Dr. Ulrike Vollstaedt has been a research associate at the Chair of
Behavioral Social Policy, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg
since 2021. She began her academic journey with studies in Business
Administration/Intercultural Management at the Friedrich Schiller
University of Jena (2002–2004), including a semester abroad at the
École Supérieure de Commerce in Le Havre, France. She then pursued
a Master’s in Economics at the Friedrich Schiller University of
Jena (2005–2008). From 2008 to 2012, she completed her PhD in
Economics (summa cum laude) at the International Max Planck Research
School “Uncertainty” in Jena, including a research stay at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2011). In 2012, she served as a
coordinator and researcher at the Jena Graduate School “Human
Behavior in Social and Economic Change” before joining the
University of Duisburg-Essen as a research associate at the Chair of
Quantitative Economic Policy (2012–2021). She was on leave to work
as a visiting researcher at the University of Michigan from 2019 to
2021. Grants include: “Program to promote excellent junior
scientists” at the University of Duisburg-Essen (ca. 30,000 EUR;
2016/2017), DFG Research fellowship for research stay at the
University of Michigan (ca. 135,000 EUR; 2019–2021). Research
interests include: behavioral and experimental economics, game theory
(markets with asymmetric information, information disclosure,
certification, bargaining, group behavior).
