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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

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