Seminar Profile
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Seminar title | Seminar Climate Risk in Finance & Insurance |
| Course code(s) | 374054 |
| In Semester | Summer term 2026 |
| Course availability | Only summer term |
| General topic | Climate Risks |
| Target Group | MSc PO 2018: Area Finance, Banking and Insurance |
| Places offered | 20 |
| Course language | English |
| Location | internal seminar |
| Practice partner | No |
| Type | Block seminar |
| Completion of term paper | During the term time/outside the term time |
| Requirements and Support | |
| Objectives | Students write a seminar paper (group work) on different topics in finance and insurance and present their work in a final meeting which also includes a group discussion |
| Prerequisites | Previous knowledge in the use of statistical software (e.g., R/Stata) are recommended |
| Subsidiary course for introduction to scientific work | Discussion of the formal guidelines for scientific work in a separate meeting |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for scientific work at the Institute for Finance and Commodity Markets/Institute for Risk and Insurance |
| General literature | Depended on topic |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes |
| Methods | An empirical analysis constitutes the core of the seminar paper |
| Specialised software | R/Stata recommended |
| Recommended word processing software | No special recommendation |
| Page count term paper | 16 (alone), 20 (groups of 2), 24 (groups of 3) |
| Consultation with supervisor | Several possible |
| Performance requirements / evaluation | Obligation to attend, written part 60%/presentation 40% |
| Examiner(s) | Prof. Dr. Judith C. Schneider, Prof. Dr. Marcel Prokopczuk |
| Contact person | Kevin Seebonn, Philipp Decke |
| Group Work and Topic Allocation | |
| Group work | Yes |
| Group size | 2-3 |
| Group allocation | Based on the preference of the students, allocation if proposed group consists of fewer than 2 students |
| Topics | Topic overview here; Topics can still be subject to change |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences |
| Initial registration | PDF-Form |
| Schedule | |
| Kick-Off-Meeting | Monday, 19.01.2026, 09:30 pm, building 1503, seminar room 115, Institute for Risk and Insurance |
| Application | By Thursday, 22.01.2026, 23:59 pm, via email to Kevin Seebonn |
| Topic assignment | You will receive an email by Friday, 23.01.2026 |
| Binding registration | By Monday, 26.01.2026, 23:59 pm, via email to Kevin Seebonn |
| Start | Upon registration |
| Introduction to scientific work | Date will be announced after registration |
| Submission of seminar paper | Until 18.05.2026, 23:59 pm, via email to the respective supervisor |
| Presentation meeting | End of May/beginning of June 2026 |
