Principal investigators

The core of the research training group is formed by twelve professors from the universities of Hannover and Göttingen. Detailed information about the professors can be found on their personal web pages.

Investigators	Main research area	Leading PI in project
Axel Dreher	Development Economics, International Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics, Economics of Aid	P4 Official capital flows (aid)
Marcela Ibañez Díaz	Behavioral Development Economics, Experimental Economics, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics of Crime	P7 Drug production and consumption, P18 Gender and labor markets
Martin Gassebner	International Economics, International Political Economy, Economics of Terrorism	P6 Migration and terrorism
Krisztina Kis-Katos	Development Economics, International Economics, Political Economy, Applied Econometrics	P20 FDI, firms and local development
Stephan Klasen	Development Economics, Poverty, Inequality, Undernutrition, Economics of Gender	P8 Inequality and globalization, P9 Values and well-being
Tatyana Krivobokova	Statistics, Nonparametric Regression, Statistical Modeling	P1 Measurement and methods
Lukas Menkhoff	Development Economics, International Finance, Risk, Foreign Exchange, Market Microstructure, Expectations, Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy	P2 Private capital flows
Patrick Puhani	Labor Economics, Personnel Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics, Applied Economics	P11 Family, labor, and education
Susan Steiner	Development Economics, Poverty, Risk, Insurance, Microfinance, Social Networks, Labor Markets	P19 Social networks
Holger Strulik	Economic Growth, Development Economics, Population Economics, Health and Aging, Public Finance, Dynamic Game Theory	P10 Poverty and demography, P12 Distances, technologies, and development
Sebastian Vollmer	Global Health, Longrun Development, Poverty, Inequality, Economics Demography	P16 Child health and development, P17 Adult health and productivity
Andreas Wagener	Public Economics, International Taxation, Public Goods, Social Policy, Risk	P14 Taxation, economic development, and norms, P15: Risk-coping mechanisms