Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Management
International University of Monaco
Research Affiliate
University of Passau
Email: kwerner@ium.monaco.edu / katharina.werner@uni-koeln.de / katharina.werner@uni-passau.de
Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Conflict Resolution, Experimental Ethics and Corruption, Lab-in-the-field Experiments, Gender Differences
Werner, K., Grundmann, S., & Rockenbach, B. (forthcoming). The impact of gender information on hiring decisions based on self-set performance targets. Management Science,
Geschwind, S., Lambsdorff, J. G., & Werner, K. (2026). When scarcity intensifies conflict: On the role of asymmetry in common-pool resource games. Ecological Economics, 244, 108963.
Malthouse, E., Pilgrim, C., Sgroi, D., Accerenzi, M., Alfonso, A., Ashraf, R. U., ... & Hills, T. (2026). The private solution trap in collective action problems across 34 nations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(12), e2504632123.
Werner, K., & Skali, A. (2025). Violent conflict and parochial trust: Lab-in-the-field and survey evidence. Journal of Development Economics, 177, 103550.
Grundmann, S., Rockenbach, B., & Werner, K. (2025). First Names and Ascribed Characteristics. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 234, 107005.
Giamattei, M., & Werner, K. (2024). Gender differences in post-competition honesty—An experimental analysis. Frontiers in Behavioral Economics, 3, 1455686.
Hall, J., & Werner, K. (2022). Trauma and Trust: How War Exposure Shapes Social and Institutional Trust Among Refugees. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
Werner, K., Lambsdorff, J. Graf (2019): Emotional Numbing and Lessons Learned after a Violent Conflict - Experimental Evidence from Ambon, Indonesia. Journal of Development Studies.
Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Giamattei, M., Werner, K., Schubert, M. (2018): Team reasoning—Experimental evidence on cooperation from centipede games. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0206666.
Lambsdorff, J. Graf, Giamattei, M., Werner, K. (2016): How Fragile Is Conditional Cooperation? A Field Experiment with Smartphones during the 2014 Soccer World Cup. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 30(2): 492-501.
Comparing Anti-Corruption Methods: Punishing Abuse of Office Best Reduces Welfare Losses Across Four Countries (with Johann Graf Lambsdorff and Kevin Grubiak). Minor Revision, Nature Communications.
Intrinsic Motivation vs. Inclination to Corruption – Experimental Evidence from four Countries on the Performance of Officials (with Johann Graf Lambsdorff and Kevin Grubiak). Under Review.
Punishing Only Officials? A Cross-Country Experimental Study of Asymmetric Anti-Corruption Measures (with Johann Graf Lambsdorff and Kevin Grubiak). Under Review.
The Impact of Digital Contact on Social Cohesion: A Controlled Experiment in a Post-Conflict Setting. Close to submission.
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Teaching Excellence Award by the University of Passau |
| 2020 | German Research Foundation (DFG): Grant for project “Between reciprocity and responsibility - contributions of experimental corruption research”; co-applicant (main applicant: Johann Graf Lambsdorff), € 350,000. |
2017 | Fritz Thyssen Stiftung: grant for project „Behavioral Economic Approaches to Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention in Indonesia”, € 21552 Joachim Herz Stiftung: Add-on fellowship, € 12500 |
2016-2018 | Postdoctoral Scholarship granted by the Free State of Bavaria |
2016 | Dissertation Award “Helmut-Schmalen-Preis” |
2013 | German Foundation for Peace Research: grant for project “Group identity and discrimination – an experimental analysis on peace reconciliation”, €19000 |
2026 Université de Genève, Geneva, Invited Talk; 14th Thurgau Experimental Economics Meeting (THEEM) on "Polarized Worlds", Kreuzlingen; 20th European Spring Conference on Social Psychology 2026, Sils-Maria; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Frankfurt.
2025 European Meeting of the Economic Science Association 2025, Brno; Fragile Lives; Gender, Institutions, and Fragility, Berlin; 4th Workshop in Gender and Economics, University of Luxembourg; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Hamburg; 19th European Spring Conference on Social Psychology 2025, Sils-Maria.
2024 2nd Workshop on Gender in Adaptive Design, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Prague Conference on Behavioral Sciences; Annual Workshop of the Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB), University of Cologne; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Cologne.
2023 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Invited Talk. Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Erfurt; ESA World Meeting Lyon; SABE-IAREP, Nice; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Invited Talk; Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Invited Talk; Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Invited Talk;
2022 19th International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Copenhagen; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Salzburg; Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá.
2021 Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Magdeburg; 11th International Conference of the French Association of Experimental Economics, Burgundy School of Business, Dijon; Discrimination and Diversity Workshop, University of East Anglia (online).
2020 Lindau Laureate Meeting, Scientific Matinée, Invited Talk.
2019 ZEW Mannheim, Invited Talk; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Düsseldorf; Workshop Behavioral Insights in Development and Peacebuilding, University of Göttingen, Göttingen; Bay Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop, San Francisco.
2018 Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana Salatiga, Invited Talk; “Building Sustainable Peace” International Research and Policy Workshop on Post-Conflict Processes, German Development Institute, Bonn, Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Paderborn; ESA World Meeting, Berlin; 18th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Verona.
2017 “Indonesia Workshop on Experimental and Development Economics”, RMIT University, Melbourne; Monash University Melbourne, Invited Talk; RMIT University, Invited Talk; U4 conference “On the Move - Exploring Contemporary Dynamics of Migration”, Uppsala University; 6th International ACCER Workshop on “Cross-Cultural Experiments in the Social Sciences, Economics and Management”, University of Duisburg, Invited discussant.
2016 Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Gießen, Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Nairobi; ESA World Meeting, Jerusalem; Young Economists’ Meeting, Brno; International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Social Sciences (IMEBESS), Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli Rome; Development Network Berlin Workshop, Berlin.
2015 London Experimental Week, Workshop: Better Policies – Better Lives, Middlesex University London; Symposium for Development Economics, University of Passau; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Hamburg; The Social and Biological Roots of Cooperation and Risk, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel; Behavioural Science & Policy, University of Nottingham.
2014 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC), Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen; International Workshop “Exploring Culture and Behaviour by Economic and Psychological Experiments", Duisburg; Annual Meeting of the German Society for Experimental Economics GfeW, Passau; 4th ACCER Workshop on Cross-Cultural Experimental Economics Research, Duisburg.
Undergraduate Level
| Title | University | Type | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory Economics | U Cologne | Lecture & Tutorial | 2025, 2025/2026 |
| Principles of Economics | U Cologne | Lecture & Tutorial | 2025 |
| Economic Design | U Cologne | Lecture & Tutorial | 2024/25, 2025/2026 |
| Behavioral & Experimental Economics | U Cologne | Project Course | 2025, 2025/2026 |
| The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals | U Cologne | Seminar | 2024/25 |
| Institutional Economics | U Passau | Tutorial | 2012, 2013, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 |
| Institutional Economics | U Passau | Lecture | 2015/16 |
| Economic Policy | U Passau | Tutorial | 2009/10 |
| European Economic Integration | U Passau | Tutorial | 2010, 2011 |
Graduate Level
| Market Design & Behavior | U Cologne | Seminar | 2024 |
| Game Theory | U Cologne | Tutorial | 2024/25 |
| Behavioral Game Theory | U Passau | Lecture | 2012, 2019/20, 2020/21 |
| Experimental Economics | U Passau | Seminar | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Lab & Field Experiments: Corruption, Conflict & Cooperation | U Passau | Seminar | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| Economics of Corruption | U Passau | Master & PhD workshop | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
