Economics knows no borders

The Department of Economics stands for internationality on many levels: in our course content on global markets, multinational companies and international organisations, with our students and lecturers from all over the world and through our internationally relevant research.

„Our aim is to equip national and international students for the economic challenges and to publish our research findings in international journals.”

Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries,
Department spokesperson

Latest News

14.03.2024

Tempolimits in Deutschland: Evidenzbasierte Diskussion dringend nötig

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29.02.2024

DLF-Interview: Tempolimit - gibt es eine Forschungslücke?

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08.02.2024

Aufruf zur Beteiligung am Tag der Lehre

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22.01.2024

Publication on financial market anomalies

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17.01.2024

Ausschreibung für die Tutorien "Mathematik II für Wirtschaftswissenschaften"

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16.01.2024

Wie viel Deich braucht das Land?

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16.01.2024

Das PARSEC lädt zum dritten Meet & Greet ein

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11.01.2024

Ausschreibung SHK/WHB für den Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insb. Mikroökonomie

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11.01.2024

Ausschreibung Tutor*innen für "Grundzüge der VWL - Mikrotheorie"

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06.12.2023

Living interdisciplinarity at PARSEC - students discuss current research contributions on sustainability in a new seminar format

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29.11.2023

Start of the central allocation procedure for theses in summer term 2024

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29.11.2023

Job advertisement for the project A:RT-D Grids (Africa: Research and Teaching for Development Grids)

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23.11.2023

Preis für den besten Vortrag beim Fakultätsforschungsworkshop für PARSEC Mitglied Vicky Leoni Tinnefeld

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30.10.2023

Neue Publikation im Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

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26.10.2023

Publication in the Journal Cogent Economics & Finance

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International research

We offer fundamental and internationally high-quality research in the fields of economics, international economics and econometrics and focus on socially relevant issues based on the latest scientific methods and high-quality research data.

Research projects

The members of the department contribute their expertise to larger research networks as well as to work on relevant, more specific issues. Our collaborations transcend faculty and university boundaries.

Publications

Within the department, we create a lively scientific exchange through joint research projects or cross-chair semi
exchange - a good basis for publishing our results in high-ranking journals.

Research focus

Our research focuses on four main topics: Globalisation and Global Markets, Cooperation and Competition, Data Science in Economics, Sustainable and Inclusive Development.

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Research Centre Center for International Economics (CIE)

The CIE stands for independent and well-founded economic research of high quality and political relevance. With their research topics, the academics cover a broad spectrum of economic and international economic issues, both at the macro and micro level.

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Scientific career

Become part of our team and take the opportunity to develop personally and work on exciting research projects.

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Study & Teaching

In teaching, the department organises the "International Economics and Management" course, which can be studied in English and provides students from many different countries with the relevant specialist knowledge of economic processes and methodological skills that equip them for the regional, national and international labour market.

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Study and teaching program at the Department Economics

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M. Sc. International Economics and Management

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Get in touch with us!

Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries

Makroökonomik, Internationale Wachstums- und Konjunkturtheorie

Room Q4.146
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn

Office hours

Thursday 13:00-14:00