rationality & Competition
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The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 “Rationality & Competition” (CRC TRR 190) for a third funding period. The DFG will continue to support research into the limits of rationality in economic activity until December 2028. The economics department is involved in project B04, which explores the interplay between firms, innovation, and institutions to understand their collective impact on societal and economic outcomes. It aims to deepen insights into firm behavior regarding innovation and growth along three dimensions: the role and effects of “superstar firms”, the interaction of new technologies with behavioral biases, and the organization of knowledge flows. More
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Bronwyn H. Hall, Affiliated Research Fellow of the Institute and in close collaboration with the economics department, has been named Distinguished Fellow 2024 by the American Economic Association (AEA). Hall is Emerita Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). In addition to her outstanding contributions to innovation economics, the AEA also recognizes her achievements as a policy advisor and mentor. More
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On 16 January 2025, Dominik Asam was honored with a special award from the Deutsche Bundesbank Regional Office in Bavaria for his thesis, which examines the effects of technological shocks on early-stage startup funding dynamics using the example of Generative AI. His work underscores the importance of complementary human resources to fully harness the value of Generative AI. More
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In Brief
Focus on Biodiversity + + + In the latest issue of Max Planck Research, Pedro Henrique D. Batista explains who owns the genetic resources and cultural heritage of indigenous peoples, who may exploit it, and at what price. More
Net Zero Lab + + + In a new study, Benedict Probst et al. show that the EU’s current carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) only covers 50 to 60% of production emissions from key chemical products – an extension to fossil raw materials and high fallback default values could improve the effect. More
Grant + + + Peter R. Slowinski has received a grant from the Polish Narodowe Centrum Nauki for his project on the legal protection of synthetic data for AI applications. More
Successful Training + + + Emily Schierle has successfully completed her apprenticeship in the Institute’s administration and has been taken on as a member of the administrative team. We talked to her about her journey and her experiences at the Institute. More
Social Media + + + At the end of the year, the Institute bid farewell to X, formerly Twitter, under the hashtag #eXit. The platform’s direction no longer aligns with the open and evidence-based discourse the Institute values. A new presence on the microblogging service Bluesky complements the Institute’s social media activities on LinkedIn. More
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A new study examines how the timing and type of donation decisions affect people’s charitable giving behavior. The findings show that when donation requests are framed as a percentage of future income rather than as an absolute amount, more people choose to donate, and they give larger amounts. However, the timing of the decision – whether it is made before or after receiving income – has no effect on their donation behavior. These insights can help charitable organizations develop more effective fundraising strategies and contribute to the important societal goal of reducing inequality.
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Call for Papers
The 9th Munich Summer Institute, jointly organized with ETH Zurich, Cornell University, LMU, TUM, and the University of Lausanne, will take place from 26 to 28 May 2025. Researchers who would like to present a paper are invited to submit it online until 15 February. A workshop for Ph.D. students will be held again this year, on 26 May. More
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Call for Papers
The Max Planck European Law Group invites abstract submissions for the Fourth Max Planck Conference for Early Career European Scholars on 4 and 5 September 2025 in Munich. The conference will bring together researchers interested in European law and policy for an exchange of ideas on longstanding and developing issues of fairness as a guiding principle of European law. More
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Event
On 13 and 14 February, a workshop takes place at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. The workshop addresses crises of democracy in and between different societies and their significance as crises of the public sphere. It is organized by the humanet3 project, a joint research group of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. More
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Online-Event
The Max Planck Law Tech & Society initiative invites to a lecture on 21 February about COMPL-AI, the first comprehensive evaluation framework for generative AI models, developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, INSAIT and LatticeFlow AI. Mark Vero, a project collaborator and co-author, will discuss how the COMPL-AI framework translates the AI Act’s principles and requirements into concrete, measurable technical standards. More
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Event Report
Shortly before Christmas, the 7th Research in Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship Workshop took place, which has been organized by young researchers of the Institute for young researchers from all over the world since 2018. Alexander Oettl from the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology was invited to give the keynote speech. His talk on the future of science in the interplay of talent, geography, and AI provided ample material for vivid discussions. More
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MIPLC Accepting Applications for 2025/26
The application period for the MIPLC LL.M. Class of 2025/26 is open. MIPLC offers an extensive, interdisciplinary curriculum in Intellectual Property and Competition Law, with many advanced courses in Data Law, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Innovation. Checklists and guidance are available to assist with the application process.
For full details and to apply, visit the MIPLC application website.
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