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LIVESTREAM: Industrial Policies and Market Dynamism: What role for competition policy in industrial strategies?

LIVESTREAM: Industrial policy and free trade – Managing tensions, exploiting synergies

Free, fair, and diversified trade plays a crucial role in the development of new technologies and thus also in the success of industrial and innovation policy strategies. Access to critical raw materials and other inputs, such as semiconductors or steel scrap, is often a prerequisite for the development of new technologies, including in the important areas of digitalization and decarbonization. At...

Video Review: The Downside of Fertility: DIW 100 Lecture - Keynote Speech by Nobel Prize Laureate Claudia Goldin

Webinar: Hedging Locational Price Risk under LMP - Experiences from North America

On October 7th, 2025, the Future Power Markets Platform (Karsten Neuhoff) and Future Power Markets Forum (Benjamin Hobbs) jointly organized a webinar, to get first-hand insights on how locational price risks are hedged in North American electricity markets. The first part of the webinar – input presentations from each of the experts – is included in this recording.

Who benefits from economic growth?: The Macroeconomics Department at DIW Berlin

[English subtitles, German language video] The Macroeconomics Department at DIW Berlin investigates who benefits from economic growth and how economic changes affect different groups. The team analyzes current developments, assesses economic shocks, and provides sound forecasts. Through its work, the department supports policymakers and society in better identifying risks and opportunities and...

“Markets need clear rules”: DIW's Firms and Markets Department introduces itself

[English subtitles, German language video] The Firms and Markets Department at DIW Berlin researches how market rules and their enforcement strengthen competition and the economy. The focus is on business decisions, consumer preferences, and the impact of policy interventions. Using modern methods, the team provides important insights for fair and efficient economic policy—from digitalization to...

Climate neutrality: Possible, necessary – and often too slow! : The Climate Policy Department at DIW Berlin

[English subtitles, German language video] Climate neutrality is possible and necessary—scientists, politicians, and society agree on this. But implementation is stalling. Why? Karsten Neuhoff, Head of the Climate Policy Department at DIW Berlin, explains in the video: There is a lack of the right policy instruments to make climate-friendly investments attractive. The team analyzes international...

Webinar: First-hand Insights from the North American Implementation of Nodal Pricing

On June 25th, 2025, the Future Power Markets Platform (Karsten Neuhoff) and Future Power Markets Forum (Benjamin Hobbs) jointly organized a Webinar, to get first hand insights from people involved during the implementation of nodal pricing across North American market regions. The first part of the webinar – input presentations from each of the four experts – is included in this recording. ...

“Our research shapes policy”: Department of Public Economics and the Gender Economics Research Group

[English subtitles, German language video] Sooner or later, everyone will come into contact with the state, whether it be when looking at their pay slip or when it comes to their pension. The Public Economics Department at DIW Berlin conducts research on these topics. It examines how government policy—particularly in the areas of fiscal, tax, and social policy—influences the behavior of...

“We want to understand social change”: The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

[English subtitles, German language video] The Socio-Economic Panel is one of the most extensive and longest-running social science panel studies worldwide. Every year, the SOEP team currently surveys around 30,000 people in almost 22,000 households. “We want to understand human life,” says SOEP Director Sabine Zinn. “We want to know how social groups live together and find the connection between...

“Climate protection benefits the entire economy”: The Department of Energy, Transportation, Environment

[English subtitles, German language video] How does environmental protection affect the economy? How can we secure the energy supply of the future, and what role does transportation play in this? These are the questions addressed by the Department of Energy, Transportation, and Environment at DIW Berlin. “Continuous global warming is costly and destroys our environment, endangers our livelihoods,...

BCCP Conference and Policy Forum 2024 AI: Prospects, Challenges, and Regulation (Part III): Session III

BCCP Conference and Policy Forum 2024 AI: Prospects, Challenges, and Regulation (Part II): Session II

BCCP Conference and Policy Forum 2024 AI: Prospects, Challenges, and Regulation (Part I): Session I

Videorückblick: Scientific Podcasts for Sustainability Transformations: Berlin Science Week

Livestream: Social Mobility as a Key to Success for Economic Transformation and Reform

Social mobility and equal opportunity are key to thriving societies and economies. In the aftermath of the pandemic and in the context of increasing prices, calls for policymakers to address social and economic inequalities are intensifying. The recently launched Observatory on Social Mobility and Equal Opportunity not only brings together all OECD data points, but also displays the impact of...

Recovery as a springboard for change: Germany and the EU

As the German economy and the EU are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus is shifting to questions of long-term transformation. How can we transform our economies while also limiting climate change and preparing for its impact? The pandemic has accelerated digitalization of German firms and many have already invested to deal with climate change. At the same time, concerns about the...

Harte Restriktionen scheinen die wirksamste Maßnahme zu sein, um in einer Pandemie den Flugverkehr zu beschränken: Interview with Jo Seldeslachts

BCCP Online Panel 2021: Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: the Digital Markets Act

This year’s online conference is focusing on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU legislative proposal to regulate digital markets in order to prevent abuses of market power. This regulatory tool contains behavioral obligations for large online platforms (‘gatekeepers’) aimed at reducing entry barriers and ensuring fairness in the relationship between digital platforms and their different user...

2nd DIW Women’s Finance Summit: The Future of Financial Services – Digitization, Sustainability and Post-Pandemic Growth Models

After failing to fully recover from the last financial crisis, the pandemic poses major new challenges for banks. However, this time, banks are not the problem, but part of the solution. By providing credit to the economy, banks play a crucial role in fighting the pandemic by ensuring the transmission of fiscal and monetary stimulus to the economy. Nevertheless, banks are not among the winners of...