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 aswell 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, Boston Consulting).
 
Here is a chronological overview (following placements are given if known):

2023

academic placements

Chen, Kailin

Postdoc, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland


Destan, Cavit Görkem

Assistant Professor, TED University, Ankara, Turkey


Günther, Laurenz Richard Kuno

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy


Henkel, Luca

Postdoc, University of Chicago and Universidad del CEMA (following 2024: Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam)


Kreutzkamp, Sophie Alexandra

postdoc, Oxford, followed by lecturer, University of Manchester, UK (in 2024) 


Lahr, Patrick

Postdoc, Paris-Saclay University, France


Niemeyer, Axel

Assistant Professor, Caltech - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA


Preusser, Justus

Postdoc, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy


Schäfer, Paul

Lecturer, University of Leicester School of Business, UK


non academic (public sector)

Duque Gabriel, Ricardo

Postdoc, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge (MA), USAEconomist, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)


Gnewuch, Matthias

Economist, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)


Simon, Lenard

Economist, SVR (Sachverständigenrat) German Council of Economic Experts, Germany


non academic (private sector)

Schmitz, Fabian

Analyst, Consulting Company "Frontier Economics Ltd "


2022

academic placements

Chopra, Felix

Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark


Fang, Ximeng

Postdoc, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK


non academic (public sector)

Ehrmantraut, Laura

Scientific Staff Member, Statistisches Bundesamt


Pessoa, Ana Sofia

Economist, International Monetary Fund


Domínguez-Díaz, Rubén

Research Economist, Bank of Spain


non academic (private sector)

Apenbrink, Christian

Data Scientist, REWE Group


Röhrl, Klara

Software Developer, node.energy GmbH, Frankfurt


Russ, Kilian

Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company


Schmieter, Finn

Specialist Finance Actuarial Department, AXA, Köln


Stumpe, Valentin

Consultant, Kienbaum, Köln


2021

academic placements

Khismatullina, Marina

Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands


Neuber, Thomas

Assistant Professor, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain


Rother, Simon

Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark


Voß, Paul

Assistant Professor, Central European University, Vienna, Austria


Zimmermann, Kaspar

Postdoc, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Frankfurt


non academic (public sector)

Arvai, Kai

PhD Research Economist, Banque de France


Bartscher, Alina

Research Unit, Danmarks Nationalbank


Ploj, Gašper

Research Economist, Analysis and Research Department, Bank of Slovenia


non academic (private sector)

Ananyev, Mikhail

Data Analyst, Lingoda GmbH, Berlin


Han, Hua-Jing

Strategic Analyst, Telekom, Bonn


Klümper, Andreas

Pricing Manager, DHL, Bonn


2020

academic placements

Becker, Anke

Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA


Chen, Si

Assistant Professor, University of  Vienna, Austria


Gräber, Thomas

Postdoc Harvard Business School (following 2020: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, USA)


Heese, Carl

Assistant Professor, University of  Vienna, Austria


Ignaszak, Marek

Assistant Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt


Kattwinkel, Deniz

Assistant Professor, University College London


Knoepfle, Jan

Postdoc, Aalto University Helsiniki, Finnland


Stans, Renske

Postdoc, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands


Stötzer, Lasse

Personal Assistant to the CEO at briq, Bonn


Strang, Louis

Postdoc, University of Cologne


non academic (public sector)

Albert, Branislav

Research analyst, Central bank, Slovakia


Luxen, Christina

Bundeskartellamt, Bonn


Schaube, Sebastian

Economist at Federal Ministry for Ecomomic Affairs and Energy of Germany, Bonn


non academic (private sector)

Becker, Daniel

Data Scientist, AXA, Köln


Kulms, Marius

Reinsurance Actuary, Continentale Versicherungsverbund, Dortmund


Speit, Andre

Ritzenhoefer & Company, Düsseldorf


Wogrolly, Axel

Quantitative Risk Analyst, Raifeisenbank International, Vienna, Austria


2019

academic placements

Kuvshinov, Dmitry

Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra


non academic (public sector)

Kotidis, Antonios

Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C.


non academic (private sector)

Hofmeier, Jana

Associate at PwC in Financial Services, Düsseldorf


Klein (geb. Fuchs), Saskia

Expert Investment Controller at METRO AG Düsseldorf


Scherf, Robert

Associate at Matrix Economics, Boston, USA


Schran, Felix

Senior Data Scientist at AXA, Köln


2018

academic placements

Bobkova, Nina

Assistant Professor, European University Institute Florenz (following: Assistant Professor of Economics Rice University, Houston, Texas


Chen Yao

Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam


Gamp, Tobias

Postdoc, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin


Graeber, Thomas

Postdoc, Harvard University, USA


Kosse, Fabian

Associate Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich


Mann, Katja

Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Bussiness School


Ward, Felix

Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam


non academic (public sector)

Hartung, Benjamin

Economist, European Central Bank


Kocaata, Zeki

Economic Policy Consultant, OECD


Vosen, Agnes

Fraunhofer-Zentrum f. Internat. Management & Wissensökonomie (IMW), Leipzig


non academic (private sector)

Hols, Christopher

Strategy Consultant, Accenture


Püttmann, Lukas

Consultant, McKinsey Analytics


Walders, Fabian

Consultant, Ritzenhoefer & Company


2017

academic placements

Conze, Maximilian

Postdoctoral Researcher, 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 Berlin (following 2021: Assistant Professor University of Vienna)


Meier, Matthias

Junior Professor, Mannheim University


Scherf, Robert

Research Associate, Harvard Business School, USA


Willrodt, Jana

Postdoc, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf


Wolf, Martin

Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria


non academic (public sector)

Herold, Jens Gerrit

Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung,
Statistisches Bundesamt (German Council of Economic Experts) (following 2021: Senior Economist, KfW Banking group, Bonn/Berlin)


Scheer, Alexander

German Central Bank


non academic (private sector)

Schickner, Benjamin

TWS Partners AG


Sobott, Jonas

Consultant, Oliver Wyman


2016

academic placements

Becker, Anke

Postdoc, Harvard, USA


Chen, Bo

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China


Cheng, Chunli

Postdoc, U Hamburg


Deimen, Inga

Assistant Professor, Arizona


Drerup, Tilman

Postdoc, Stanford, USA


Enke, Benjamin

Associate Professor, Harvard, USA


Hansen, Emanuel

Assistant Professor, U Köln


Hillenbrand, Adrian

Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Research of Collective Goods, Bonn


Kleiner, Andreas

Assistant Professor, Arizona State U, USA


Lütticke, Ralph

Assistant Professor, University College London, UK


Salish, Mirjam

Visiting Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain


Salish, Nazarii

Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain


Schilling, Linda

Assistant Professor, U Utrecht


Schwerter, Frederik

Assistant Professor, U Köln


non academic (public sector)

Kirsch, Florian

Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung,
Statistisches Bundesamt (German Council of Economic Experts)


Luck, Stephan

Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC


non academic (private sector)

Aigner, Rafael

Consultant for DIW Econ, Berlin


Herbst, Holger

McKinsey & Company


2015

academic placements

Cakici, Meral

Assistant Professor, U Piri Reis Istanbul, Turkey


Müller, Daniel

Professor, Julius-Maximilians-U Würzburg


Roesler, Anne-Katrin

Research Associate, Northwestern U (following 2016: Assistant Professor, U Michigan)


Terstiege, Stefan

Assistant Professor, U Maastricht


Wibral, Matthias

Associate Professor, U Maastricht


non academic (public sector)

Grodecka, Anna

Swedish Riksbank, Stockholm


Hacioglu, Sinem

Bank of England


Pham-Dao, Lien

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


non academic (private sector)

Bergerhoff, Jan

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


Nebeling, Thomas

Consultant, Allolio & Konrad


2014

academic placements

Bierbrauer, Christoph

Cologne Business School


Dizdar, Deniz

Assistant Professor, U Montréal, Canada


Fels, Markus Peter

Postdoc, KIT Karlsruhe


Hilpert, Christian

Postdoc, U Hamburg


Wellschmied, Felix

Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain


non academic (public sector)

Behn, Markus

European Central Bank


Esser, Andreas

German Central Bank


Frackenpohl, Gerrit

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)


Uzelac, Filip

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)


non academic (private sector)

Dahremöller, Carsten

Deutsche Postbank AG


2013

academic placements

Ebert, Sebastian

Assistant Professor, U Tilburg


Göller, Daniel

Associate Professor, U of Agder, Norway


Strack, Philipp

Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Microsoft Research, Boston


Terstiege, Stefan

Assistant Professor, Maastricht


Westkamp, Alexander

Assistant Professor, U Maastricht (following placement: Associate Professor, U Cologne)


Zimmermann, Florian

Postdoc, U Zurich


non academic (public sector)

Becker, Anke

Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Authority)


Decker, Thomas

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)
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 placement: Project Manager at Blue Yonder, Germany)


2012

academic placements

Born, Benjamin

Associate Professor, U Mannheim (following placement: Professor, Bonn University)


Kranz, Sebastian

Assistant Professor, U Ulm (following placement 2014: Professor, U Ulm)


Lang, Matthias

Postdoc, HU Berlin (following placement: Assistant Professor, Free University Berlin)


Pfeifer, Johannes

Assistant professor, U Tübingen (following placement: Assistant Professor, U Mannheim)


Pönitzsch, Gert

Research Associate, Kiel Insitute for the World Economy (following placement: Research Associate, U Heidelberg)


Schwerhoff, Gregor

Postdoc, Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research


Seel, Christian

Assistant Professor, U Maastricht


Szech, Nora

Professor, U Bamberg (following placement: Professor, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology)


non academic (private sector)

Ewers, Mara

Insitut der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Cologne


Gider, Jasmin

KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. (following placement: Postdoc, U Bonn)


Homm Ulrich

Risk Management, Talanx AG


Kurka, Stephan

Ernst & Young


2011

academic placements

Ebert, Sebastian

Professor, Frankfurt school of Finance & Management


Goldlücke (geb. Ohlendorf), Susanne

Assistant Professor, U Mannheim (following placement: professor, U Konstanz)


Herweg, Fabian

Assistant Professor, LMU Munich (following placement: professor, U Bayreuth)


Seel, Christian

Associate Professor, Maastricht


Seithe, Mirco

Postdoc, Fraunhofer Institute


Sorge, Marco Maria

Postdoc, U Salerno, Italy (following placements: postdoc, University of Napole/Federico II, Italy; 2014: assistant professor, U Göttingen)


Westheide, Christian

Assistant Professor, U Mannheim


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

Mc Kinsey & Company


Rieck, Thomas

Global Transfer Pricing Service, KPMG


2010

academic placements

Mierendorff, Konrad

Senior Research Associate, U Zurich (following placement: Assistant Professor, University College London)


non academic (public sector)

Schlusche, Bernd

Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System


non academic (private sector)

Cadena Ibarra, Juan Marcelo

Asset Management Advisory, Ernst & Young


Koch, Stefan

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


Szech, Nora

Professor, Karlsruhe


2009

academic placements

Altmann, Steffen

Postdoc, Insitute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn (following placements: Senior Research Associate, IZA and Associate Professor, U Copenhagen 2014)


Balleer, Almut

Assistant Professor, U Stockholm (following placement: Professor RWTH Aachen)


Georganas, Sotiris

Postdoc, Ohio State University (following placement: Lecturer, U of London)


Goldlücke, Susanne

Professor, Konstanz


Herweg, Fabian

Professor, Bayreuth


Schulze, Klaas

Postdoc, U Toronto (following placement: Postdoc McMaster University; Postdoc, Swiss Finance Institute)


Weinschenk, Philipp

Research Fellow, Max Planck Insitute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn (following 2015 Professor, TU Kaiserslautern)


Westkamp, Alexander

Associate Professor, Köln


Wibral, Matthias

Associate Professor, Maastricht


non academic (public sector)

Marklein, Felix

Federal Ministry of Finance


Sonntag, Marcus

German Central Bank


non academic (private sector)

Engelage, Daniel

Associate, KDB Krall Demmel business Consulting GmbH (following placement: consultant, TNP True North Partners, London)


Hengelbrock, Jördis

Consultant, Oliver Wyman GmbH (following placement: analyst, Sal. Oppenheim)


Junker, Simon

Economist, Commerzbank (following placement: research associate, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW))


Matzke, Christiane

Boston Consulting Group


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