Fabian Waldinger
Fabian Waldinger
University of Munich
Department of Economics
fabian.waldinger(AT)econ.lmu.de
Employment
since 2018 University of Munich - Professor
2016 - 2018 London School of Economics - Associate Professor
2011 - 2016 University of Warwick - Associate Professor
2009 - 2011 University of Warwick - Assistant Professor
Visiting Positions
2023 London School of Economics - Department of Management (4 months)
2015 University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics (4 months)
2015 Harvard University - Department of Economics (6 months)
2012 MIT Sloan School of Management and NBER (9 months)
Other Affiliations
since 2015 CEPR - Research Affiliate (Economic History and Labor Economics)
since 2011 CESifo Munich - Research Fellow (2019-), Research Affiliate (2011-18)
since 2010 CAGE Warwick – Research Fellow
Education
2004 - 2008 London School of Economics, PhD in Economics
Supervisor: Prof. Steve Pischke
2006 - 2007 University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Scholar
2001 - 2004 London School of Economics, MSc Economics (with Distinction)
2000 - 2001 London School of Economics, Visiting Undergraduate
1998 - 2000 University of Passau, Germany, Business Administration and Economics
Research Interests
Economics of Innovation, Economic History, Labour Economics
Publications and Working Papers
Please see my Research Page
Research Grants
2021-2025 DFG Collaborative Research Center, Co-PI (one of 36) (total funding 2.5m per year)
2013-2018 ERC Starting Grant (€ 733,621)
2013-2014 NBER Innovation Policy Group ($10,000)
2013 Sloan Foundation - Economics of Knowledge Contribution and Distribution Project ($20,000)
2012 CAGE Research Fund (£9,996), with Sascha Becker
2011 British Academy Small Grant (£7,489)
Awards and Scholarships
2020 Gossen Award, Verein für Socialpolitik
2019 Excellence in Refereeing Award: American Economic Review
2016 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Economics (£100,000)
2017 Excellence in Refereeing Award: American Economic Review
2012 Excellence in Refereeing Award: Economic Journal
2011 CESifo Distinguished Affiliate Award
2010 Reinhard-Selten Prize, Verein für Socialpolitik for paper “Peer Effects in Science”
2007 - 2008 Junior Fellowship of the Royal Economic Society
2006 - 2007 Stipend for stay at UC Berkeley from CLE, UC Berkeley
2006 Departmental Teaching Prize, LSE
2006 - 2008 Scholarship for doctoral studies from Cusanuswerk, Germany
2004 - 2005 Adeline and Karl Goeltz Scholarship, LSE
2004 - 2007 LSE Research Studentship for academic years 04/05 to 06/07
2000 - 2004 Scholarship for undergraduate studies from Cusanuswerk, Germany