Institute of Economic Research (IWF)

Institute of Economic Research

The expertise of the Institute of Economic Research (IWF) covers the entire range of traditional fields within the discipline of economics. The Institute places great importance on applying both empirical and experimental methods in its teaching and research.

The wide range of fields include health economics, energy research, economic policy and labor market research. The Institute’s work is strengthened by its collaboration with affiliated chairs from the School’s Institute of Labor Market and Socioeconomics, as well as FAU’s Department of Mathematics.

Head of the Institute

Chairs

Chair of Public Finance	Prof. Dr. Thiess Büttner
Chair of Statistics and Econometrics	Prof. Dr. Jonas Dovern
Chair of Quantitative Labor Economics	Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger, Ph.D.
Chair of Economic Theory	N. N.
Chair of Macroeconomics	Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl
Chair of Economics	Prof. Dr. Sarah Necker
Chair of Economic Policy	Prof. Dr. Johannes Rincke
Chair of Empirical Economics	Prof. Regina T. Riphahn, PhD
Chair of Labor and Regional Economics	Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel
Chair of Empirical Microeconomics	Prof. Dr. Gesine Stephan
Chair of Employment Research	Prof. Dr. Melanie Arntz
Professorship of Health Economics	Prof. Dr. Harald Tauchmann
Professor of Economics, Industrial Organization and Energy Markets	Prof. Dr. Gregor Zöttl
Professorship for Economics with a Focus on Health Care Markets	Prof. Dr. Simon Reif

Affiliated chairs

Chair of Global Governance and International Trade	Prof. Dr. Christoph Moser
Chair of Economics and Social Policy	Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede
Chair of Economics	Prof. Dr. Andreas Landmann
Chair of Economics: Economy and Society of the Middle East	Prof. Dr. Christine Binzel
Professorship for Employment Research	Prof. Dr. Michael Oberfichtner

Assistant Professorships

Assistant Professorship of Macroeconomics and Labor Market Research	Prof. Sena Coskun, PhD
Assistant Professorship of Energy Markets and Energy Systems Analysis	Prof. Dr. Mario Liebensteiner
Assistant Professorship for Labor and Innovation Economics	Prof. Dr. Markus Nagler