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Born and raised in Northern Germany, I grew up between crop fields, cattle, and car factories. Trained in a double-degree program as a bank clerk at Volkswagen, Europe's largest car manufacturer, and equipped with a BA in business administration, curiosity drove me to the foreign shores of Economics. I began to study Economics at Free University Berlin. Intrigued by the questions raised, I enrolled in a master's degree in quantitative economics at University College Dublin, which houses Ireland's leading economics department.
Motivated to dig deeper, I took a position as a doctoral researcher at the Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at Heinrich Heine University, one of the world's most renowned places to study industrial and competition economics. I conducted novel and independent research on competition in the academic publishing market and industrial economics in oligopoly markets, particularly on collusion and cartels. I applied cutting-edge microeconometric and machine-learning techniques to draw causal inference from statistical inquiries. Research stays led me to KU Leuven, the University of Reading, and George Mason University. I received my PhD in competition economics from Heinrich Heine University in early 2024.
After a academic positions as senior researcher and research group lead at Ilmenau University of Technology and the Walter Eucken Institute at ALU Freiburg, I transferred to the private sector as Senior Research Analyst for Elsevier's Science Metrix brand in the Analytics and Data Services division. There, I continue conducting empirical analyses for clients from the academic ecosystem with cutting edge microeconometric and bibliometric tools.
As a freelance economics consultant, I bring my broad expertise in quantitative methods, industrial economics, and competition mechanisms to the table. In various project, I evaluated policies by their results and pointed at the underlying economic drivers and resulting consequences. Please feel free to reach out at any time to explore potential cooperation!
Economics Researcher
Trained as a banker with a business administration degree, I was intrigued by the economics classes I took. It was the never-aging question of optimally allocating scarce resources in a world with unlimited desires. How do we foster innovation? How do we accelerate progress and unleash the beast of human creativity in our societies? Studying in Berlin and Dublin and conducting research in Duesseldorf, Freiburg, Leuven, Reading, and Fairfax, I focused on the economics of science, collusion, and governance. With cutting-edge microeconometric causal-inference tools, I aim to make disseminating research findings cheaper, faster, and more efficient. I try to help uncover business cartels to increase social welfare.
Consultant and Communicator
Research is only as strong as its impact. I communicate my findings to the public and relevant stakeholders. I have media appearances in important news outlets in Germany and the United Kingdom. I write op-eds and guest posts for meaningful blogs in the economics profession. And lastly, I engage as an external consultant in empirical science policy to contribute to project evaluations that shall help maximize the social impact of taxpayer money. My work does not stop with the publication of findings. It has been featured in the media, for example, in the Economist, the Times of London, the Guardian, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and L'Equipe. It reached the then-German Federal Minister of Health and triggered a significant debate among library scientists in Germany.
Globetrotter
When you do research, you travel. Presenting and discussing my projects, methods, and ideas is essential to me. This brought me to places around Europe and in the US. When traveling, I always try to get some insights into local culture, habits, and ways of living. I am grateful for these insights and try to learn from them. Business trips are, therefore, not a burden but a bonus to my work. Always curious about other countries, cities, and places, this is an integral part of my everyday business.
Soccer Fan
Doing research, presenting at global conferences, and communicating my work leave little time for leisure. Still, if so, you'll find me at home and away games of my beloved soccer team, Hannover 96. Stuck in Germany's second division, supporting it is everything but a walk in the park. But as Dennis Bergkamp once said: "When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong."
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