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During our panel debate on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2026 we will discuss how Europe can unlock the potential of its innovation ecosystem, and how dual-use technology could address national security needs while boosting civilian innovation. Drawing on the latest economic research, our panel experts will identify priorities and appropriate tools of a European industrial policy.

13 February 2026 09:30 - 11:30 CET/CEST
fancyrosi studio, Rosental 5, 80331 Munich

Michael Kogler's research agenda includes projects on finance and growth, financial intermediation, and corporate taxation. While at CESifo, he will mainly work on a project that analyzes how different financial institutions (e.g., banks, venture capitalists) shape firm dynamics at both entry and exit margins.

Michael Kogler is Principal Economist in the Scientific Staff of the German Council of Economic Experts (SVR).

Oliver Krebs’s research focuses on international and regional trade and regional labor markets with a special focus on quantitative modeling and simulations as well as large data sets and recent advances in data science. 

His work has been published, among others, in the Journal of International Economics and covered by media outlets such as VoxEU, FAZ, Spiegel, Atlantico, Ökonomenstimme and Wirtschaftsdienst. 

At CESifo he plans to work with the team of the Center for International Economics to improve available tools for quantitative simulations of international trade models for policy analysis.

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Victor Klockmann’s research lies at the intersection of organizational economics, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, and theoretical and applied game theory. During his research stay at CESifo, he will continue his work on the economics of new technologies and their implications for organizations and human behavior, focusing especially on interaction and cooperation between humans and non-human agents. 

He is Junior Professor of Microeconomics, with a focus on the Economics of Digitization, at University of Würzburg since 2022.

Alicia von Schenk’s research agenda at CESifo centers on applied microeconomics and interdisciplinary work on the interaction between humans and machines. She studies how algorithmic systems, data-driven decision tools, and digital technologies shape individual behavior, including whether involving users in the design of algorithms can improve acceptance, trust, and effectiveness. 

She holds the Chair of Economics of AI and Human Behavior at the Department of Economics at University of Würzburg since January 2026.

Industrial policy has returned to the forefront worldwide. The EU is engaged in an effort to expand the scope and scale of its industrial strategy. The goal: to make the continent more resilient and autonomous in an increasingly assertive global landscape, whether on an industrial, commercial, or geopolitical level. To achieve this, however, the bloc must take coordinated and targeted action to leverage its comparative advantages and diversify its R&D partnerships. Its technological sovereignty is at stake. 

While the populations of wealthy modern states primarily identify with their nation, middle- and low-income countries often contain large populations that adhere to distinct subnational identities. We model a central government elite that has a conflictual relationship with its “tribal rimland.” Elites share a dominant national identity, while members of tribes may hold alternative identities, with identities conferring psychological payoffs.