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Outstanding professors

A unique mix of external and own lecturers

The Kiel Advanced Studies Program PhD is unique due to its mix of external and internal professors. Our external lecturers are leaders in their field and work on exciting, relevant research. By taking courses with them, our PhD students can get feedback from the very best and experience the research frontier in international economics first-hand. In our curriculum, we aim for a mix of world-renown senior professors and young, innovative “rising stars” who teach the newest ideas and methods in their field. During the 5 years of your PhD, you will thus have access to a steady-stream of excellent visiting scholars and teachers from the best economics departments around the world.

External Lecturers in the spring/summer 2026:

External Lecturers in the fall 2026 and spring/summer 2027:

Own Lecturers

At the same time, you will be taught by and interact with our own very good faculty at Kiel University and the Kiel Institute, e.g. Jens Boysen-Hogrefe, Dirk Dohse, Lena DrägerJana Friedrichsen, Holger Görg, Aoife HanleyTobias Heidland, Julian Hinz, Sebastian HornSebastian Köhne, Stefan Kooths, Cathrin Mohr, Wilfried RickelsJens Ruhose, Ulrich SchmidtMoritz Schularick, Rainer ThieleChristoph Trebesch, Horst Raff, Maik Wolters, or Kasper Zimmermann (a full list is here).

 

Highlights of previous years (past ASP lecturers)