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Exams schedule WS 25/26

EEP final graded presentation 30.01.25 • Group presentation: Final concept and content of own policy briefs. (students, max. 20 min. per group + 10 min. discussion)

Session 2 07.11.25 • Group presentation: Key idea of the group article. (students, max. 10 min. per group) – Idea of the article – Applied methods – Main findings – Policy implications proposed by authors (if any)

Session 3 28.11.25 • Group presentation: Outcome of own evidence synthesis and key idea of selected articles (one per student). (students, max. 15 min. per group) – Framework of own evidence synthesis – Idea of selected articles (one per student; other than group article), including main findings – Policy implications originating from evidence synthesis

Session 4 12.12.25 • Group presentation: Key aspects of selected policy briefs. (students, max. 10 min. per group) – Brief outline of the main idea of the policy brief – Opinion on the title? – What is the research problem? Is it stated clearly? – Does the executive summary focus on the important outcome(s)? – What are the policy implications? Clear reasoning? – What are the recommendations? – Is the number of included studies/articles appropriate? – Opinion on the layout? What attracts attention? What worked out well/not so well?

Session 5 19.12.25 • Group presentation: Current outline of own policy briefs. (students, max. 15 min. per group) – Preliminary title – Research problem – Policy implications – Included studies/articles

Quantitative written exam → Mon 9.2.2026 no room specified

Food Security → Tue 10.2.2026 no room specified

Microeconomics → Wed 11.2.2026 | from 09.00 to 11.30 no room specified

Quantitative assignment → end of February

EEP final policy brief 50% → end of February or end of March depending, 30.01 will be decided

The final presentations are graded for the structure and layout of the presentation (please do not use the presentation layout of the University of Bonn). All presentations are graded for the presentation style (speaking freely and engagingly), keeping time and responses to questions from the audience.

• Term paper. Each group will receive one, i.e. the same, grade for all group members based on the quality (25% layout, 25% completeness, 50% content and coherence) of the policy brief (which is the term paper).

Policy brief. For your policy brief writing, assume that you are hired as policy advisers by a certain ministry office. In the political debate, your topic comes up. To be able to form an opinion and to design policies, the ministry officials ask you to write a policy brief through which the government can take action based on evidence. Remember that the officials do not have sufficient time to read long reports and scientific research. Therefore, the policy brief should be about 4 to 5 pages (between 1500 and 2000 words) and it should consist of: • Own title in accordance to given topic • Executive summary • Description of the problem • Proposed policy options • Policy recommendations • References • Figures, maps, pictures (optional)

The final grade is calculated by the weighted average of these three components.

The weighting factors are 20% for participation, 30% for the group presentation and 50% for the term paper.

DevEcon → Fri 27.3.2026 no room specified

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Tasks and timeline

EEP

EEP

07.11.

28.11.

12.12.

19.12.

30.01.

Lectures:

Theory & Evidence synthesis

Lecture:

Policy briefs

Presentation:

Key idea of group article

Presentation:

Evidence synthesis and selected articles

Presentation:

Key aspects of se- lected policy briefs

Presentation:

Current outline of own policy brief

Presentation:

Final concept of own policy brief

Input talks:

tba

Input talks:

tba

Input talks:

Michael Brüntrup (IDOS)

Group work:

Discuss group topic and start with evi- dence synthesis

Group work:

Select already pub- lished policy brief and discuss it

Group work:

Work on own policy brief

Group work:

Further elaborate on own policy brief

Group work:

Discuss and imple- ment feedback

Homework: Work on evidence synthesis and pre- pare presentation

Homework: Work on selected policy brief, prepare presentation and think about ideas for own policy brief

Homework: Think about policy implications, come up with interesting title as well as rel- evant policy options and prepare presen- tation

Homework: Finalize the concept as well as content of own policy brief and prepare final presen- tation

Homework: Finalize the policy brief and prepare it for submission

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• Group presentation: Final concept and content of own policy briefs. (students, max. 20 min. per group + 10 min. discussion)

The final presentations are graded for:

the structure (following the suggested structure?)

layout of the presentation (design?)

the presentation style (speaking freely and engagingly, not like standing somewhere where all can see you, or with low shy not that loud voice)

keeping time (if you’re allotted 10 min, keep 10 min)

responses to questions from the audience

evenly distribute time of talking

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Term paper. Each group will receive one, i.e. the same, grade for all group members based on the quality (25% layout, 25% completeness, 50% content and coherence) of the policy brief (which is the term paper).

Quantitative

set up a complete list of all topics from prev exams and content of the course

write down what I do for each topic, and how and what I train/do with exercises

spread them our across time till exam prelimenary plan

Micro

set up a complete list of all topics from prev exams and content of the course

write down what I do for each topic, and how and what I train/do with exercises

spread them our across time till exam prelimenary plan

set up a complete list of all topics questions and content from each slide basically

then analyse questions from sample questions and actual exam

then see whether questions can be tweaked to make it more like exam like, maybe create also so kind of points for each sample questions

then create model questions based on criterias of Sasha and course rubric etc.

do one and then plan how many time will take to create for all of them

see where I have questions and ask them prof qaim

spread these model questions our across time till exam prelimenary plan, create some kind of intermittent repeating schedule or what’s this name of this technique

Dev

set up a complete list of all topics questions and content from each slide basically

then see whether questions can be tweaked to make it more like exam like, maybe create also so kind of points for each sample questions? (do use analysis from food security on question types etc.)

then create model questions based on criterias of Sasha and course rubric etc.

do one and then plan how many time will take to create for all of them

see where I have questions and ask them prof qaim

spread these model questions our across time till exam prelimenary plan, create some kind of intermittent repeating schedule or what’s this name of this technique

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