Alumni Placement Record

The Kiel Institute as launching pad for a promising career

After successfully completing a doctorate or after a few years as a postdoc at the Kiel Institute, many researchers are taking their next career steps at universities, ministries, international organizations, and private companies. A selection:

NAME, First NamePeriod at Kiel Institute1st Placement (position, institution, place)
ADEMMER, Esther2013 - 2019Division Manager, BfA (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), Nürnberg, Germany
AHRENS, Steffen2008 - 2015Assistant Professor, Macroeconomics, TU (Technische Universität), Berlin, Germany
BERTRAM, Christine2009 - 2021Product Manager, Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
BÖHME, Markus2010 - 2014Economist, OECD, Paris, France
BOSWORTH, Steven2013 - 2018Lecturer and Junior professor, University of Reading, UK
BRAUN, Carola2012 - 2016Lecturer, University of St. Andrews, UK
BRAUN, Sebastian Till2012 - 2016Lecturer, University of St. Andrews, UK
CARSTENSEN, Kai2002 - 2007Professor of Economics, LMU (Ludwig Maximilians University), Munich, Germany
CHRISTENSEN, Björn2000 - 2005Founder and Chief Executive Officer, analytix GmbH and meteolytix GmbH, Kiel, Germany
DEKE, Oliver1999 - 2005Scientific Adviser, WBGU (Scientific Advisory Board for Global Environmental Change), Berlin, Germany
DELZEIT, Ruth2010 - 2020Professorship, University of Basel, Switzerland
DOVERN, Jonas2005 - 2008Founder and Chief Executive Officer, IfW, Kiel, Germany
FIEDLER, Salomon2015 - 2021Economist, Berenberg Bank, London, UK
FUCHS, Andreas2018 - 2023Prof. for Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
GOTTSCHALK, Jan1998 - 2001Senior Economist, IMF (International Monetary Fund), Washington, USA
HAMMERMANN, Felix2002 - 2007Senior Economist, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
HEIDLAND, Tobias2011 - 2020Professor, CAU Kiel, Germany
HEILAND, Inga2021-2022Associate Professor, NTNU Trondheim, Norway
HENKE, Jan-Michael2002 - 2006Managing Director, GRAS (Global Risk Assessment Services), Cologne, Germany
HORN, Sebastian2019 - 2021Economist, Research Department, The World Bank
HÜNNEKES, Franziska2018 - 2019Graduate Program in Economics, EZB (European Central Bank), Munich, Germany
KINCAIDE, Laura2018 - 2019Research Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
KLEEMANN, Linda2013 - 2020Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, Hamburg, Germany
MUNDHENKE, Thomas2000 - 2006Head of Unit, BITKOM (Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunication and New Media e.V.), Berlin, Germany
PIEPER, Sebastian2008 - 2014Post Doc, DIW (German Institute for Economic Research), Berlin, Germany
RING, Patrick2013 - 2019Data Scientist, ARAG Krankenversicherungs-AG (Health Insurance), Munich, Germany
SCHÜNEMANN, Franziska2016 - 2020Tenure Track Professor, University Hohenheim, Germany
SCHWÖRER, Tillmann2009 - 2015Data Scientist, mobilcom-debitel GmbH, Germany
SPATZ, Julius2000 - 2004Project Leader, GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation), Bonn, Germany
STAMER, Vincent2020 - 2023Economist, Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany
STEPANOK, Ignat2011 - 2015Economist, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Nürnberg (Institute for Employment Research), Germany
VAN ROYE, Björn2007 - 2015Directorate General for International Policy and European Relations, External Developments Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany