Team

Lars P. Feld (* 1966) holds the chair for Economic Policy and Constitutional Economics at Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg since 2010 and is the current director of the Walter Eucken Institute.  His research focuses on economic and fiscal policies, the emerging field of New Political Economy, and the economic analysis of law. […]

Ekkehard A. Köhler (*1979) studierte Volkswirtschafts- und Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Politikwissenschaft sowie Neuere und Neueste Geschichte an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg und der University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA). Nach seinem Abschluss als Diplom-Volkswirt arbeitete er zunächst bei der Deutschen Bank in Frankfurt a. M. und anschließend am Institut für Allgemeine […]

Sarah Necker studied Economics at the Philipps-University of Marburg and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Between 2008 and 2014 she was PhD student and assistant at the chair of professor Lars P. Feld, first at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and from September 2010 at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. Since 2010 she works as […]

Yannick Bury studied Economics at the University of Freiburg. During his studies, he attained practical experience at the foreign offices of Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Shanghai and Singapore, in the Economists Team of Berenberg Bank in London as well as the German Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin. Additional to […]

Annabelle Doerr studied Economics at the University of Freiburg and the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. She was a PhD-Candidate from 2010-2015 supervised by Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD. During that time she had a scholarship from the Graduate Programme of the Institut of Employment Research in Nuremberg. She obtained her […]

Patrick Hirsch is a PhD candidate holding a Master’s degree in Economics and a Bachelor’s in Mathematics. He studied at the Albert-Ludwigs-University at Freiburg im Breisgau, and at the Handelshögskolan Gothenburg, Sweden. He did traineeships in Central Banking in Frankfurt, and is currently working as a research assistant at the […]

Daniel Nientiedt is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Freiburg. He is currently working as a research associate at the Walter Eucken Institut and as a lecturer at the Institute for the International Education of Students, both in Freiburg. His research interests include Public choice, Constitutional economics […]

Katharina Pfeil studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (B.A., Hons) at Witten/Herdecke University and the University of Latvia and graduated her M.A. in Political Economy with merit from King’s College London. During her studies, she focused on New Institutional Economics and the power of ideas. She founded and organized the First […]

Diplom-Volkswirtin Wendula Gräfin von Klinckowstroem held the position of Research Associate (Publications) at the Walter Eucken Institut from 1977 to 2015. Since 2015 she has continued to be associated with the Institute, her main projects being editorial work for the German language edition of the Collected Works of Friedrich A. […]

Viktor J. Vanberg served as director of the Walter Eucken Institut from 2001 to 2010 and continues to be affiliated with the institute as member of the board and as senior research associate. His successor as director, Lars Feld, has said about the significance of Vanberg’s academic contribution: “Since many […]

Main research interests Political Economy (esp. finance) Evolution of institutions Institutional effects on economic policy Behavioural finance Publications Please find Prof. Schnellenbach’s publications on his website at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Main research interests Political Economy, especially •• Methods and History of politico-economic Thinking •• Social Philosophy, Economic Ethics •• Economic Didactics   Publications Please find Michael Wohlgemuths publication list on www.openeuropeberlin.de.