Workshop

The 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime will be held in Berlin at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) on September 26-27, 2025. The event will be jointly organized by Anna Bindler (DIW Berlin & University of Potsdam) and Christian Traxler (Hertie School).

We aim to bring together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to present and discuss their work, allowing for an in-depth interaction between those working on the empirical and theoretical analysis of crime and illegal behavior.

The workshop will consist of up to 15-20 contributed papers and two keynote lectures by Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University) and Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard (NSCR & University of Amsterdam).

This year’s workshop specifically invites contributions highlighting innovative data sources for crime research, as well as studies on crime prevention, victimization and labor markets and crime. Other suggested topics include, among others:

- Social prevention of crime and violence
- White-collar crime
- Economic crises, poverty, inequality & crime
- Law enforcement and judicial decisions
- Social interactions and crime networks
- Discrimination in the justice system
- Social costs of crime
- Re-entry and rehabilitation interventions

We welcome submissions of both junior and senior researchers. To submit a paper, please upload your manuscript (in PDF format) via this link.

Submission deadline is 02 May 2025. Authors of accepted papers will be notified in early June 2025.