Associate Professor, University of Groningen
Nettelbosje 2, Room 5411-0518
9747 AE Groningen, The Netherlands
k dot m dot wacker [at] rug.nl
I am an associate professor at the University of Groningen working on empirics of economic growth and macroeconomic development.
I am also a consultant for the World Bank, a visiting researcher at Statistics Netherlands (CBS), a research fellow at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and a fellow at the Global Labor Organization.
My research contributes to the Horizon Europe "Twin Seeds" project and I manage a NWO research project on export quality in global value chains.
6th International Conference on European Economics and Politics, KOF Zurich, June 20-21st, 2024 [presentation]
Annual Meeting of Armenian Economic Association, Yerevan/Dilijan, July, 2024
CORA: Conference on Robots and Automation Frankfurt, September, 2024 [presentation]
Göttingen Homecoming, September, 2024
Keynote at workshop "Automation, Trade, and Global Value Chains" in Parma; November 28-29, 2024
German Development Economics Conference (VfS AEL) in Frankfurt/Main; June 12-13, 2025.
TPI's Productivity Research Conference in Manchester; September, 2025.
INFER Annual Conference in Rome; September, 2025.
VfS German Economic Association Annual Conference in Cologne; September 14-17, 2025.
Annual meeting of the NOeG (Austrian Economic Association) in Krems; September 23-24; 2025
BSE Research Seminar, Bordeaux School of Economics, November 25, 2025.