Dominik Patrick Bursy
Ph.D. Student
Public Economics Department
Working Areas
- Climate Policy and Socio-Ecological Transformation
- Population Dynamics and Regional Economics
- Spatial Economic Analysis and Economic Geography
- Economic Inequality and Social Structure
Dominik Bursy is a doctoral researcher at the Berlin School of Economics and a research associate in the Public Economics Department since 2024. He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, complemented by study abroad periods at the University of Warwick (UK) and ENSAE Paris.
During his studies, he worked in the Department of Economic History at the University of Warwick and at the Social Science Experimental Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Tax Law and Public Finance. In his Master’s thesis, he examined the relationship between climate change risks and global economic activity, analyzing how cities exposed to wildfires, as extreme environmental shocks, adapt or remain path-dependent.
Before starting his PhD, Dominik worked as a Data Scientist with project management responsibilities in the Group Data & AI department at Allianz SE. There, he was part of an interdisciplinary team of geographers, data scientists, and insurance experts developing GIS-based property intelligence solutions to improve data quality, pricing models, and risk assessment processes.
His research interests lie in Environmental and Development Economics as well as Political Economy. He is particularly interested in how climate change, natural disasters, and social factors affect regional economic development, human well-being, and political decision-making.
During his studies, he worked in the Department of Economic History at the University of Warwick and at the Social Science Experimental Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Tax Law and Public Finance. In his Master’s thesis, he examined the relationship between climate change risks and global economic activity, analyzing how cities exposed to wildfires, as extreme environmental shocks, adapt or remain path-dependent.
Before starting his PhD, Dominik worked as a Data Scientist with project management responsibilities in the Group Data & AI department at Allianz SE. There, he was part of an interdisciplinary team of geographers, data scientists, and insurance experts developing GIS-based property intelligence solutions to improve data quality, pricing models, and risk assessment processes.
His research interests lie in Environmental and Development Economics as well as Political Economy. He is particularly interested in how climate change, natural disasters, and social factors affect regional economic development, human well-being, and political decision-making.