Karolina Vocke - Science

Research Interests

Game Theory, Matching Theory, Networks, Quantum Groups, Communication, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Education.

Scientific CV

Currently employed at the University of Innsbruck as a postdoctoral researcher, I am a theoretical economist working on game theory and matching markets. I earned my PhD in Mathematics in 2016 from Marburg with a thesis titled "On Borel Subalgebras of Quantum Groups" and my PhD in Economics in 2022 with a thesis titled "On Large Matching Markets." I was a Junior Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, from 2019 to 2020, and a Visiting Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford, in 2022. I have also undertaken research stays in Harvard, Moscow, Budapest, and Cairo.

Teaching

Microeconomics, Game Theory, Digital Markets, Art Market Studies, Advanced Microeconomics, Set Theory and Algorithmic Game Theory, Philosophy of Mathematics, Aesthetics of Communication, Digitization, and related fields at the University of Oxford, Munich, Marburg, Innsbruck, Chemnitz, Bielefeld, Paris-Saclay, and other institutions.

Publications

Books

Ritter, J., Vocke, K.: Gespräch als Kunst. Innsbruck University Press, 1st Edition (2025). ISBN-10: 3991061589

Peer-reviewed Articles

Jagadeesan, R., Vocke, K.: Stability in Large Markets. The Review of Economic Studies (2024).

Lentner, S., Vocke, K.: On Borel Subalgebras of Quantum Groups. Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (2024).

Lentner, S., Vocke, K.: A Family of New Borel Subalgebras of Quantum Groups. Algebras and Representation Theory (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10468-020-09956-y

Gutschmidt, R., Vocke, K.: Philosophie als künstlerische Praxis. Über die Institutionalisierung schöpferischen Denkens zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst. In: COINCIDENTIA. Europäische Zeitschrift für Geistesgeschichte (2026).

Work in Progress

Vocke, K.: Anonymity and stability in large many-to-many markets.

Greinecker, M., Vocke, K.: Stable many-to-many matching in large type spaces.

Vocke, K.: A microfoundation for stability concepts.

Weiß, M., Vocke, K.: Ästhetik des Gesprächs.

Vocke, K.: Why conversations fail.

Vocke, K.: On Right Coideal Subalgebras of Quantum Groups, preprint(2017) arxiv:1804.10007

Maas, S., Vocke, K.: Wissen, Forschen, Spielen – Vorübungen für einen neuen Bildungsbegriff im Zeitalter der KI.

Scientific Talks & Research Stays

04/2026 — Talk, Conference on Aesthetics, Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik → https://iuc.hr/programme/2060
03/2026 — Invited talk, American University in Cairo (AUC), Department of Philosophy
01/2026 — Invited talk, Oberseminar für Philosophie der Ästhetik, University of Bamberg
11/2025 — Invited talk, LMU Munich
11/2025 — Invited talk, TUM Think Tank, TU Munich
08/2025 — Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
06/2025 — Invited talk, European Workshop on Market Design, ZEW Mannheim → https://www.zew.de/veranstaltungen-und-weiterbildung/detail/european-workshop-on-market-design-2025/4698
04/2025 — Invited talk, Seminar „Language in Art", Chemnitz → https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/2025/12.11-10.06.html
09/2024 — Reading and panel discussion, Haus der Kunst, Munich
11/2023 — Invited talk, ENS Saclay, Paris
07/2023 — Invited talk, SAET, Paris
07/2023 — Talk, EWET, Naples
06/2023 — Talk, CSEF-IGIER Symposium, Capri
05/2023 — Invited talk, Lisbon Meetings, Lisbon
11/2022 — Talk, Hurwicz Workshop, Warsaw
08/2022 — Keynote talk, fideliter intellegens, Ottobeuren
08/2022 — Talk, Match-Up, Vienna → https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/matchup2022/program/
07/2022 — Talk, SAET, Canberra → https://saet.uiowa.edu/2022-conference/
05/2022 — Talk, Nuffield College, Oxford
02/2022 — Invited talk, University of Budapest
02/2022 — Research stay, University of Budapest
11/2021 — Invited talk, University of Graz
10/2021 — Invited talk, University of Bielefeld
07/2021 — Talk, „Matching under Preferences", Dagstuhl → https://www.dagstuhl.de/21301/schedule.pdf
07/2021 — Talk, Games 2020, Budapest
06/2021 — Talk, NOeG, Graz
01/2020 — Talk, Nuffield College, Oxford
09/2019 — Research stay, Harvard University Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Boston
06/2019 — Thematic School „Art Markets", Lyon
06/2018 — Jerusalem Summer School „Industrial Organisation", Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem
05/2017 — Talk, Panel Discussion „Digitaler Salon", Katholische Akademie Munich
02/2017 — Talk, Workshop „Quantum Symmetric Pairs", University of Hamburg
02/2016 — Research stay, Lebedev Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow
09/2015 — Talk, DMV Annual Congress, Hamburg
03/2015 — Talk, Conference „Quantum 15", University of Cordoba
02/2015 — Talk, Oberwolfach Workshop „Right Coideal Subalgebras of Quantum Groups", MFO
03/2014 — Talk, Conference „Quantum 14", University of Santa Maria
07/2013 — Conference „Kent Algebra Days 2013", University of Kent
02/2013 — Conference „Orbits, Primitive Ideals and Quantum Groups", Weizmann Institute, Rehovot