Dr Andreas Schaefer MSc, PhD Head of Department of Economics
Dr Andreas Schaefer is responsible for the teaching, research and overall strategic planning of the Department of Economics.
Role
Andreas joined the Department of Economics as an Associate Professor in September 2017.
Research
Andreas' main research interests lie in the fields of Economic Growth and Development, Environmental Economics and Economic Inequality. Andreas' research has been published in journals such as Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Environmental and Resource Economics and Macroeconomic Dynamics.
This person is available to supervise research degree projects
Publications
Career
Andreas was an Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and Leipzig University (Germany), a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and a visiting scholar at the Vienna University of Technology.
Education
Andreas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rostock (Germany) and a master's degree in Economics from the Leibniz University in Hannover (Germany).