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Henrike Sternberg awarded with Marianne-Plehn Programme of the Elite Network of Bavaria and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

Henrike Sternberg is a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation funding her doctoral studies. Now, she additionally became a member of the Marianne-Plehn-Programme. It supports outstanding young scientists during their doctoral studies within the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. This unique program combines the scholar­ship with a part-time employment of 25% funded by the Elite Network of Bavaria, at any university in Bavaria. As a member of the Elite Network of Bavaria, she benefits from various offers and activities within its interdisciplinary excellence program.

Henrike Sternberg's areas of interest include behavioural research on prosocial behaviour and fairness in various contexts, such as the behaviour of citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic or decision-making processes in distributional issues within and between households. In this context, Henrike also investigates decision-making processes of Indian households with regard to cooperative behaviour in the presence of gender-specific norms. As part of the Marianne-Plehn Programme, Henrike Sternberg will work as a research assistant in the team of Professor Andreas Landmann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) to expand her experience in teaching and research, especially in the field of behavioural and development economics.

You can find out more about the Marianne-Plehn-Program on their website.

You can learn more about Shruti Shuklas work and her CV on her profile at the Professorship for Global Health.

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