Hi,

I am Katharina (Kathi for short) - econ PostDoc and presenter for cultural and scientific events.

Here’s my job-market paper.

My research is about the tools we use to navigate decisions related to education, modern technology, and sustainability: from the role of culture in life-long learning to curiosity and future thinking in pro-environmental behavior.

I am the recipient of the 2022 EEA Award for Exceptional Teaching. As of 2024, I am a fellow of the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER).

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Currently (until 12/2024)

Visiting scholar at UC Berkeley (upon invitation by Prof. Gérard Roland)

Funding from DAAD, IPP & Connex gratefully acknowledged.

Usually (since 10/2022)

PostDoc at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Chair of Public and Behavioral Economics
Prof. Daniel Schunk

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

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