Valentin Lang
I am an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy and Development at the University of Mannheim. Previously, I was at the universities of Zurich, Cambridge, Heidelberg, and Paris and worked for the IMF and the OECD.
In my research, I study the political, economic, and distributional implications of various dimensions of globalization and global governance. My current projects examine the political economy of international economic cooperation, analyze the electoral backlash against globalization and immigration, and study the causes and consequences of economic inequalities.
My work combines economics with political science and applies statistical methods for causal inference. It is published in journals like the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Journal of Politics. For my research, I was awarded a Joachim-Herz Fellowship, the Fritz-Grunebaum Award and the Prize for Excellence in Applied Development Research.
News:
Süddeutsche Zeitung and Politico covered our work on EU regional policies (June 2024).
We published a Policy Brief on EU regional policies with the Jacques Delors Centre (June 2024).
Tagesspiegel and Mannheimer Morgen covered our research on globalization and inequality (June 2024).
My literature review on inequality and place based policies in the EU is now published as a ZEW Discussion Paper (June 2024).
Our paper on enhancing evaluation of EU cohesion policies is now available as a CESifo EconPol Policy Report (June 2024).
Le Monde covered our research on inequality in the EU.
The American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) conditionally accepted our paper on biased IMF bureaucrats (May 2024).