I am a Professor of Economics at the University of Bayreuth, where I hold the chair for Quantitative Economic History (VWL VII). I am also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, and RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, and I serve as an editorial board member of The Journal of Economic History. Before joining the University of Bayreuth, I was an Associate Professor at the University of St Andrews and a Senior Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

I work at the intersection of international and regional economics, labor economics, and quantitative economic history. My current research focuses on the long-term economic effects of immigration, the causes of regional differences in economic development, and the impact of war experiences on labor market careers. My current work on the long-term effects of industrialization on regional economic development in Germany is supported by a grant from the German Science Foundation, and my project on the labor market biographies of war widows after 1945 is supported by a grant from the Stiftung Bildung und Wissenschaft.

I am one of the coordinators of the master’s program History & Economics at the University of Bayreuth. The program offers students an interdisciplinary education in history and economics that is currently one-of-a-kind in Germany.

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