Dr. Elisa Hofmann
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Elisa Hofmann, Dr
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Curriculum Vitae
Education and Academic Career
- since 2024: Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher), Institute of Communication Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 2023: Certification Data Scientist, DataScientest.com (co-certified by Sorbonne University Paris)
- 2021 - 2023: Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher), Institute for German as a Foreign and Second Language and Intercultural Studies, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 2017: Research Stay, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2016 - 2021: PhD in Economics / Behavioral Economics (Dr. rer. pol.), International Max-Planck-Research School „Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World“ (IMPRS Uncertainty) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Title: "The price you choose: Experimental evidence on prosocial behavior in price setting decisions", Grade: summa cum laude
- 2009 - 2011: Student Assistant, International Office, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 2005 - 2011: Studies with degree as Magistra Artium (M.A.): Media and Communication Science, Philosophy and Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane, Australia
Professional Experience outside Academia
- since 2023: LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator, certified by the Association of Master Trainers
- 2013 - 2015: Consultant to the Commercial Director, Mediengruppe Thüringen, Erfurt
- 2011 - 2013: Management Trainee Media Sales, Zeitungsgruppe Thüringen, Erfurt
- 2006 - 2011: Freelance Journalist, Ostthüringer Zeitung (OTZ), Jena
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Main Areas of Work and Research
- Prosocial Behavior and Cooperation
- Digital Communication
- Journalism Research, especially Constructive Journalism
- Computational Methods / Data Science
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Awards and Scholarships
- 2022: Dissertation award Alumni Jenenses e.V.
- 2018: Winner of the pitch competition “Young Entrepreneurs in Science”, Falling Walls Foundation
- 2016 - 2019: PhD scholarship from the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, SDW)
- 2007 - 2011: Study scholarship from the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, SDW)
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Memberships
- German Communication Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK))
- Economic Science Association (ESA)
- Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS)
- German Association for Experimental Economic Research (Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung (GfeW))
- Jena Schumpeter Center for Research on Socio-Economic Change (JSEC)
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Publications
- * with Peer-Review
2024
- * Hofmann, Elisa (2024): Pay-What-You-Want als Preismodell für Kulturbetriebe. Handbuch Kulturmanagement, Vol. 89, 47 – 67. Handbuch Kulturmanagement - Pay-What-You-Want als Preismodell für Kulturbetriebe (kulturmanagement-portal.de)External link
- * Gröschke, Daniela, Elisa Hofmann, Nadine D. Müller and Judith Wolf (2024): Measuring hospital resilience before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Z’GuG Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl (Journal of Social Economy and Social Welfare). Vol. 47, Issue 1, 29 – 61. https://doi.org/10.5771/2701-4193-2024-1External link
2023
- Hofmann, Elisa, Deliah Bolesta and Aya Adra (2023): Immorality Judgments and Framing Effects in Voluntary Payment Settings. Jena Economic Research Papers 2023-10, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. https://ideas.repec.org/p/jrp/jrpwrp/2023-010.htmlExternal link
2022
- * Hofmann, Elisa, Lucas Kyriacou and Klaus M. Schmidt (2022): A Model United Nations Experiment on Climate Negotiations (replication data). Version: 1. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics). http://dx.doi.org/10.15456/jbnst.2022214.0916002267External link
- * Hofmann, Elisa, Lucas Kyriacou and Klaus M. Schmidt (2022): A Model United Nations Experiment on Climate Negotiations. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics). Vol. 243, No. 5, 543 – 566. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2021-0054External link
- * Gröschke, Daniela, Elisa Hofmann, Nadine D. Müller and Judith Wolf (2022): Individual and organizational resilience – Insights from health care providers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 13, 965380. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.965380External link
2021
- Müller, Nadine D., Judith Wolf, Elisa Hofmann and Daniela Gröschke (2021): Integratives Konzept zur ganzheitlichen Förderung von Resilienz in Krankenhäusern. Jena Studies in Intercultural Communication and Interactions, 2021/03, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.50412External link
- * Hofmann, Elisa, Michael E. Fiagbenu, Asri Özgümüs, Amir M. Tahamtan and Tobias Regner (2021): Who is watching me? Disentangling audience and interpersonal closeness effects in a Pay-What-You-Want context. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. Vol. 90, 101631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101631External link
2020
- Hofmann, Elisa: The power of close relationships and audiences (2020): Interpersonal closeness and payment observability as determinants of voluntary payments. Jena Economic Research Papers 2020-016, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. https://ideas.repec.org/p/jrp/jrpwrp/2020-016.htmlExternal link
2016
- Hofmann, Elisa (2016): Zahl doch einfach, was du willst! Warum sich Pay-What-You-Want für deutsche Kinos lohnt. Marburg: Tectum-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8288-3799-7. https://www.nomos-shop.de/tectum/titel/zahl-doch-einfach-was-du-willst-id-84246/External link
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Talks and Conference Participation
2024
- 69. Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)), Erfurt
- Annual Conferenece of the German Association for Experimental Economic Research (Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung (GfeW)), Cologne (forthcoming)
- b future Conference, Bonn (forthcoming)
2023
- Annual Conferenece of the German Association for Experimental Economic Research (Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung (GfeW)), Erfurt
2022
- Research Symposium Resilience in Extreme Contexts 2022, Online
- 12th Biennial Conference International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), Rapperswil (Talk: „A Model United Nations Experiment on Climate Negotiations“)
- 12th Biennial Conference International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), Rapperswil (Poster: „Multilevel framework of resilience: Insights from healthcare providers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic“)
- Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatitively (ReDICo) Conference, Online (Talk: „Digital Tools for Data Collection and Analysis“)
- Schumpeter Day of the Jena Schumpeter Center for Research on Socio-Economic Change (JSEC), Dornburg (Poster)
- International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD), Online (Panel Leader and Talk „Organizational resilience in hospitals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic“)
- Annual Conference Platform “People in complex work environments“ 2022, Online (Co-Speaker Talk Daniela Gröschke: „Hospitals in the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from resilience research“)
- 2. Simulation Game Research Forum (Planspiel-Forschungs-Forum (PFF)), Online
2021
- Barcelona GSE Summer Forum: Workshop on External Validity, Generalizability and Replicability of Economic Experiments, Online (Talk: „A Model United Nations Experiment on Climate Negotiations“)
- ECONtribute Summer-Workshop Social Image and Moral Behavior, University Cologne, Online
- Discrimination and Diversity Workshop, University of East Anglia, Online
2020
- 14th Summer Academy on Innovation, Digitalization and Structural Change, Jena
- Annual Conference Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS), Online (Co-Speaker Thünen-Lecture Klaus M. Schmdt: „The Design of Climate Change Negotiations“)
- CorrelCon, Online
- 21. Intercultural Summer Academy, Online
- ESA Global Online Around-the-Clock Meetings, Online
- 13th IMPRS Uncertainty Thesis Workshop, Ringberg (Talk: „Which price do you choose? The impact of prosocial behavior on price mechanisms“)
2019
- 14th Nordic Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics (NCBEE), Kiel (Talk: „The Power of Peers - How Social Relationships and Audiences Shape Payment Decisions in the American Museum of Natural History“)
- 12th European ESA Meeting, Dijon (Talk: „The Power of Peers - How Interpersonal Closeness and Audiences shape payment decisions in Pay-What-You-Want settings“)
- 13th Jena Summer Academy on Innovation in a Digitalized World, Jena
- 13th IMPRS Uncertainty Summer School, Berg Moriah
- 6th International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Social Sciences (IMEBESS), Utrecht (Talk: „Immorality judgments in voluntary payment contexts“)
2018
- 9th Thurgau Experimental Economics Meeting (THEEM), Kreuzlingen (Talk: „My peers are watching me: Exploring Audience and Peer Effects in Pay-What-You-Want Contexts“)
- 12th IMPRS Uncertainty Topics Workshop, Rome (Talk: „The power of peers and audiences in Pay-What-You-Want schemes“)
- 12th Jena Summer Academy on Innovation and Uncertainty, Jena
- 12th IMPRS Uncertainty Summer School, Jena (Poster: „The potential of Pay-What-You-Want as competitive advantage towards fixed price sellers“)
- 11th IMPRS Uncertainty Thesis Workshop, Ringberg (Talk and Poster: „Payonomics - How Groups, Audiences and Social Norms shape payments in Pay-What-You-Want contexts“)
2017
- 12th Nordic Conference on Behavioural and Experimental Economics (NCBEE), Göteborg
- 11th IMPRS Uncertainty Topics Workshop, Trento (Talk: „My peers are watching me: Exploring social image and peer effects in Pay-What-You-Want contexts“)
- 11th IMPRS Uncertainty Summer School, Jena
- 11th Jena Summer Academy on Innovation and Uncertainty, Jena
- 10th IMPRS Uncertainty Thesis Workshop, Gremmelin (Talk and Poster: „Payonomics - Insights into the Pay-What-You-Want pricing mechanism“)
2016
- 10th IMPRS Uncertainty Topics Workshop, Jena
- 10th IMPRS Uncertainty Summer School, Jena (Poster: „Payonomics: Voluntary payments in Pay-What-You-Want contexts“)
- 10th Jena Summer Academy on Innovation and Uncertainty, Jena
- 9th IMPRS Uncertainty Thesis Workshop, Berlin (Talk and Poster: „Participative pricing mechanisms on markets“)
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Invited Talks
- 2021: HoloLab#3, German Federal Cultural Foundation, Online (Invited Input Talk: “Digital admission prices: Pay-What-You-Want as a financing model")
- 2021: Dies Legendi, Jena (Talk and Poster: "Teaching Project Intercultural Organizational Behavior“)
- 2021: 22. Intercultural Summer Academy, Digital Interculturality Co-operatively (ReDICo) Symposium „Interculturality in (post-) digital contexts“, Online (Invited Input Talk: „Digital tools for data collection and analysis in the humanities and social sciences“)
- 2017: Behavioural and Experimental Economics Brown Bag Seminar, Gothenburg (Invited Talk: „My peers are watching me: Exploring social image and peer effects in Pay-What-You-Want contexts“)
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Courses
- Winter semester 2024/2025: Political Journalism, MA
- Winter semester 2024/2025: Journalism and News Production, BA
- Summer semester 2024: Methods - Visualization and Analysis of Multivariate Data, MA
- Summer semester 2024: Journalism and News Production, BA
- Winter semester 2022/2023: Bounce back, bounce forward? - Resilience in the Work Context, BA
- Winter semester 2022/2023: Intercultural Teamwork, BA
- Summer semester 2022: Intercultural Teamwork, BA
- Winter semester 2021/2022: Intercultural Problem Solving, BA
- Winter semester 2021/2022: Introduction to R
- Summer semester 2021: Simulation Games and Experimental Research Designs, PhD