Research Associate Joshua Hassib, M. Sc.

E-Mail: hassib@eucken.de

Telefon: 0761-79097-14

Research focus:
  • Public Finance
  • Development Economics
  • Economic competitiveness

Joshua Hassib studied Political Science (BA) and Economics (MSc) at the University of Freiburg. During his studies, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Development Theories and Development Policy and at the Walter Eucken Institute. He also completed internships at the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the GIZ and the Walter-Eucken-Institut. As a working student at GIZ, he wrote his master’s thesis on the impact of gender equity on the stability of government tax revenues.

Joshua Hassib has been a research associate at the Walter Eucken Institute since August 2023. He is also a research associate at the Chair of Economic Policy and Economics at the University of Freiburg. His research interests include public finance, development economics, and economic competitiveness.

Qualifications

Master of Science, Economics (Economics & Politics track), University of Freiburg

2019 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science with minor Economics, Universität Freiburg

2019 Bachelor of Science (not completed), Economics, University of Freiburg

Positions

since 08/2023 Research associate at the Walter Eucken Institut

since 07/2023 Research associate at the Chair of Economic Policy and Economics, University of Freiburg

01/2023–03/2023 Working student at the program „Good Financial Governance“ by the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn

03/2019 – 07/2019 Intern at the Kompetenzcenter „Öffentliche Finanzen“ at the GIZ, Eschborn

12/2018-02/2019 Research associate at the Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg

09/2018–11/2018 Intern at the Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg

09/2017–12/2017 Intern at the Deutsch-Arabischen Industrie- und Handelskammer (DAIHK), Cairo

05/2016–08/2017 Research assistant at the Chair Entwicklungstheorien und Entwicklungspolitik, University of Freiburg

Teaching

Inequality: How do we measure it, what do we know, and what does it imply? (Seminar, Master, WS23/24)

Finanzpolitik (Tutorial, Master, since WS23/24)

Ordnungspolitik (Tutorial, Bachelor, since SS23)