Alumni and Former Employees

Former Chairholder

Prof. Dr. Hermann Scherl

Former Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Andreas Mense, Dipl.-Pol. – Department of Regional Labour Markets (REGIO) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA)

Alumni / Former Academic Staff

Sebastian Ach, M.Sc. – Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant, FAU WiSo

Dr. Tobias Aufenanger –  Head of Product at Studyflix, a German e-learning and career platform for pupils, students, and apprentices

  • Aufenanger, T., & Wrede, M. (2017). Schützt finanzielle Bildung vor der Unsicherheitsfalle? Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 86. Jahrgang(04.2017), 51-66. DOI: 10.3790/vjh.86.4.51 

Dr. Severin Bachmann  – Senior QA Engineer – Test Infrastructure, Deutsche Bank

  • Bachmann S., Reichel R., Wrede M. (2023). The effect of a partnership franchising model on consumer satisfaction for a large German cooperative retail chain before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Die Auswirkung eines Partnerschafts-Franchising-Modells auf die Verbraucherzufriedenheit einer großen deutschen genossenschaftlichen Einzelhandelskette vor und während der COVID-19-Pandemie. DOI: 10.1515/zfgg-2023-0007

Dr. Melissa Berger, née Engel – Advisor to the President, Philipps-Universität, Marburg

  • Berger, M., Blesse, S., Heinemann, F., & Janeba, E. (2017). Föderalismuspräferenzen in der deutschen Bevölkerung, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 18 (2), 145-158. DOI: 10.1515/pwp-2017-0007
  • Berger, M., Harendt, Ch., Heinemann, F., Moessinger, M.-D., Schwab, T., & Weiss, S. (2017). How Europe can deliver: Optimising the division of competences among the EU and its member states, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh
  • Berger, M. , Fellner-Röhling, G., Sausgruber, R., & Traxler, Ch. (2016). Higher taxes, more evasion? Evidence from border differentials in TV license fees, Journal of Public Economics Volume 135, 74-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.01.007
  • Berger, M., & Heinemann, F. (2016). Reformoptionen für die europäische Kompetenzverteilung in der Asylpolitik, Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften/Journal for Comparative Government and European Policy 14 (1), 33-52. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26165491
  • Berger, M., & Schaffner, S. (2016). A note on how to realize the full potential of the EU-SILC Data, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. DOI: 10.3233/JEM-160434
  • Asatryan, Z., Bittschi, B., Berger, M., Evers, L., Heinemann, F., Schröder, Ch., Streif, F., & Yeter, M. (2014). Der Einfluss der öffentlichen Verwaltung auf die ökonomische Performance von Ländern, integration 37(4) , 364-376.

Peter Gross – Continuing Education Coach at MYPEGASUS GPQ, a company for personnel development and qualification

Dr. Isabella Lehmann – Forschungsgruppe Agrar- und Regionalentwicklung Triesdorf GbR

Susanne Noll – Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA)

Dr. Friedemann Richter – DATEV eG

Dr. Christopher-Johannes Schild – Deutsche Bundesbank, Data and Statistics Division

  • Schild, C.-J., & Wrede, M. (2015), Cultural Identity, Mobility, and Decentralization. Journal of Comparative Economics, 43, 323-333.

Dr. Luisa Schneider – ETH Zürich, Staff of Institutional Research

Dr. Kerstin Tanis – Research Centre on Migration, Integration, and Asylum of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), Research Field II “Integration and Social Cohesion”

  • Tanis, K. (2018), Regional distribution and location choices of immigrants in Germany, Regional Studies, 54(4), 483-494, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1490015

Dr. Daniela Wech – Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Head of Administration, FAU WiSo

Benjamin Wirth – Bavarian State Office for Statistics

Andrea Wunsch


Former Student Assistants

  • Julia Beier
  • Hanna Brosch
  • Johanna Eberle
  • Sascha Faber
  • Nina Gloger
  • Hannah Gosse
  • Gohar Grigoryan
  • David Hardt
  • Sandra Hartmann
  • Carolin Heiter
  • Lucia Herold
  • Julia Hilbinger
  • Manuel Holz
  • Margarita Kavali
  • Hendrik Kirchmann
  • Janina Kuck
  • Ines Kusmenko
  • Lisa Leßner
  • Daniel Meyer
  • Mihajlo Parojcic
  • Lara Röcher
  • Thomas Roßnagel
  • Tobias Scherl
  • Julian Sengewald
  • Liudmyla Shepitko
  • Johanna Stark
  • Lina Stürmer
  • Anna Trautmann
  • Nils Weil
  • Laura-Lucia Zenger