Universität Bonn

Department of Economics / BGSE

Recent Placements

Our alumni have obtained prestigious positions at universities in the U.S. (e.g., Harvard, Berkeley, Penn, UCLA, CalTech, Michigan, Minnesota), in Europe (e.g., Bocconi, University College London, Manchester, Oxford, Pompeu Fabra, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Carlos III, Stockholm, Zurich) and in Germany (e.g., Mannheim, Munich, Berlin, Cologne). In addition, many now work in public institutions as well as in the non-academic sector (e.g., European Central Bank, German Central Bank, European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Bank of England, U.S. Federal Reserve Board, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge (MA), McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group).
 
Here is a chronological overview (following placements are given if known):

2026

Academic Placements

Calderon, Luis

Postdoc, University of Bonn, Germany


Fang, Chencheng

Research Fellow, University College London, UK


Hamaniuk, Oleksii

Research Fellow, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine


Höppner, Björn

Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands


Kecht, Valentin

Postdoc, EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland


Meyer, Timothy

Postdoc, Columbia University, USA (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, USA)


Radeva, Yana

Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany


Weber, Johannes

Postdoc, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark


Wang, Lixing

Postdoc, National University of Singapore, Singapore


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Gilch, Alexandros

Referent, German Council of Economic Experts ("Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung")


Ranaldi, Lorenzo

Research fellow, Bank of Italy, Italy


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Laubel, Alexander

Analyst, Frontier Economics Ltd., Germany


Sowa, Alina

Risk Controlling, DZ Bank, Germany


2025

Academic Placements

Brinkmann, Christina

Assistant Professor, Boston University, USA


Nam, Leanne

Postdoc, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark)


Scherer, Jan

Postdoc, University of Bonn, Germany


Wegmann, Jakob

Postdoc, RFBerlin, Germany


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Grimm, Maximilian

Economist, Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C., USA


Musolff, Robin

Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung, Germany (following position: Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany)


Schlattmann, Lennard

Economist, Dutch Central Bank, Netherlands


Stiepelmann, Gero

Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, USA


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Block, Simon

Senior Analyst, ABC economics, Germany


Luther, Louis

Risk Management, HDI AG, Germany 


Sorbera, Silvio

Lear, Italy


2024

Academic Placements

Amelio, Andrea 

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy 


Damast, Dominik 

Assistant Professor, LUISS Guido Carli, Italy


Günnur, Ege Bilgin

Assistant Professor, TED University, Turkey


Kornejew, Martin

Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy


Kozakiewicz, Marta

Postdoc, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany (following position: Postdoc, University of Heidelberg, Germany)


Mendel, Moritz 

Postdoc, Aalto University, Finland


Osswald do Amaral, Francisco

Assistant Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland


Risco Bermejo, Miguel

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy


Schulze Tilling, Anna 

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Glasgow, UK)


Zimpelmann, Christian 

Postdoc, University Hamburg, Germany


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Bodur, Elif

Product Analyst, Refurbed, Austria


Cosentino, Melina

Senior Consultant, PwC, Germany


Petrosyan, Mariam

Model Validation Senior Specialist, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany


2023

Academic Placements

Chen, Kailin

Postdoc, Aalto University, Finland


Destan, Cavit Görkem

Assistant Professor, TED University, Turkey


Günther, Laurenz Richard Kuno

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy


Henkel, Luca

Postdoc, University of Chicago and University of CEMA, USA (following position: Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)


Kreutzkamp, Sophie Alexandra

Postdoc, University of Oxford, UK (following position: Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK)


Lahr, Patrick

Postdoc, ENS Paris-Saclay, France


Niemeyer, Axel

Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA


Preusser, Justus

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy


Schäfer, Paul

Lecturer, University of Leicester, UK


Weiß, Maximilian

Postdoc, University of Tübingen, Germany


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Dobkowitz, Sonja

Postdoc, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany (following position: Economist, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany)


Duque Gabriel, Ricardo

Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA


Gnewuch, Matthias

Economist, European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg


Kohler, Thomas

Digitalization Officer, Trossingen City Administration, Germany


Rachidi, Tobias

Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany


Simon, Lenard

Economist, German Council of Economic Experts, Germany 


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Freyer, Timo

Data Scientist, AXA, Germany


Holler, Radost

Senior Data Scientist, Pricing Department at Metro, Germany


Schmitz, Fabian

Analyst, Frontier Economics Ltd., Germany (following position: Economist, Federal Cartel Office, Germany)


2022

Academic Placements

Andre, Peter

Postdoc, briq, Germany (following position: Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt and SAFE, Germany)


Chopra, Felix

Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (following position: Assistant Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany)


Fang, Ximeng

Postdoc, University of Oxford, UK


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Domínguez-Díaz, Rubén

Research Economist, Bank of Spain, Spain


Ehrmantraut, Laura

Scientific Staff Member, Federal Office of Statistics, Germany


Pessoa, Ana Sofia

Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Apenbrink, Christian

Data Scientist, REWE Group, Germany


Röhrl, Klara

Software Developer, node.energy GmbH, Frankfurt


Russ, Kilian

Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Germany


Schmieter, Finn

Specialist, Finance Actuarial Department, AXA, Germany


Stumpe, Valentin

Consultant, Kienbaum Consultants, Germany (following position: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, Germany)


2021

Academic Placements

Khismatullina, Marina

Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands


Neuber, Thomas

Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (following position: Manager Forensic Data Analytics, PwC, Germany)


Rother, Simon

Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany)


Voß, Paul

Assistant Professor, Central European University, Austria (following position: Assistant Professor, HEC Paris, France)


Zimmermann, Kaspar

Postdoc, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, University of Hamburg, Germany)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Arvai, Kai

Research Economist, Bank of France, France (following position: Economist, European Central Bank, Germany)


Bartscher, Alina

Research Economist, Central Bank of Denmark, Denmark (following position: Assitant Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany)


Ploj, Gašper

Research Economist, Analysis and Research Department, Bank of Slovenia, Slovenia


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Ananyev, Mikhail

Data Analyst, Lingoda GmbH, Germany (following position: Data Scientist, Hypofriend GmbH, Germany)


Han, Hua-Jing

Strategic Analyst, Telekom, Germany (following position: Principal Consultant, Comma Soft AG, Gerrmany)


Klümper, Andreas

Pricing Manager, DHL, Germany (following position: Vice President Strategic Pricing, DHL, Germany)


2020

Academic Placements

Chen, Si

Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (following position: Lecturer, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China)


Heese, Carl

Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (following position: Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China)


Ignaszak, Marek

Assistant Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany


Kattwinkel, Deniz

Assistant Professor, University College London, UK


Knoepfle, Jan

Postdoc, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (following position: Associate Professor, Queen Mary University of London, UK)


Stans, Renske

Postdoc, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (following position: Researcher, Netherlands Court of Audit, Netherlands)


Stötzer, Lasse

Personal Assistant to the CEO, briq, Germany (following position: Science for Policy Researcher, European Commission, Belgium)


Strang, Louis

Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Albert, Branislav

Research Analyst, Central bank, Slovakia


Luxen, Christina

Federal Cartel Office, Germany


Schaube, Sebastian

Economist, Federal Ministry for Ecomomic Affairs and Energy, Germany


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Becker, Daniel

Data Scientist, AXA, Germany


Kulms, Marius

Reinsurance Actuary, Continentale Versicherungsverbund, Germany


Speit, Andre

Ritzenhoefer & Company, Germany


Wogrolly, Axel

Quantitative Developer, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Austria


2019

Academic Placements

Bašić, Zvonimir

Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Glasgow, UK)


Kuvshinov, Dmitry

Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (following positon: Associate Professor, University of Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Kotidis, Antonios

Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA 


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Hofmeier, Jana

Manager, PwC Financial Services, Germany


Klein (geb. Fuchs), Saskia

Expert Investment Controller, METRO AG, Germany


Schran, Felix

Senior Data Scientist, AXA, Germany


2018

Academic Placements

Bobkova, Nina

Assistant Professor, European University Institute, Italy (following position: Associate Professor, Rice University, USA)


Chen, Yao

Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (following position: Associate professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)


Gamp, Tobias

Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (following position: Lecturer, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)


Graeber, Thomas

Postdoc, Harvard Business School, USA (following position: Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland)


Kosse, Fabian

Associate Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (following position: Professor of Economics, University of Würzburg, Germany)


Mann, Katja

Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark


Ward, Felix

Assistant Professor,  Erasmus University Rotterdam, Nertherlands (following position: Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Nertherlands)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Hartung, Benjamin

Economist, European Central Bank, Germany


Kocaata, Zeki

Economic Policy Consultant, OECD, France (following position: Senior Director, GSK Ltd., Germany)


Vosen, Agnes

Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy (IMW), Germany (following position: Head of Human and Technology, Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany)


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Hols, Christopher

Strategy Consultant, Accenture, Germany (following position: Director Financial Planning and Analysis, Viega Ltd., Germany)


Püttmann, Lukas

Consultant, McKinsey Analytics


Walders, Fabian

Consultant, Ritzenhoefer & Company (following position: Principal, Meryts, Germany)


2017

Academic Placements

Conze, Maximilian

Postdoc, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland


Deimen, Inga

Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA 


Dong, Daxin

Assistant Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China


Knyazev, Dmitriy

Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, University of Vienna, Austria)


Meier, Matthias

Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following posiiton: Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany)


Scherf, Robert

Research Associate, Harvard Business School, USA (following position: Associate Director, BRG, UK)


Willrodt, Jana

Postdoc, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany


Wolf, Martin

Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (following position: Associate Professor, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Herold, Jens Gerrit

Economist, German Council of Economic Experts, Germany (following position: Investment Strategist, Ampega, Germany)


Scheer, Alexander

Economist, German Central Bank, Germany


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Schickner, Benjamin

TWS Partners AG, Germany


Sobott, Jonas

Consultant, Oliver Wyman (following positions: Lecturer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group)


2016

Academic Placements

Becker, Anke

Postdoc, Harvard University, USA (following position: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA)


Chen, Bo

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China (following position: Associate Professor, Shenzhen University, China)


Cheng, Chunli

Postdoc, University of Hamburg, Germany (following position: Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia)


Drerup, Tilman

Postdoc, Stanford University, USA (following position: Senior Director, Instacart, USA)


Enke, Benjamin

Associate Professor, Harvard University, USA


Hansen, Emanuel

Assistant Professor, University of Köln, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, LMU Munich, Germany) 


Hillenbrand, Adrian

Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research of Collective Goods, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)


Kleiner, Andreas

Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, USA (following position: Professor, University of Bonn, Germany)


Lütticke, Ralph

Assistant Professor, University College London, UK (following position: Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany)


Salish, Mirjam

Visiting Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain (following position: Economic Analyst, European Commission, Austria)


Salish, Nazarii

Assistant Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain (following position: Associate Professor, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain)


Schilling, Linda

Assistant Professor, University of Utrecht, Netherlands (following position: Assistant Professor, Washington University in St Louis, USA)


Schwerter, Frederik

Assistant Professor, University of Köln, Germany (following position: Associate Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Kirsch, Florian

Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, Federal Office of Statistics (German Council of Economic Experts)


Luck, Stephan

Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA (following position: Financial Research Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA)


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Aigner, Rafael

Consultant for DIW Econ, Germany (following position: Senior Vice President, AlixPartners, Germany)


Herbst, Holger

Associate, McKinsey & Company (following position: Vice President, DHL Express, Germany)


2015

Academic Placements

Cakici, Meral

Assistant Professor, Piri Reis University, Turkey (following position: Professor, Piri Reis University, Turkey)


Müller, Daniel

Professor, University of Würzburg, Germany


Roesler, Anne-Katrin

Research Associate, Northwestern University, USA (following: Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada)


Wibral, Matthias

Associate Professor, University of Maastricht, Netherlands


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Grodecka, Anna

Senior Economist, Swedish Central Bank, Sweden;  Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden


Hacioglu, Sinem

Bank of England (following position: Principal Economist, Federal Reserve Board, USA)


Pham-Dao, Lien

Forschungsdaten- und Servicezentrum, German Federal Bank (Research Data and Service Centre, German Central Bank)


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Bergerhoff, Jan

EXIST start-up stipend, financed by the BMW (German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy)


Nebeling, Thomas

Consultant, Allolio & Konrad, Germany (following position: Manager, Analysys Mason, Germany)


2014

Academic Placements

Bierbrauer, Christoph

Professor, Cologne Business School, Germany


Dizdar, Deniz

 Assistant Professor, University of Montreal, Canada (following position: Associate Professor, University of Montreal, Canada)


Fels, Markus Peter

Postdoc, KIT Karlsruhe (following possitions: Research Associate, Technical University of Dortmund; Research Associate, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Bonn)


Evers, Michael

Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt (following position: Professor, University of Hohenheim, Germany)


Hilpert, Christian

Postdoc, University of Hamburg, Germany (following position: Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia)


Wellschmied, Felix

Assistant Professor, University Charles III of Madrid, Spain (following position: Associate Professor, University Charles III of Madrid, Spain)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Behn, Markus

European Central Bank


Esser, Andreas

German Central Bank


Frackenpohl, Gerrit

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority,  BaFin


Uzelac, Filip

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Dahremöller, Carsten

Risk Controller, Deutsche Postbank AG (following position: Senior Data Scientist Finance, Deutsche Postbank AG)

2013

Academic Placements

Göller, Daniel

Associate Professor, University of Agder, Norway


Strack, Philipp

Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA(following position: Professor, Yale University, USA)


Terstiege, Stefan

Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands


Westkamp, Alexander

Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands (following position: Associate Professor, University of Cologne, Germany)


Zimmermann, Florian

Postdoc, University of Zurich, Switzerland (following position: Professor, University of Bonn, Germany)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Decker, Thomas

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, In addition: Visiting lecturer at University of Duisburg-Essen


Hürtgen, Patrick

Economist at the Research Center of the German Central Bank


Mirza, Harun

European Central Bank


Roling, Christoph

German Central Bank


Rühmkorf, Ronald

European Central Bank


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Tjaden, Volker

Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners (following position: Project Manager at Blue Yonder, Germany)


2012

Academic Placements

Born, Benjamin

Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Bonn, Germany)


Kranz, Sebastian

Assistant Professor, University of Ulm, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Ulm, Germany)


Lang, Matthias

Postdoc, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (following placement: Assistant Professor, Free University Berlin, Germany)


Pfeifer, Johannes

Assistant professor, University of Tübingen, Germany (following position: Professor, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany)


Pönitzsch, Gert

Research Associate, Kiel Insitute for the World Economy, Germany (following position: Senior Manager, Deilotte, Germany)


Schwerhoff, Gregor

Postdoc, Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research, Germany (following position: Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA)


Szech, Nora

Professor, University of Bamberg (following position: Professor, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology)


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Ewers, Mara

German Economic Institute, Cologne


Gider, Jasmin

KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. (following position: Postdoc, University of Bonn)


Homm Ulrich

Risk Management, Talanx AG


Kurka, Stephan

Ernst & Young


2011

Academic Placements

Ebert, Sebastian

Assistant Professor, Tilburg University, Netherlands (following position: Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany)


Goldlücke (geb. Ohlendorf), Susanne

Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Konstanz, Germany)


Herweg, Fabian

Assistant Professor, LMU Munich, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Bayreuth, Germany)


Seel, Christian

Associate Professor, Maastricht University (following position: Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands)


Seithe, Mirco

Postdoc, Fraunhofer Institute


Sorge, Marco Maria

Postdoc, University of Salerno, Italy (following position: Assistant Professor, University of Salerno, Italy)


Westheide, Christian

Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany (following position: Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Buzaushina, Almira

German Central Bank (following placement: International Monetary Fund (IMF))


Peter, Alexandra

International Monetary Fund (IMF)


Tenhofen, Jörn

German Central Bank


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Ding, Wei

Global Procurement Strategy, Robert Bosch


Lehmann, Stefanie

Consultant, Boston Consulting Group


Parys, Juliane

Engagement Manager, Mc Kinsey & Company (following positions: VP Digitalization, DHL Express; Head of Corporate Strategy and Communicatons, thyssenkrupp Materials Services )


Rieck, Thomas

Global Transfer Pricing Service, KPMG


2010

Academic Placements

Mierendorff, Konrad

Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich (following position: Professor, University College London, UK)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Schlusche, Bernd

Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, USA


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Cadena Ibarra, Juan Marcelo

Asset Management Advisory, Ernst & Young


Koch, Stefan

Mc Kinsey & Company (following position: CEO Leaseplan, Germany)


2009

Academic Placements

Altmann, Steffen

Postdoc,  IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Würzburg, Germany)


Balleer, Almut

Assistant Professor, University of Stockholm (following placement: Professor, RWTH Aachen, Germany)


Georganas, Sotiris

Postdoc, Ohio State University (following placement: Associate Professor, University of London, UK)


Schulze, Klaas

Postdoc, University of Toronto (following position: Postdoc McMaster University; Postdoc, Swiss Finance Institute)


Weinschenk, Philipp

Research Fellow, Max Planck Insitute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany (following position: Professor, University of Hohenheim, Germany)


Non-Academic (Public Sector)

Marklein, Felix

Federal Ministry of Finance


Sonntag, Marcus

Economist, German Central Bank


Non-Academic (Private Sector)

Engelage, Daniel

Associate, KDB Krall Demmel business Consulting GmbH (following position: Consultant, True North Partners, London)


Hengelbrock, Jördis

Consultant, Oliver Wyman GmbH (following position: Analyst, Sal. Oppenheim)


Junker, Simon

Economist, Commerzbank (following position: Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW))


Matzke, Christiane

Boston Consulting Group


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