Brown Bag Seminar Speakers

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

Jon Doe

Clara Schäper

Clara Schäper, who explores the question of:
Does increased legal infrastructure empower victims to leave abusive relationships?

With a lack of security and assistance being one potential factor for victims of intimate partner violence’s inability to leave their abusive partner, and with over two-thirds of female victims in Europe neither reporting incidents nor being able to access support, this is a question we must grapple with. In her seminar, Schäper will discuss the importance of legal and supportive services in enabling exits such as divorce for victims potentially trapped in abusive partnerships.

Jane Doe

Lieke Voorinholt

Lieke Voorinholt, a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen, who investigates the effects of monetary compensation on paid volunteers, using evidence from Germany. She will present a joint work with Annalisa Tassi from FBK-IRVAPP in Trento.
Over the past decades, volunteering has evolved—from entirely unpaid efforts to roles that offer small (tax-free) compensations. But do these financial incentives actually influence volunteer behavior? In the seminar, Voorinholt will discuss the behavioral patterns and preferences in the paid volunteering sector.