Professor of Economics, Freie Universität Berlin.

Joined December 2021
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Delighted to see our work with Sebastian Kohl, @Lucastella28, and Simon Voss on overcrowding in Germany published open access in @HousPolDebate. We examine the drivers of overcrowding and discuss implications for housing policy. doi.org/10.1080/10511482.202…
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📢📢📢 I am looking for a Research Associate (Predoc) to work on exciting projects in the economics of media and political economy. Please share and apply! More information available here: tinyurl.com/hertie-RA-ornagh…. Deadline: June 28. #econra #econ_ra @econ_ra

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It was great having you! Thanks for the inspiring talk on housing and labor turnover.
Heute Besuch in Dahlem, bei den Wiwis der @FU_Berlin
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📢 Berlin calling! Opening for a PhD position in my team. Application Deadline: April 13, 2026 Link below. Please DM in case of questions. #EconTwitter #econjobmarket fu-berlin.de/universitaet/be…
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My research team (w/ Sam Bazzi, Eric Chyn, Martin Fiszbein, Thomas Pearson, and Pat Testa) is hiring a full-time economics pre-doc starting in May! If you know someone who might be interested, see the link below: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/…

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📢 Call for papers 9th Economics of Media Bias Workshop Keynotes: Ruben Durante (NUS) and Pinar Yildrim (Wharton) 🗓️ May 28th-29th 2026 📍 Berlin, Germany ⏰ Deadline: January 31st 2026 Full CfP and information on how to submit: tinyurl.com/2s3f6tar
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Fourth edition of our workshop, with the great Sascha Becker as keynote. May 28-29, if you have a paper on institutions/culture/political econ and more with historical flavour please feel free to apply. Help us spread the word!
Announcing the 4th edition of the Workshop in Economic History in Uppsala, with Sascha Becker as keynote! Workshop takes places on May 28-29, 2026. Apply by January 31, 2026.    Call for papers: dropbox.com/scl/fi/6xdmpjp3i… Sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Just arrived in Tampa for the 95th Meeting of the Southern Economic Association! Looking forward to great discussions and new ideas. If you’ll be here and want to meet up, feel free to send me a DM. Always happy to offer advice to early-career scholars and students. #SEA2025
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📢 Call for papers! The EAYE Annual Meeting welcomes submissions of full papers or extended abstracts (4-8K characters) in all fields of economics 👉 18–20 May '26, University of the Basque Country ⏲️ Submission deadline extended to 28 December 2025!
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🎉 Our study “Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving?” came out in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change! After Germany’s 2002 flood, affected households saved less — generous aid can ease hardship but also reduce precautionary saving. doi.org/10.1007/s418...
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BÆM is back! Submit and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers: Development Economics, 5-6 May Economics of Migration, 6-7 May Fairness in the Economy, 8 May Calls for papers👇baem.info
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🚀 Calling #DevelomentEconomics postdocs from low- and middle-income countries! Applications are open for the 6th cohort of the Stephan Klasen Fellowship at University of Göttingen. 📅 Duration: April 2026 – March 2027 ⏰ Deadline: November 16, 2025 Please retweet! Details👇
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Workshop announcement! Send us your best papers or abstract if you want to present/discuss with others interested in HISTORY LLMs -- large language models trained or fine-tuned for historical contexts. @ellliottt @aadukia @m_sendhil
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🚨 Call for Papers! The 2026 EAYE Annual Meeting will take place at the University of the Basque Country 🇪🇸 on 18–20 May 2026 📅 Submit your paper or extended abstract by 1 Dec 2025 via CMT #EAYE2026 #EconTwitter
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Please submit your work on Geoeconomics to this great conference! 👇
❗️The deadline to apply for the JIE-GCAP-BGS Conference on Geoeconomics at @StanfordGSB is coming up on September 15! More details in the call for papers: shorturl.at/r26Do Organized by @JSchreger, @jafrieden, @juhreka13, @CarolinPfluege, and @Ch_Trebesch
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Dear Sebastian, it’s been such a joy working with you, and I’m looking forward to our future projects together! Wishing you all the best for your Predoctoral Research Fellowship with @elianalaferrara’s team at the @HarvardCID @Kennedy_School 🌟👏
Last week marked my final day as a student research assistant at the Economics Department of the John F. Kennedy Institute (@FU_Berlin @JFKI_Econ). I am deeply grateful to @steinhardt_max and the entire team for their unconditional support and inspiration.
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🚀 Excellent opportunity! Pre-doc position in Valencia (with PhD opportunity) for motivated students interested in economic history #AcademicJobs #EconHistory #econtwitter
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📢 @ehvalencia is planning to launch a competitive call for a predoctoral contract, starting in Autumn 2025. More information below👇#past #history #economics #econhis #econhist #Spain #research
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📢 Call for papers! Join us at #ALPPOP2026 conference in Aosta Valley 🇮🇹 (🗓️ Jan 18–21, 2026). Confirmed keynotes by Martha Bailey and Arnout Van De Rijt @DondenaCentre @Unibocconi 📝 Send your paper here: bocconi.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe…
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📢We're hiring! Looking for a motivated and well organized Econ student to join our team at JFKI (@JFKI_Econ) as a Student Assistant! Gain research experience, improve your analytical and data skills, and support our department! Apply now: fu-berlin.de/universitaet/be… #EconTwitter

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Had a great time at the Turkish-German workshop on the Economics of Migration. Huge thanks to the organizers @GNeidhofer and @MGKirdar, the speakers, and everyone who made it such an inspiring and energizing event! #EconTwitter #EconConference #Migration
A big thank you to all participants of the Turkish-German Workshop on the Economics of Migration 🇹🇷🇩🇪 at @tauedutrde, organized in collaboration with @ZEW, Freie Universität Berlin, and Koç Üniversitesi. Special thanks to @Foundation_JF and @dfg_public for making it possible!
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