Welcome to the Chair of Managerial Economics!

On this homepage you will find all the information about our team, our research areas and the courses we offer. In addition, we also offer information on applications for and writing theses.

News

08.12.2025 - 08.12.2025

SEAM: Keno Buß

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01.12.2025 - 01.12.2025

SEAM: Hy­oeun Park

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27.10.2025 - 27.10.2025

SEAM: Anna Hoch­leit­ner

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Our teaching

We can benefit from each other by entering into dialogue. To do this effectively, we regularly integrate interactive elements into our teaching. Together with the students, we ask questions and actively search for answers. It is always important to us what consequences our answers have for the world.

We place particular emphasis on three aspects in our teaching: Applying economic models to real-world problems, interacting with students during lectures, and promoting and stimulating research.

Teach­ing pro­gramme

 

Bachelor

Module name Semester ECTS Language Contact person
M.184.1103 - Introduction to Economics WS 5 DEU EiWiWi Coaches: eiwiwi@mail.uni-paderborn.de
M.184.2176 - Finding and Developing your Research Project WS/SS 5 DEU/ ENG Eva Klein: finding@mail.uni-paderborn.de
M.184.2171 - Managerial Economics SS 10 DEU Wendelin Schnedler

 

Master

Module name Semester ECTS Language Contact person
M.184.4176 - Finding and Developing your Research Project WS/SS 5 DEU/ ENG Eva Klein: finding@mail.uni-paderborn.de
M.184.5158 - Behavioural Economics for Managerial Decision Making: Theory and Application WS 5 ENG Dilan Okcuoglu Celik
M.184.5170 - The theory and practice of entrepreneurship WS if applicable 5 ENG Wendelin Schnedler
M.184.2178 - Behavioural economics in your everyday life SS 5 DEU Julia Kramer
M.184.5157 - Marketing & Management Challenge WS 5 DEU Wendelin Schnedler & Julia Kramer
M.184.4173 Economics of Strategy SS 10 ENG Dilan Okcuoglu Celik

 

Procedure

 

We place particular emphasis on practical research and provide students with targeted support as part of our compulsory module "Finding and Developing your Research Project". The module is designed to support students in developing their own research project at the beginning of the processing phase of their thesis. The resulting project then forms the core content of the thesis. We thus actively support the process of developing research projects and assist our students throughout the planning and realisation phase. The thesis can be written in German or English.

Our 'Finding' course is open to all students, including those who are not writing their thesis with us. However, due to limited capacity, students who are writing their thesis with us will be given priority in the allocation of course places. If you are interested, please contact us at finding@mail.uni-paderborn.de.

 

Our aim is to prepare students for the challenges of research in the best possible way and to strengthen their skills in independent scientific work. Join us in discovering the many opportunities to organise your own research project. We look forward to fostering your interest in research.

Final theses with us

We take part in the centralised allocation procedure for theses. The procedure distributes the students who wish to write a thesis fairly among the professorships. All information on the centralised allocation procedure.

 

What makes us special is that, unlike many other professorships, we do not specify any fixed topics. With us, students have the opportunity to write their theses in many different fields on the topic of "human behaviour".

 

Beispiele Abschlussarbeiten

24.05.2024

The Im­pact of Ice Break­ing Games on Trust and Re­ci­pro­city: A Lab in the Field Ex­per­i­ment 

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24.05.2024

How ef­fect­ive is em­path­ic com­mu­nic­a­tion?

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Ak­tuelle Forschung

Shar­ing the Fame but tak­ing the blame

Teamarbeit ist wichtig für moderne Produktion. In einem kürzlich bei Managment Science akzeptierten Papier verwenden Wendelin Schnedler und Xinyu Li mathematische Logik, um herauszufinden, wann die Erklärung
einer Person als "verantwortlich" Trittbrettfahrereffekten entgegenwirken kann. Sie identifizierten zwei entscheidende Bedingungen.

The broken chain

People are not as bad at dealing with their frustrations as previously thought. You can find out more about this topic in the scientific article by Prof Wendelin Schnedler.

Don't Pat­ron­ise me! Re­ject­ing a good solu­tion just be­cause it comes from someone else.

The slogan "Take back Control" is said to have inspired many Britons to vote in favour of leaving the EU in the 2016 referendum, even though they are likely to suffer economically as a result. Silvia Lübbeck and Prof Wendelin Schnedler have written an academic paper on this topic.

Against All Odds: Tent­at­ive Steps To­ward Ef­fi­cient In­form­a­tion Shar­ing in Groups

When groups face difficult problems, the voice of the experts may be drowned out by the noise of others' contributions. In this setting, we investigate the change in behaviour before and after people can talk to their neighbours. Darius Schlangenotto, Wendelin Schneller and Vadovic Radovan have been working on this topic.

Team

"Working at the chair has had a lasting positive impact on my definition of colleagues and teamwork. There is always an open ear, understanding, support and respect. The numerous social events, from joint lunches to team days, promote friendly interaction and thus the special cohesion of the chair team. I look back on this time with fondness!"

- Pia Pöhlker, former research assistant in the administrative field

Our team

Prof. Dr. Wendelin Schnedler

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Lukas Sauerland

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Simon Leon Müller

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Janine Thenhausen

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Bennet Bickhoff

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Kon­takt

Managerial Economics

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics - Department 1: Management

Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn
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Travel information

The university is easily accessible by car, train and public transport. Detailed information on how to get here and a campus map can be found here.

Further information on the reimbursement of travel expenses, including guidelines, can be found here.

Alumni

Dr. Xinyu Li

Dr. Silvia Onuchukwu (geb. Lübbecke)

Dr. Nina Stephan

Dr. Fabian Bopp