Supervision
PhD Committees
Svea Gross, LMU Munich, ongoing Milan Banse, Uni Würzburg, ongoing Casper Kikken, UHasselt, ongoing Emma Gordon, LMU Munich, ongoing Paula Zuluaga, European University Institute, 2021 Julian Limberg, European University Institute, 2019Suggested areas for thesis supervision
I welcome enquiries from potential students (BA/MA) interested in questions of political economy and public policy, especially in the fields of tax policy, social policy or foreign aid. Research themes could include:
- Taxation: tax policy and inequality, tax and gender, climate taxation, international tax competition, historical taxation, taxation in developing countries.
- Social policy: social policy and inequality, comparative policy analysis, financing social policy, social policy in developing countries.
- Foreign aid: aid allocation, aid effectiveness, foreign aid and international inequality
Teaching
Teaching Resources
Students' Podcast -The Political Economy of Taxation Students' Blog - Sozialpolitik in Entwicklungsländern (Social Policy in Developing Countries) Ultimatum Game - Randomised Pairing Tool Tax Experiment - Randomised Tax Evasion GameClasses
2023
The Political Economy of Gendered Taxation (English), MA, LMU Munich, Link
Social Policy outside the OECD (German), BA, LMU Munich, Link
Thesis Seminar (German), BA/MA, LMU Munich, Link
2022/23
Inequality and Redistribution (German), BA, LMU Munich, Link
Research Design in IR (English), BA, LMU Munich, Link
2022
Sex and Taxes (English), MA, LMU Munich, Link
Social Policy in Developing Countries (German), BA, LMU Munich, Link
Thesis Seminar (German), BA/MA, LMU Munich, Link
2021
Strategies of Social Science Inquiry (English), MA, University of StGallen, Link
Social Policy in Developing Countries (German), BA, University of StGallen, Link
The Political Economy of Taxation (English), MA, University of StGallen, Link
2020
Creating a COVID Recovery: A European Approach, Guest Lecture, Middlebury College, US, Link
Introduction to International Policital Economy (German), BA, LMU Munich, Link
Thesis Seminar (German), BA, LMU Munich, Link
2019/20
The Political Economy of Taxation (English), MA, LMU Munich, Link
Research Design in IR (English, 2x), BA, LMU Munich, Link
2019
Actors, Institutions, and Global Governance (English), MA, LMU Munich, Link
Thesis Seminar (German), BA/MA, LMU Munich, Link
2018/19
The Political Economy of Taxation (English), MA, LMU Munich, Link
Applied Research Design (German), MA, LMU Munich, Link
,Inequality and Redistribution in International Perspective (German), BA, LMU Munich, Link
2018
The Development of the Modern Tax State (German), BA/MA Workshop, Cusanuswerk Ferienakademie, Link
2017
The Political Economy of Taxation (English), PhD, European University Institute, Link
2015/16
Redistributive Policies in Action: A Research Seminar with Stata (English), BA, Universität Bremen Link
Bachelor Thesis Seminar (German), BA, Universität Bremen Link
2015
Inequality and Redistribution in International Perspective (German), BA, Universität Bremen, Link
Bachelor Thesis Seminar (German), BA, Universität Bremen Link
2013
Actors, Institutions and Global Governance (English), MA, Jacobs University , Link
2012
Actors, Institutions and Global Governance (English), MA, Jacobs University, Link
2011
International Institutions (English), BA, Jacobs University
2010
Mixed Methods (Teaching Assistant, English), MA/PhD Essex Summer School
Survey Data Analysis (Teaching Assistant, English), MA/PhD Essex Summer School
2009
Political Explanation (Teaching Assistant, English), MA, University of Essex
Political Analysis (Teaching Assistant, English), BA, University of Essex
Comparative Methods (Teaching Assistant, English), MA/PhD Essex Summer School
2008
Political Analysis (Teaching Assistant, English), BA, University of Essex
Comparative Methods (Teaching Assistant, English), MA/PhD Essex Summer School
2003
Research Methods (Teaching Assistant, German), BA, Universität Konstanz