Current Position                  |                     |              
                                                    - Professor of Economics at the University of Siegen 
                           - Research Fellow of CESifo,                         Munich
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              Former Positions |   | 
- Teaching and Research Assistant,                         University of Konstanz, Germany,                         1992-1995
 - Junior Research Fellow, Centre for                         European  Policy Studies (CEPS),                         Brussels, Belgium,  1995-1996
 - Assistant Professor, University of                         Basel, Switzerland, 1996-2001
 - Head of Department World Economy,                          Hamburg-Institute of International                         Economics  (HWWA), Hamburg, Germany,                         2001-2004
 - Director of Reserach Centre (FoKoS) at the University of Siegen, 2011-2016
 
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Academic Qualification |   | 
- Master in Economics (Diploma),                         University of Hannover, Germany,                         1991
 - Master in International Economics                          (Licentiate), University of Konstanz,                         Germany,  1992
 - Dr. rer. pol., University of                         Konstanz, Germany, 1996
 - Habilitation, University of Basel,                         Switzerland, 1999
 
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                 Fields of Interest                  |                     |              
                                                                             - International Economics, Political Economy, Institutional Economics 
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