Potential dissertation supervisors at the FAU/IAB (professors, junior professors, private lecturer)
Professor Martin Abraham
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Sociology and Empirical Social Research
Discipline: Sociology
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market, economic and organisational sociology
- Family and household
- Social structure
- Methods of empirical social research and sociological theories
Professor Silke Anger
University of Bamberg and IAB, Research Department "Education, Training and Employment over the Life Course"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market economics and economics of education
- Empirical microeconomics
Professor Uwe Blien
University of Bamberg and IAB, Research Department "Regional Labour Markets"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market policy
- Impact of the structural change on the labour market
- Institution analyses
Professor Herbert Brücker
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and IAB, Research Department "Migration and International Labour Studies"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- International migration
- European integration
Professor Thiess Büttner
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Public Finance
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Tax competition
- Fiscal federalism
- Site selection
- Taxation theory
Professor Wolfgang Dauth
University of Bamberg and IAB, Research Department "Regional Labour Markets"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
Empirical regional and foreign trade research
PD Dr Hermann Gartner
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IAB, Research Department "Labour Market Processes and Institutions"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Macroeconomic labour market issues from microeconomic perspective
- Wage development
- Search and matching theories, hiring process
Professor Britta Gehrke
University of Rostock, Department of Economics
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Applied macroeconomics
- Search und matching
- DSGE models
- Macroeconometrics
Professor Veronika Grimm
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Economic Theory
Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Applied game theory
- Industrial economics, auction theory, market design
- Experimental and behavioural economics
- Energy economics
Professor Nicole Gürtzgen
University of Regensburg and IAB, Research Department "Labour Market Processes and Institutions"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Applied microeconometrics
- Effect of labour market insitutions on wage and employment Dynamics
Professor Elke Jahn
University of Bayreuth and IAB, Research Department "Active Labour Market Policies and Integration"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Flexible employment relationships
- International migration
- Search theory
- Applied microeconomics
Professor Ingo Klein
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Statistics and Econometrics
Discipline: Statistics
Research field /-interest:
- Fundamental questions of measurement and statistics
- Methods of robust and non-parametric statistics
- Financial market data and market research data
Professor Frauke Kreuter
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Chair of Statistics and Data Science in Social Sciences and the Humanities
Discipline: Survey methodology
Research field /-interest:
Empirical methods
PD Dr Gerhard Krug
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IAB, Research Department "Joblessness and Social Inclusion"
Discipline: Sociology
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market sociology
- Sociology of health
- Sociological network research
- Methods of empirical social research
Professor Christian Merkl
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Macroeconomics
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Financial and fiscal policy
- Macroeconomic labour market analyses
Professor (em.) Joachim Möller
University of Regensburg and former Director of the IAB
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Regional and labour market economics
- Empirical macroeconomics and applied econometrics
- Economic east-west relations
Professor Annekatrin Niebuhr
Kiel University and IAB, Research Department "Regional Research Network"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Regional aspects of migration
- Economic effects of cultural diversity
Professor Markus Promberger
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IAB, Research Department "Joblessness and Social Inclusion"
Discipline: Sociology
Research field /-interest:
- Sociology of work and organisation
- Poverty and inequality
- Social policy
Professor Johannes Rincke
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Economic Policy
Discipline: Econometrics
Research field /-interest:
- Public finance
- Behavioural economics
- Experimental economic research
Professor Regina T. Riphahn
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Empirical Economics
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Applied microeconomics
- Social policy
- Personnel, labour market, health und population economics
Professor Joseph Sakshaug
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and IAB, Research Department "Statistical Methods" (KEM)
Discipline: Survey methodology
Research field /-interest:
- Survey methodology
- Empirical methods
Jun.-Professor Brigitte Schels
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IAB, Research Department "Joblessness and Social Inclusion"
Discipline: Sociology
Research field /-interest:
- Social inequality on the labour market
- Poverty
- School-to-work transition
- Choice of occupation and education aspirations
Professor Claus Schnabel
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Labour Market Policy and Regional Policy
Discipline: Economic
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market economics
- Labour relations
- Economic policy
Professor Gesine Stephan
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IAB, Research Department "Active Labour Market Policies and Integration"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Microeconometric labour market research
- Evaluation of measures of active labour market policy
Professor Harald Tauchmann
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Professorship for Health Economics
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Applied econometrics
- Empirical health economics
Professor Mark Trappmann
University of Bamberg and IAB, Research Department "Panel Labour Market and Social Security"
Discipline: Survey methodology
Research field /-interest:
- Survey methodology
- Methods of empirical social research
Professor Enzo Weber
University of Regensburg and IAB, Research Department "Forecasts and Macroeconomic Analyses"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Empirical macroeconomics
- Macroeconomic labour market trends
- Labour market dynamics / institutions / policy
- Forecast
PD Dr Joachim Wolff
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and IAB, Research Department "Basic Income Support and Activation"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Duration of joblessness
- Passive and active labour market policy
- Evaluation of measures of active labour market policy
- Job mobility
Professor Matthias Wrede
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Economics and Social Policy
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Tax compliance
- Regional living conditions and production conditions
- Modelling of urban structures
Associated professors at the IAB
Professor Hans-Dieter Gerner
Nuremberg Tech and IAB, Research Department "Establishments and Employment"
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
Operational employment dynamics
Professor Corinna Kleinert
University of Bamberg and IAB, Research Department "Education, Training and Employment over the Life Course"
Discipline: Sociology
Research field /-interest:
Longitudinal educational reasearch
Professor Aderonke Osikominu
University of Hohenheim and IAB, Research Group of the Director
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Applied econometrics
- Labour market economics and economics of education
- Programme Evaluation
Jun.-Professor Malte Reichelt
New York University Abu Dhabi and IAB, Research Department "Education, Training and Employment over the Life Course"
Discipline: Sociology
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market sociology
- Technological change
- Professional and regional mobility
- Sociological network research
- Methods of empirical social Research
Professor Uta Schönberg
University College London and IAB, Research Group of the Director
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market economics
- Applied microeconomics
Professor Alexandra Spitz-Oener
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and IAB, Research Group of the Director
Discipline: Economics
Research field /-interest:
- Labour market economics
- Applied microeconomics