Nov 05, 2024
Habilitation Prize for Prof. Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm
Prof. Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm has been awarded this year's Habilitation Prize of the University Association of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The FAU Awards ceremony took place in Erlangen on 22 October, prior to the Dies academicus. The certificate was presented by the President of the FAU, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger. A laudatory speech was given by the FAU's Vice President for Research, Prof. Dr. med. univ. Georg Schett.
In her cumulative habilitation thesis, Kamila Cygan-Rehm conducted an econometric evaluation of various policy interventions such as parental leave policies, financial incentives for early prenatal care, extensiosn of compulsory schooling, and reforms of citizenship law and mini-jobs. She analyzed the short- and long-term, intended and unintended effects of these policies on individuals and firms. This research has been published in eight academic papers.
During the award ceremony, Kamila Cygan-Rehm gave a short insight into her research in a science slam. She also drew attention to the insufficient data availability for applied microeconomic research in Germany. Watch here the Video of her science slam.
Kamila Cygan-Rehm's habilitation was supervised by Prof. Regina T. Riphahn, Ph.D., who has been campaigning for years for better access to research data for empirical economic and social research. More on this topic in the current leading article in Wirtschaftsdienst.