RFBerlin Podcast Series

About RFBerlin Podcast Series

Welcome to the RFBerlin Podcast Series presented by the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin. This series is dedicated to disseminating cutting-edge research on the economy, society and the welfare state to members of the academic community and beyond. In each episode of the RFBerlin Podcast series, we invite leading scholars and experts to discuss the key challenges facing labour markets and wage earners across the globe. Join us to hear these experts discuss recent economic trends, new technologies, outsourcing, migration and what governments can do to mitigate instability and more. Our podcast brings you up to date on the latest empirical research without any complicated mathematical formulas or data sets. Whether at home, at the office or on the road, we look forward to welcoming you wherever you choose to listen!

Publisher

RFBerlin

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jul 2023

Latest episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Who actually helps you find a job? What German reunification reveals about how we really find work, and the one connection that makes the difference

   In this episode of Working Papers, host Tim Phillips sits down with Prof. Alexandra Spitz-Oener (Deputy Director of RFBerlin) and Prof. Jan Nimczik (Project Leader at RFBerlin) to ask why so many people stay put, even when a better job might be waiting somewhere else. The job market is being reshaped by AI, automation and the green transition, and the shocks rarely fall evenly: some regions lose a huge share of their jobs while others are barely touched. In theory, people move to where the wo...

2. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Moving away? How people decide to migrate, and whether any policy can change it.

   In this episode of Working Papers, host Tim Phillips sits down with Prof. Tommaso Frattini (Deputy Director of CReAM at RFBerlin) and Dr. Giacomo Battiston (Senior Research Officer at RFBerlin) to look at what happens before someone decides to migrate. Anyone who migrates weighs the costs against the benefits: a journey that can cost thousands USD and carry real risk of violence, set against the promise of higher wages or simply safety. But do people know the true odds before they set o...

3. 

   24 Jul 2025

   Migration Talks: Forced or free to move? Insights from Finland and Mozambique on displacement, climate and the cost of starting over.

   In this episode of Migration Talks, researchers Sandra Sequeira (London School of Economics) and Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich) take us into two very different contexts with surprising parallels. From post-conflict displacement in Mozambique to internal migration policies in post-war Finland, the conversation explores what drives people to move, and what happens when that movement is shaped less by choice than by circumstance. How does displacement affect long-term human capital? What...

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YouTube views

1,655

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

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Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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