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. […]

Lilith Burgstaller studied Economics (B.Sc.) at the University of Augsburg and the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain. She graduated her M. Sc. in Public and Non-Profit Management at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. She worked as an intern and as student employee with the Bayerische Landesbank, a start-up as well as with […]

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 […]

Amanda März studied Journalism (B. A) at the University of Johannesburg, Economics and Statistics ( B. Com) at the University of Cape Town, and Economics and Politics ( M. Sc.) at the University of Freiburg. During her studies, she completed internships with the Walter Eucken Institute as well as with […]

Daniel Nientiedt is a senior research associate at the Walter Eucken Institut. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Economics at New York University and a research fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. His research interests include […]

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 […]

Philipp Weber studied Economics and Business Administration at Leibniz University of Hannover and at Chinese University of Hong Kong between 2013 and 2018. He majored in Accounting, Business Taxation, International Financial Systems and Public Finance. During his studies, he absolved internships at BDO and EY in the fields of Auditing […]

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 Empirical Economics International Macroeconomics Fiscal policy and public debt Federalism New Political Economy History of Economics and Economic Thought  

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 […]

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.