Business cylce analysis based on national accounting frameworks

International macroeconomics

Market workability diagnostics

Computational economics

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German business cycle analysis (diagnosis, forecasting and stabilization policy)

German logistics industry

Macroeconomic modelling

Artificial intelligence (soft computing, decision support systems)

1988-1993 Studies in Economics, University of Muenster; Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation

1992 German-Austrian Academic Software Award for MAKROMAT

1993 Master of Science in Economics

1993-1998 Research Associate, Institute for Industrial Economics (Chair: Professor Gustav Dieckheuer) at the University of Muenster (focus on macroeconomics and international economics)

1995-1997 PhD-Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation

1998 PhD in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.): Expectation rules and business cycle dynamics - macro models with neuro-fuzzy systems for expecation formation

1998-2004 Assistant professor, University of Muenster

1998-2000 Head of the Competence Center "Multimedia for Economics" in Northrhine-Westfalia

2001-2002 Part-time lecturer, University of Applied Sciences, Muenster

2001-2005 Part-time lecturer, Business and Information Technology School (BiTS), Iserlohn

2002 Visiting lecturer, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)

2004 Visiting researcher, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

2002-2005 Managing Director, Muenster Institute for Computational Economics (MICE)

2005-2010 Research Manager, German Institute for Economic Researach (DIW Berlin), Department of Macro Analysis and Forecasting

seit 2010 Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Forecasting Center and Office Berlin