2020, FELLOW OF THE WEIMER SCHOOL, Homer Hoyt Institute, Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics

2019, HANDELSBLATT ranking of economists from/in German-speaking countries: #83 top 5% overall, #16 under age of 40

2018, ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY FRISCH MEDAL AWARD for “Economics of density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall, joint with Steve Redding, Daniel Sturm, Nikolaus Wolf

2017, CAPITAL, top 40 under 40 in science and society in Germany

2017, HANDELSBLATT ranking of economists from/in German-speaking countries: #27 overall, #7 under age of 40, #1 urban/regional/transport/real estate economics