Adrián is a Ph.D. student at the DIW Berlin Graduate Center and the University of Potsdam since October 2020. He obtained both his Master's and Bachelor's degree at the University of Mannheim. Adrián's research interests lie in the fields of climate and environmental economics, applied microeconometrics and policy evaluation. His current research focuses on the analysis of causes and effects of...
Maximilian Schaller is a PhD candidate at the Berlin School of Economics. Following undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at DHBW, he studied economics in the Master’s programs of RWTH Aachen and FU Berlin. Since October 2021, Maximilian worked as a research assistant at the Public Economics department of the DIW Berlin. During this time, he contributed to research on heterogeneous life...
Clara Schäper is a researcher at DIW Berlin. She is also a member of the Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA Potsdam), a guest researcher at the Federal Institute for Population Research, and serves as a board member of the Women in Economics Initiative since 2023. She obtained her PhD in Economics from the University of Potsdam, the Berlin School of Economics and the DIW Graduate Center....
Rebecca Scheffauer is a postdoc at the DIW in Berlin where she works to improve the quality of survey research. Prior to that she obtained her PhD in Political Science at the University of Salamanca where she was a member of the Democracy Research Unit (DRU). Her research interests cover different forms of political participation as well as the effects of social, online, and traditional media.
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Jan-Christopher Scherer is a Research Associate in Forecasting and Economic Policy in the Department of Macroeconomics, where he is responsible for the national accounts. After studying economics at the University of Mannheim (bachelor's degree) and the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (master's degree), he earned his doctorate in the Doctoral Program in Economics at the Halle Institute for...
Researcher Macroeconomics; Researcher Forecasting and Economic Policy
Dr. Alexander Schiersch is a researcher at DIW Berlin, where his work centers on productivity and the competitiveness of firms. He studies how technological shifts – particularly digitalization – and economic policy measures drive firm-level dynamics, while identifying the key factors that determine how firms compete and thrive. His research also explores the broader socio-ecological...
Researcher Firms and Markets; Researcher Entrepreneurship
Since May 2023, Teresa Schildmann supports the Department of Macroeconomics as Research Associate and is in particular responsible for the coverage of public finance in the forecasting team. Previously, she was in charge of labor market forecasting. After obtaining her bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Bonn, she pursued her doctoral studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt....
Researcher Macroeconomics; Researcher Forecasting and Economic Policy
Wolf-Peter Schill is leading the research area “Transformation of the Energy Economy” in the Department Energy, Transportation, Environment at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). After studying environmental engineering at TU Berlin and Macquarie University Sydney, he obtained a doctoral degree in energy economics at TU Berlin. His research focuses on renewable energy, energy...
Head of Division Energy, Transportation, Environment
Renke Schmacker is a Research Associate at the DIW Berlin and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Before joining DIW, he spent three years as an SNF Senior Researcher at the University of Lausanne. He received his PhD from the Berlin School of Economics in 2020 and previously studied at Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Copenhagen, and Leuphana University Lüneburg. His research...
Laura joined the Energy, Transport, Environment department as a postdoctoral research associate in July 2023. She conducts research at the intersection of environmental and social policy, with a particular interest in the effects of air pollution on citizen's lives, including their health and human capital. Previously, Laura completed her PhD at FU Berlin and DIW's Graduate Center and worked in...
Carsten Schröder heads the Applied Panel Data Analyses division of the Socio-Economic Panel and is a Professor of Economics with a focus on Empirical Economics at Freie Universität Berlin. His main areas of interest lie in public finance and social policy. He primarily investigates economic inequalities and the effects of government interventions in the economy. He has published articles in the...
Head of Division German Socio-Economic Panel study
Ben studied at the Free University of Berlin, where he also finished his PhD om 2025 while also being a member of the DIW GC. He subsequently joined the macroeconomics department of DIW as a postdoctoral researcher. Shortly after he was appointed assistant professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
During his studies Ben has worked at the European Central Bank, the European Parliament and...
Researcher Macroeconomics; Researcher Forecasting and Economic Policy
