Hi,
I am Katharina (Kathi for short) - econ PostDoc and presenter for cultural and scientific events.
My research is about the 21st century skills we need to navigate economic decisions in times of global technological change and climate change: from the role of individualism in life-long learning to future thinking and pro-environmental behavior.
I am the recipient of the 2022 EEA Award for Exceptional Teaching. Currently, I am a fellow of the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) and a Joachim Herz Fellow for Interdisciplinary Economics.
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Currently (since 10/2022)
PostDoc at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Chair of Public and Behavioral Economics
Prof. Daniel Schunk
Regularly (most recently until 12/2024)
Visiting scholar at UC Berkeley (upon invitation by Prof. Gérard Roland)
Funding from DAAD, IPP & Connex gratefully acknowledged.
Previously (10/2017-09/2022)
Research associate & PhD student at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Chair of Macroeconomics
Prof. Simon Wiederhold
Dissertation Title: The Role of Culture in Education and Innovation - An Economic Perspective on the Cultural Toolkit
PhD advisors: Prof. Simon Wiederhold, Prof. Gérard Roland
Dissertation defense: 04/2023
03-04/2022: Independent research stay in California: Invited visits to UC Berkeley (Prof. Gérard Roland), Stanford (Prof. Eric Hanushek), and UC Davis (Prof. Giovanni Peri)
2019: Research stay at UC Berkeley (upon invitation by Prof. Gérard Roland)
Teaching: Economics of Education, Behavioral Economics, Principles of Public Economics, Introductory Economics, Economics of Innovation
Bachelor’s & Master’s degree: LMU Munich
Click here for full CV.