Nils Goldschmidt is Professor of Contextual Economics and Economic Education at the University of Siegen. He is also Chairman of the Center for Economic Education (ZöBiS) and Director of the Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research (ZLB). He was previously Professor of Social Policy and Social Administration at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (2010 to 2013) and Professor (deputy) of Social Policy and Organization of Social Services at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich (2008 to 2010). He is also Chairman of the Aktionsgemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft e.V., Tübingen, a member of the Board of the Wilhelm Röpke Institut e.V., Erfurt, a member of the Board of the Görres Gesellschaft, Bonn, and an Affiliated Fellow at the Walter Eucken Institut e.V., Freiburg. He is a member of the advisory board of the Roman Herzog Institute, Munich, and the Catholic Social Science Center, Mönchengladbach. He is also co-editor of Schmollers Jahrbuch – Journal of Contextual Economics, Ordo – Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft and Zeitschrift für Politik.

Nils Goldschmidt studied Catholic theology and economics at the University of Freiburg. He received his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in 2001 and his habilitation in economics in 2008, both also at the University of Freiburg. His research focuses on regulatory economics, economic didactics, social policy, the history and methodology of economic thought, business ethics and cultural economics.

Publications

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