Sebastian Gechert

I am a Professor of Macroeconomics at Chemnitz University of Technology and Fellow of the Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM), a pluralist network for macroeconomic research. I also serve as Associate Editor for the Journal of Economic Surveys.

From 2012 to 2021, I was Head of the Unit Macroeconomics of Income Distribution at Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Düsseldorf, Germany, Spokesperson of the FMM and Privatdozent (an external reader) at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg in Germany. 

In 2020, my Habilitation thesis was approved by Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg.

In 2014, I received my doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) from Chemnitz University of Technology. 

My research focuses on the interrelation between fiscal policy, business cycles, inequality, the environment and consumer behavior.