Panel discussions (selection)
Münster, 12 May 2025: panel "Economic perspectives on growth", conference "Critical perspectives on growth in the context of sustainability", Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN), University of Münster.
Regensburg, 26 Sept 2023: ECON-WATCH panel "Growth, sustainability and social peace: how to set the course for a renewal of the social market economy?" at the Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS) Annual Conference.
Berlin, 28 Feb 2023: Book discussion of "Growth for Good?" by Alessio Terzi, CUP 2022, Hertie School of Governance.
Düsseldorf, 07 June 2018: "Pluralism in economics: what has been achieved? How does it go on?", Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK).
Göttingen, 31 January 2018: "Development: Between Model and Reality", organized by the students of Kritische Wirtschaftswissenschaften Göttingen, University of Göttingen.
Manchester, 05 Nov 2016: Round Table "Strategic perspectives of advancing pluralism in economics", 28th EAEPE Conference.
Keynotes
Hamburg, 28 Aug 2025: "Is economic inequality bad for the climate?“, keynote at the Pluralumn* Workshop for early-career researchers.
Berlin, 24 Oct 2024: "Sustainability and inequality in global perspective: a research agenda", plenary talk at the 28th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomicsand Macroeconomic Policy) Conference.
Talks in lecture series (selection)
Freiburg, 20 July 2024: "The ecological crisis as social question?" (in German), Ringvorlesung Plurale Ökonomik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
Siegen, 20 June 2024: "Social mobility, equality of opportunity and individual freedom" (in German), FORUM Siegen.
Frankfurt, 20 May 2024: "The capitalist economy: problem or part of the solution?", Ringvorlesung "Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Goethe Teaches Sustainability", Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
Berlin, 15 January 2024: "Development economics", Ringvorlesung "Paradigmen & Kontroversen ökonomischer Theorien", Freie Universität Berlin.
Lüneburg, 22 June 2023: "Is there an inequality crisis in Europe?", Ringvorlesung "How to crisis" der Hochschulgruppe Möve, Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg.
Siegen, 27 Mar 2022: "Why reducing inequalities is crucial to fight the climate crisis in capitalist economies", Alumni Akademy, University of Siegen.
Tübingen, 03 Dec 2019: "Wo bleibt der Streit um die Volkswirtschaftslehre?", lecture series "Umkämpftes Wissen, situierte Erkenntnis. Blicke hinter die Kulissen der Wissenschaft", Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
Tübingen, 17 Oct 2018: "Introduction to Pluralist Economics", Rethinking Economics Tübingen.
Academic talks and presentations (selection)
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Washington D.C:, 9 July 2025: "The Climate Cost of Inequality: Trade-Offs and Structural Effects“, 11th Conference for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) (project with Martin Middelanis)
Oslo, 25 June 2025 (online): "The Climate Cost of Inequality: Trade-Offs and Structural Effects“, 18th Conference of
the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) and 11th International Degrowth Conference (project with Martin Middelanis)
Turin, 23 May 2025: "Charlotte Leubuscher: A Forgotten Pioneer in Development Economics“, Annual
Conference of the European Society for the History of Ecnomic Thought (ESHET) (project with Matthias Störring and Reinhard Schumacher)
Berlin, 24 Oct 2024: "Sustainability and inequality in global perspective: a research agenda", plenary talk at the 28th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomicsand Macroeconomic Policy) Conference
Bonn, 07 Nov 2024: "The trade-off between socio-economic and ecological goals at different levels of inequality", Konferenz"Development Beyond Growth", German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Bonn (project with Martin Middelanis)
Siegen, 10 Sept 2024: "Inequality and the trade-off between socio-economic and ecological goals", Conference"Designing Sustainable Economies: Approaching TechnologicallyInduced Problems with Technologies?", University of Siegen (project with Martin Middelanis)
Bilbao, 05 Sept 2024: "Charlotte Leubuscher: A forgotten pioneer in development economics",36th EAEPE Conference 2024 (project with Matthias Störring and Reinhard Schumacher)
Düsseldorf, 06 Nov 2023:"Does business taxation influence wage levels? Qualitative evidencefrom Germany's local business tax", Institut fur Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK) (project with Inga Hardeck)
Berlin, 21 Oct 2023: "Did the commodity boom benefit public social spending in Latin America?", 27th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy) Conference (paper with Martin Middelanis)
Berlin, 22 Oct 2022: "Fields of study choices and gender income inequalities in Germany", 26th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy) Conference (paper with Carlo D'Ippoliti)
Berlin, 25 Oct 2019: "The heterogeneous relationship between per-capital income and distribution:evidence from panel co-integration", 23th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy) Conference (paper with Claudius Gräbner)
Warsaw, 13 Sept 2019: "Income inequality and the complexity of economic production structures",31th EAEPE Conference (project with Claudius Gräbner)
Atlanta, 4-6 Jan 2019: "Fields of study choices and the reproduction of gender inequalities", poster presentation at the ASSA Meeting (American Economic Association) (project with Carlo D'Ippoliti)
Berlin, 26 Oct 2018: "Pluralism in economics: How is this still a thing?", 22th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy) Conference
Nizza, 4 September 2018: "Fields of study choices and the reproduction of gender inequalities", 30th EAEPE Conference (project with Carlo D'Ippoliti)
Tutzing, 6 March 2018: "Development and freedom, development as freedom?", conference "Capitalism and freedom", Evangelische Akademie Tutzing
New Delhi, 5 December 2017: "Behavioural development economics - progress or fad?", lecture at the DAAD-funded workshop "New Paradigsm of Economic Development: Social and Environmental Dimensions”, Network for Comparative Economic Development Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Helsinki, 22 May 2017: "Old vs. New Behavioural Economics: A Comparison Using the Case of 'Aspiration Traps'", Workshop on "Economics and/or Psychology", TINT Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Budapest, 22, October 2016: "Inequalities, policy-making, institutions and human development. A framework and and an illustration", YSI-INET Plenary "Piecing Together a Paradigm"
Oxford, 14 Sept 2016: "What are the policy implications of aspiration traps?", Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference 2016, University of Oxford
London, 03 July 2015: "Global and domestic inequalities and the political economy of themiddle-income trap", SASE Annual Conference, London School of Economics (project with Stephan Panther)
Berlin, 22 May 2015: "Perpetuating inequalities: the role of aspirations in (economic)decision-making", YSI-INET Workshop "Inequality" with Samuel Bowles
Nicosia, 07 Nov 2014: "Inequality, (unmet) aspirations and social protest", 26th EAEPE Conference
Trier, 02 July 2014: "Inequality and economic development in the Dominican Republic- A political economy perspective", Tagung "Dominicanidad - perspectivas de un concepto transnational"
Santiago de Chile, 10 June 2014: "Towards a political economy of the middle-income trap", 1st REPAL Annual conference.
Washington D.C., 30 May 2014: "Socio-economic family background, household situations, educational aspirations and achievements", 4th World Bank Equity Conference on Aspirations, Poverty and Inequality
Paris, 08 Nov 2013: "40 Years after Hirschman's Tunnel Parable: Income Inequality, EconomicDevelopment and Aspirations Failures in Latin America", 25th EAEPE Conference
Rio de Janeiro, 13 Sept 2013: "40 Years after Hirschman's Tunnel Parable: Income Inequality, Economic Development and Aspirations Failures in Latin America", IARIW-IBGE Special Conference "Income, Wealth, and Well-being in Latin America.
Media activities (selection)
23 May 2025: newspaper interview with taz: "Wirtschaftswende von Kanzler Merz. Wie zu Kohls Zeiten"
5 April 2025: article "Ungleichheit: Bis zu 66 Prozent weniger Vermögen nach Migration" published in Surplus Magazine (with Rudi Faininger).
20 Dec 2024: radio interview with radio corax about economic aspects of the various parties' election programmes
08 Mar 2024: radio interview with hr INFO about economic gender inequalities on the occasion of the Equal Pay Day
08 Apr 2020: podcast "In der Wirtschaft" on impacts of the Covid pandemic on economies of the Global South
07 April 2020: podcast "Coronomics" on pluralist economics perspectives on the covid-induced economic crisis
26 Nov 2019: podcast "In der Wirtschaft" on pluralist development economics
Non-academic talks (selection)
Berlin, 05 Dec 2024: "Societal support for climate protection measures" (in German), Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Conference "Change Management - wie kann die Transformation in den Behörden hin zur THG-Neutralitat gelingen?".
Berlin, 27 Oct 2015: "What can development cooperation learn from behavioural economics?", Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) & giz.
Organized events and other activities
20-21 Sept 2023: Organized workshop "Decolonization and post-colonial justice in development economics: what, who, how, why?", University of Siegen.
Winter term 2019-20: Organized lecture series "How to save the climate? Interdisciplinary perspectives", University of Siegen.
9-10 Nov 2018: Co-organized workshop "Structural change and technological upgrading in times of globalization: strategies and policies for developing countries", University of Siegen.
Winter term 2018-19: Organized lecture series "How political is economics?", University of Siegen.
10-11 June 2017: Co-organized workshop "Developing Economics: Towards a Critical Research Agenda for Development Economics", DIW Berlin.
From 2014-2018, I was an elected Council member of EAEPE. I am a fellow and member of the steering committee of the Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy (FMM).