Teaching

Office Hours: Please contact me directly.

On this page you can find information about 

• my teaching experience

• thesis supervisions 

• reference letters.

Experience

Technical University of Darmstadt

• Empirical Policy Evaluation (undergrad + grad, since Winter 2021/22)

• The Modern Firm: Management and Strategy (since Summer 2022)

• International Trade and Investment (grad, Summers 2022, 2023)

• Industrial Organisation (undergrad, Winter 2021/22, 2022/23)

U St. Gallen

• Microeconomics II (undergrad, Autumn 2018)

• International Economics for Economists (undergrad, Spring 2019 - Spring 2021)

• International Economics for International Affairs Students (undergrad, Spring 2019 - Autumn 2020)

• Empirical Policy Evaluation (grad, Spring 2018- )

• International Trade II: Firms in the Global Economy (graduate, Spring 2018 - Autumn 2020)

LSE

• EC455: Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis for MPA students (2014-2017)

• EC406: Economic Policy Analysis for MPA students (2014-2016)

• EC301: Advanced Economic Analysis (undergrad, 2012/13)

• EC315: International Economics (undergrad, 2012-14, 2017)

• Summer School, EC351: International Economics (undergrad, 2012, 2015)

U Bayreuth

• Macroeconomics (undergrad, 2007-2010)

Bachelor and Master thesis supervision

I supervise theses in the fields of

• Applied Microeconomics (Program/Policy Evaluation)

• International Trade and Macro

• Organisational/Managerial Economics

• Environmental Economics

If you are in doubt about whether your ideas overlap with my expertise, please drop me an email and we can discuss them. 

To get things started, please spend some time gathering information about a topic or area that interests you. In the next step we coordinate on a meeting, where we discuss a) whether I will be able to give good advice in the area and b) what to do next in order to develop a proper and well-defined thesis topic. In your email please include

• your CV (including software skills),

• a recent transcript of your marks, and

• any material you would like me to review before we meet.

Only under special circumstances will I provide topics. In this case, typically expect empirical work that requires software skills (varies by task, but R or stata are close to mandatory). Occasionally, I encourage conceptual literature work, but that is rare. Just ask during our meeting, ideas undergo frequent updates.

Please be aware that there is a window for official registration and submission, which you cannot miss. We can discuss a potential thesis at any time, however.

You can find the requirements regarding form and structure here (coming soon).

A collection of past thesis topics:

• The Influence of Multinational Corporations on the Political Decision-Making Process - A Comparison between Switzerland and the United States (BA)

• Emissions Trading Systems Under the Lens of Global Governance (BA)

• The lack of Labour Standards in WTO Agreements - A Legal, Economic and Political Analysis (MA)

• The Impact of Tertiary Education Quality on Output per Worker: a Cross-country Analysis (BA)

Letters of Recommendation / References

If you would like me to provide you with a reference for an application, please consider the following first:

There is a clear trade-off between a great and personal  letter from an assistant professor who knows about your strengths and  abilities and a letter from a senior academic with lots of experience and a well-known name. My personal opinion is that you should always prefer the latter, because they will carry much greater weight, especially in the academic world.

If you find that no senior academic is in a good position to give you a reference, I am more than happy to help you. To get the  process started, please send me the following:

• CV

• personal statement for the position(s) you're applying to

• most recent transcript of your marks

• research statement/ proposal if different from personal statement

Please note that I might ask you for a short meeting if something is not quite clear to me or to understand your profile a little better.

Finally, please allow for two weeks between sending me the  material and your deadline - I really do want to get the letter right  and that takes some time.