I'm an economist. My fields of interest are spatial economics, economic geography, urban/regional/international economics, transport economics, international trade and microeconomics. I'm the owner of Graukaue, and work as freelance podcaster and producer. I was previously employed at Kiel University's Institute for Environmental, Resource and Spatial Economics (formerly Institute for Regional Research) and Chairs of International and Regional Economics as well as Environmental and Energy Economics. I also received my PhD from Kiel University, for my dissertation on the wider impacts of transport infrastructure investments, after my undergraduate studies of International Economics at Kiel University and Jönköping International Business School in Sweden. Before graduating with my high-school diploma from Berufskolleg Bottrop, I spent time in the USA and in Chile as an exchange student.
Work
Since 2016
Graukaue (freelancer; Dorsten, Germany)
Operation of a recording studio for podcasts; conception, preparation, recording, production and publication of podcasts
Apr 2011 – Jun 2018
Institute for Environmental, Resource and Spatial Economics at Kiel University (research/teaching assistant; Kiel, Germany)
Chair of International and Regional Economics and Chair of Environmental and Energy Economics
Teaching: tutorials in economics and microeconomics (bachelor), tutorials and seminars in spatial economics
(bachelor, master and PhD); research: participation in the project “An ex-post evaluation of transport
infrastructure charging policy” for the European Commission
Jun – Oct 2008
DB Regio AG (intern, Deutsche Bahn AG; Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Railway company, department on international activities (Scandinavia)
Support of the project management with the compilation of offers for tender offers in Denmark and Sweden; evaluation of tender documents; coordination of the compilation and translation of an offer; support with the planning of maintenance work
May – Aug 2007
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (student assistant; Kiel, Germany)
Economics E-Journal
Updating, extension and maintenance of databases; internet research concerning economic topics
Education
Dec 2011 – Oct 2018
Kiel University (Kiel, Germany)
Doctoral studies in Economics, Dr. sc. pol.
Dissertation: “The Wider Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Investments: Agglomeration and Imperfect Competition in General Equilibrium”
Apr 2011 – Jul 2018
Kiel University (Kiel, Germany)
Doctoral Program Quantitative Economics
Aug 2011 – Aug 2012
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Kiel, Germany)
Advanced Studies Program in International Economic Policy Research
Courses in economic geography and international trade
Jun – Aug 2010
Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Courses in political sciences and international relations
Oct 2004 – Sep 2009
Kiel University (Kiel, Germany)
Studies in International Economics, Diplom (equivalent to a master’s degree)
Thesis: “Fragmentation of the Production Process and Choice of Location” (translation)
Aug 2007 – Jun 2008
Jönköping University (Jönköping, Sweden)
Student exchange with Erasmus/Sokrates
Aug 2001 – Jun 2004
Berufskolleg der Stadt Bottrop (Bottrop, Germany)
Business Administration and Economics Program, Abitur (high school diploma)
Jul – Sep 2002
Colegio Alemán Temuco (Temuco, Chile)
Student exchange
Aug 2000 – Jul 2001
Athens High School (Athens, Ohio, USA)
Student exchange with Rotary International
1994 – 2000
Gymnasium St. Ursula Dorsten (Dorsten, Germany)
Mittlerer Schulabschluss (intermediate high school diploma)
