Biographical Information

A complete CV is available on request.

Born 7 February 1975 in Munich (Germany), German nationality

Career

since Oct 2009: Lachmann Fellow for research in economics and philosophy, London School of Economics, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

July 2009: Habilitation (external) at the Economics Faculty of Karlsruhe University (Thesis)

Oct 2006 - Sep 2009: Nuffield Foundation New Career Fellow, London School of Economics, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science

since Sep 2005: Assistant Professor of Economics (tenured since Aug 2008), Maastricht University, Department of Quantitative Economics

Sep 2002 - Aug 2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Philosophy, Probability and Modeling Group, Center for Junior Research Fellows, Konstanz University

Current research areas (for details, go to Research projects)

Decision theory, normative and formal, with a focus on reasons, motivations, unawareness, preference change, and ethical questions; social choice theory, particularly judgment aggregation; welfare economics; game theory; logic; foundations of probability and statistics; mathematical models of terrorism prevention

Main awards and distinctions

5th Social Choice and Welfare Prize of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, to be awarded jointly to F. Dietrich and C. List at the Society’s international meeting in Moscow, July 2010
Excellent Young Scholar Award 2007, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University
Veni Fellowship, Dutch Science Foundation
New Career Development Fellowship, Nuffield Foundation, United Kingdom
Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation (not taken up)
Doctoral Scholarship, Cusanus Foundation, Germany
Graduate Scholarship, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University

University Education

Doctor in Mathematics at Oxford University, 2003 (Thesis) Doctoral studies May 1999 – Aug 2002 at Oxford University, Brasenose College. Area: probability theory and statistics, econometrics.

Diplom in Mathematics (major) and Economics (minor) at Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, 1999. Studies at Technische Universität München (Oct 1993 – July 1995), Oxford University, St. Peter’s College (Oct 1995 – June 1996), and Ludwig Maximilians Universität München (Oct 1996 – Feb 1999).