Department of Economics
Finishing Students & Job Market Candidates
Job Market Candidates | Finishing Students| Students with Placement
Department of Economics
Job Market Candidates
Ann-Kristin Becker
PhD Student, Department of Economics
Research Interests:Labor Economics, Economic History, Climate Policy, Development Economics
Primary Supervisor: Erik Hornung
Johannes Kochems
PhD Student, Department of Economics
Research Interests: Public Economics, Labor Economics, Regional Economics
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Siegloch
Marten Ritterrath
PhD Student, Department of Economics
Research Interests: Innovation, Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Public Economics
Primary Supervisor: Anna Bindler (DIW) & Felix Bierbrauer
Department of Economics
Finishing Students
Department of Economics
Students with Placement
2026
Sebastian Weibels
PhD Student, Department of Econometrics and Statistics
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Asset Pricing, Portfolio Optimization, Market Efficiency, Belief Formation, Analysts, Behavioral Finance
Primary Supervisor: Tom Zimmermann
Placement: Research Fellow, Lake Lucerne Institute (LLUI), Department of Wealth Creation
2025
Markos Farag
Doctoral Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office-Energy
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Placement: Post-Doc, UoC
Sarah Gharbi
PhD Student:
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Public and Labor Economics
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Siegloch
Placement: Post Doc, Rockwool Foundation, Berlin
Max Grossmann
PhD Student
Department of Economics, Office.Ockenfels
Research Interests: Experimental and Behavioral Political Economy
Primary Supervisor: Axel Ockenfels
Placement: Lecturer (tenure track) , University of Melbourne
Maria Nußberger
Doctoral Student
Department of Economics, Office-Energy
Research Interests: Energy & Environmental Economics, Economics of Climate Change, Regulatory Economics
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Placement: Economist, EU Commission, Directorate General Customs and Taxation
Carola Stapper
PhD Student
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Economic History, Labor Economics, Political Economy
Primary Supervisor: Erik Hornung
Max Thon
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Strategy Organizational Design and Behavior, and Personnel Economics
Primary Supervisor: Oliver Gürtler
Placement: Post-Doc University of Zürich and University of Cologne
Jonas Zdrzalek
PhD Student
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Interface of macroeconomics, financial stability and asset pricing
Primary Supervisor: Andreas Schabert
Placement: Post Doctoral Researcher, Kiel Institute
Job Market Officer
The Cologne Graduate School's Job Market Officer is our contact for recruiters and advises our finishing students, especially those who are planning to go on the academic job market.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Westkamp
Tel: +49-221-470-1226
westkamp(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de