Kiel Institute Reseacher
Dr. Max Deter
Kiel Institute Reseacher
Dr. Max Deter
Since October 2026, Max Deter has been working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Kiel Institute and the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS. He works with Christoph Trebesch on the effects of illiberal measures by populists worldwide. Previously, he was a visiting researcher at DIW, a postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin School of Economics and the University of Potsdam. He studied in Göttingen, the United States and France and earned his PhD in Wuppertal. His research focuses on political economy and economic history. In particular, he studies the spread and persistence of autocracies in political and economic terms.
Topics
Political EconomyMain research interests
- Political Economy
- Economic History
- Populism
- Autocracies
Since October 2026, Max Deter has been working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Kiel Institute and the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS. He works with Christoph Trebesch on the effects of illiberal measures by populists worldwide. Previously, he was a visiting researcher at DIW, a postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin School of Economics and the University of Potsdam. He studied in Göttingen, the United States and France and earned his PhD in Wuppertal. His research focuses on political economy and economic history. In particular, he studies the spread and persistence of autocracies in political and economic terms.
