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Philippe Aghion awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

The Max Planck Institute warmly congratulates Philippe Aghion on receiving this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Aghion, one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of growth and innovation economics, served for many years as a member of the Institute’s Advisory Council (2004–2014).
We are particularly pleased that Aghion is already the third member of our Advisory Council to be honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics...

Martin Hellwig continues as CEPR Distinguished Fellow

Our emeritus director Martin Hellwig has been confirmed once again as a Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). This recognition highlights his outstanding contributions to economic research and his long-standing engagement with the CEPR.

Does AI improve the law?

Johannes Kruse is researching the cases in which AI can be used in the justice system. What can AI do in court? What is smart sentencing, and how can AI be trained so that it does not hallucinate court judgments? A podcast about bias, hallucinations and the question of whether language models are better lawyers than humans. (MPG Podcast „Ach, Mensch!“ in German)

ERC Starting Grants for Amelie Schiprowski and Johannes Wohlfart

JProf. Amelie Schiprowski and Prof. Johannes Wohlfart, two members of the institute and of the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy have each been awarded one of the prestigious ERC Starting Grants worth €1.5 million. The European Research Council (ERC) awards Starting Grants to support outstanding researchers at the beginning of their careers. The institute congratulates!

New study: Why students do not apply for BAföG (German student aid) despite being eligible – and how information can help

Although more and more students are formally eligible for BAföG, take-up remains low. A joint study by the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT has identified the main reasons: Misperceptions about their own eligibility, the funding conditions and the repayment terms prevent many students from even applying.