Doctoral Students
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Andreeva, Olga
PhD Programme: Cohort of 2023; Alumni MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, CER
Research Interests: Democratic Backsliding, Political Economy, Fiscal Policy
Primary Supervisor: Münster, Johannes
Christoph Arcidiacono
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Public and Regional Economics, Causal Inference
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Siegloch
Amir Ashour Novirdoust
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, EWI
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Ann-Kristin Becker
PhD Student: Cohort of 2021
Department of Economics, IWP
Research Interests:Labor Economics, Economic History, Climate Policy, Development Economics
Primary Supervisor: Erik Hornung
Lara Marie Berger
Doctoral Student: Cohort of 2020
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Media Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics
Primary Supervisor: Johannes Münster
Tom Brinker
PhD Student: Cohort of 2022
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Regulatory Economics
Primary Supervisor: Felix Bierbrauer
Bröcker, Marlene
Doctoral Study Programme Cohort of 2025
Department of Economics, Chair-Bettzüge
Research Interests: Energy Markets
Primary Supervisor: Ruhnau, Oliver
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Runzhe Du
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Microeconomic theory, especially Decision-making and Design
Primary Supervisor: Alexander Westkamp
Christopher Eusterholz
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Health Economics
Primary Supervisor: Pia Pinger
Frederike Fitza
Doctoral Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office-Energy
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Cordelia Frings
Doctoral Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office-Energy
Research Interests: Energy Markets
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Jonas Froch
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office Stawi-Gürtler
Research Interests: Sports Economics, Urban Economics, Public Economics
Primary Supervisor: Oliver Gürtler
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Oliver Gansfort
PhD Student: Cohort of 2023
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Growth, Innovation, Firm Dynamics
Primary Supervisor: Peter Funk
Anna-Maria Hagenberg
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Econometrics and Statistics
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Econometrics
Primary Supervisor: Tom Zimmermann
Vincent Hartmann
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Equality of Opportunity, Economics of Education
Primary Supervisor: Pia Pinger
Qianwen He
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025; Alumni MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics, and Taxation
Primary Supervisor: Michael Overesch
Khanh Hoang
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025; Alumni MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Market Design
Primary Supervisor: Axel Ockenfels
Tiffany Hopkins
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSC Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Media Economics, Competition Policy, Industrial Organization
Primary Supervisor: Johannes Münster
Yu Ting Hsiao
PhD Student: Cohort of 2022
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests:Public Economics, Econometrics
Primary Supervisor: Felix Bierbrauer
Lukas Hutter
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025; Alumni MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Health Economics, Economic History and Humancapital
Primary Supervisor: Erik Hornung
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Fabian Knapp
PhD Student: Cohort of 2021
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Financial Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics
Primary Supervisor: Andreas Schabert
Johannes Kochems
PhD Student: Cohort of 2022
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Public Economics, Labor Economics, Regional Economics
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Siegloch
Melisa Kurtis
PhD Student: Cohort of ; Alumnus MSc Economics Research
Department of Economics, Office.Ockenfels
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Axel Ockenfels
Robin Liebholz
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Public Economics, Economic Policy, Philosophy of Economics, Political Economy
Primary Supervisor: Felix Bierbrauer
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Benedetta Muraro
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Development Economics, Economics of Migration, Economics of Education
Primary Supervisor: Sonja Settele
Yero Ndiaye
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office.Ockenfels
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Axel Ockenfels
Thanh Nguyen Van
PhD Student: Cohort of 2022
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Information Economics, Industrial Organization, Media Economics, Political Economy
Primary Supervisor: Christoph Schottmüller
Eva Maria Oeß
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office Stawi-Gürtler
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Oliver Gürtler
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Anna Person
PhD Student: Cohort of 2020
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Education and Labor Economics
Primary Supervisor: Pia Pinger
Joscha Reiners
PhD Student: Cohort of 2023; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Public Economics, Urban Economics, Causal Inference
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Siegloch
Marten Ritterrath
PhD Student: Cohort of 2022; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Innovation, Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Public Economics
Primary Supervisor: Bindler, Anna (DIW) & Felix Bierbrauer
Fabian Roeben
PhD Student: Cohort of 2021
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Economics of AI
Primary Supervisor: Christopher Roth
Nicolas Röver
PhD Student: Cohort of 2023
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Primary Supervisor: Christopher Roth
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Luisa Santiago Wolf
PhD Student: Cohort of 2022
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics: Labor, Education, Equal Opportunity
Primary Supervisor: Anna Bindler/Erik Hornung
Patrick Schäfer
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025; Alumni MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory
Primary Supervisor: Christoph Schottmüller
Henri Scheidler
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department Econometrics and Statistics
Research Interests: Empirical Macroeconomics, Financial Stability and Monetary Policy
Primary Supervisor: Tom Zimmermann
Carmen Schleicher
PhD Student: Cohort of 2023
Department of Economics, Office-Energy
Research Interests: Energy Economics, Material Flow Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Jonathan Seim
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024; Alumnus MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Behavioral Finance, Household Finance
Primary Supervisor: Michael Krause
Tillmann Spindeldreier
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Long-Run Development, Development Economics, Economic History
Primary Supervisor: Erik Hornung
Till Stange
PhD Student: Cohort of 2025
Department of Economics
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Christopher Roth
Niklas Taft
PhD Student: Cohort of 2021; Alumnus Msc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Zollstock
Research Interests: Public Economics, Fiscal Policy
Primary Supervisor: Felix Bierbrauer
Philipp Theile
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, EWI
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Matteo Tiné
PhD Student: Cohort of 2023; Alumnus MSc Economics Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests:Applied Game Theory, Auction Theory, Public Economics
Primary Supervisor: Christoph Schottmüller
Secondary Supervisor: Nicolas Fugger
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Maximilian Walde
PhD Student: Cohort of
Department of Economics, Office-Energy
Research Interests:
Primary Supervisor: Marc Oliver Bettzüge
Jan Willeken
PhD Student: Cohort of 2024
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Public Economics, Market Design, Economic Policy
Primary Supervisor: Sebastian Siegloch
Constanze Zeiss
PhD Programm: Cohort of 2025; Alumni MSc Economic Research
Department of Economics, Econ-Office Campus
Research Interests: Behavioural Economics, Political Economics, Gender Economics
Primary Supervisor: Sonja Settele