The Universities of Bonn and Cologne jointly hosted a memorial conference in honor of Nobel Laureate Prof. Reinhard Selten (1930 – 2016) on April 28, 2017 in Bonn.
Paying tribute to Selten’s outstanding contributions to economics, the newly founded Reinhard Selten Institute (previously named Bonn-Cologne Research Institute in Economics) was inaugurated by the rectors of Universities of Bonn (Prof. Michael Hoch) and Cologne (Prof. Axel Freimuth).
The renowned speakers Prof. Ehud Kalai (Northwestern University Evanston), Prof. Yan Chen (University of Michigan), Prof. Manfred Milinski (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology), and Prof. Ariel Rubinstein (Tel Aviv University) presented work connected to or inspired by Selten’s research. The conference was very well received by 160 international participants.
The rectors of both Universities declare the foundation of the Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI).
RSI director Prof. Bettina Rockenbach explains the mission of the newly founded institute.
RSI director Prof. Benny Moldovanu emphasizes the importance of collaboration for excellence in economic research.
Prof. Manfred Milinski presents the findings of his research on “Extortion induces Cooperation in the Climate Change Game”.
The study “Equilibrium with Multi-Dimensional Reasoning” is presented by Prof. Ariel Rubinstein, professor of economics at the University of Tel Aviv.
After her talk about “Recommending Teams promotes prosocial Lending in Online Microfinance”, Prof. Yan Chen answers the questions of interested participants.
Prof. Ehud Kalai provides further information after his talk on “Large Dynamic Interaction”.
The conference was attended by junior and senior scientists from various research institutions and was very well received.
