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Agricultural History (2)
Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer
Phone: +49 941 943-5750
E-Mail: Mark.Spoerer@ur.de
Research areas (6)
- European agricultural policy, 1960–2000
- History of public finance since 1800
- Economic history since 1800, particularly the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- Business history since 1800
- Forced labour in the First and Second World Wars
- Industry histories: glass, synthetic fibres, textile retail and aviation
Dr. Lienhard Thaler
Phone: +43 142 7741386
E-Mail: Lienhard.Thaler@univie.ac.at
Research areas (6)
- Manorialism in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Pledge lordship in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Princely and state finances, taxes and levies in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weapons production and trade in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weights and measures in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Traffic and transport in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
Foreign Trade and Globalisation (3)
Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
Phone: +49 7071 2972985
E-Mail: Joerg.Baten@uni-tuebingen.de
Research areas (7)
- Geoeconomics
- Effects of globalisation on inequality and human-capital formation
- Determinants and effects of violence from a global perspective
- Growth of economies worldwide
- Long-term development of education and living standards
- History of health and nutrition
- Interdisciplinary research linking archaeology and economic history over the past 12,000 years
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
Research areas (7)
- History of globalisation and multinational companies
- Business history
- History of the iron, steel and chemical industries
- History of central banks
- Economic and social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany
- Social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Nikolaus Wolf
Phone: +49 30 209399552
E-Mail: Nikolaus.Wolf@wiwi.hu-berlin.de
Research areas (6)
- German foreign trade since 1850
- Globalisation and deglobalisation since 1850
- Borders in Europe since 1800
- German division and reunification
- Regional development and inequality in Europe since 1800
- Nationalism since 1800
Banking, Financial and Capital-Market History (4)
Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop
Phone: +49 228 735172
E-Mail: Burhop@uni-bonn.de
Research areas (7)
- German and British economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly banking and financial markets
- Historical patent and innovation research
- Corporate governance
- German and British business history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Business cycles, growth and distribution
- German and British banking and financial-market history
- German and British economic history
Dr. Angela Huang
E-Mail: AlHuang@fgho.eu
Research areas (4)
- Pre-modern capital markets
- Textile history
- Hanseatic history
- Urban economic history of the Middle Ages
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
Research areas (7)
- History of globalisation and multinational companies
- Business history
- History of the iron, steel and chemical industries
- History of central banks
- Economic and social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany
- Social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl
Phone: +49 5251 60-2436
E-Mail: Korinna.Schoenhaerl@upb.de
Research areas (7)
- Financial, banking and tax history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- United States tax history
- Modern social, economic and cultural history
- European history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- History of modern Greece
- Spanish history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- (Post-)colonial history
History of Public Finance (3)
Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl
Phone: +49 5251 60-2436
E-Mail: Korinna.Schoenhaerl@upb.de
Research areas (7)
- Financial, banking and tax history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- United States tax history
- Modern social, economic and cultural history
- European history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- History of modern Greece
- Spanish history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- (Post-)colonial history
Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer
Phone: +49 941 943-5750
E-Mail: Mark.Spoerer@ur.de
Research areas (6)
- European agricultural policy, 1960–2000
- History of public finance since 1800
- Economic history since 1800, particularly the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- Business history since 1800
- Forced labour in the First and Second World Wars
- Industry histories: glass, synthetic fibres, textile retail and aviation
Dr. Lienhard Thaler
Phone: +43 142 7741386
E-Mail: Lienhard.Thaler@univie.ac.at
Research areas (6)
- Manorialism in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Pledge lordship in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Princely and state finances, taxes and levies in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weapons production and trade in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weights and measures in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Traffic and transport in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
History of Individual Industries (7)
PD Dr. Christian Franke
Phone: +49 271 7404469
E-Mail: Christian2.Franke@uni-siegen.de
Research areas (4)
- Transport and communications infrastructure
- Digitalisation of the economy
- Economic systems
- European integration and the European Union
Dr. Angela Huang
E-Mail: AlHuang@fgho.eu
Research areas (4)
- Pre-modern capital markets
- Textile history
- Hanseatic history
- Urban economic history of the Middle Ages
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
Research areas (7)
- History of globalisation and multinational companies
- Business history
- History of the iron, steel and chemical industries
- History of central banks
- Economic and social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany
- Social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Roelevink
Phone: +49 3731 392826
E-Mail: Eva.Roelevink@iwtg.tu-freiberg.de
Research areas (6)
- History of resources and raw materials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; trade and entrepreneurship
- Corporate approaches to the politics of history
- Business history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Cartelisation and decartelisation
- Economic and business historians in the twentieth century
- Economic and business journalism in the twentieth century
PD Dr. Ole Sparenberg
E-Mail: Ole.Sparenberg@partner.kit.edu
Research areas (5)
- Environmental history of the oceans
- Whaling
- Deep-sea mining
- Use of peat and peatlands
- History of resources and raw materials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer
Phone: +49 941 943-5750
E-Mail: Mark.Spoerer@ur.de
Research areas (6)
- European agricultural policy, 1960–2000
- History of public finance since 1800
- Economic history since 1800, particularly the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- Business history since 1800
- Forced labour in the First and Second World Wars
- Industry histories: glass, synthetic fibres, textile retail and aviation
Dr. Lienhard Thaler
Phone: +43 142 7741386
E-Mail: Lienhard.Thaler@univie.ac.at
Research areas (6)
- Manorialism in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Pledge lordship in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Princely and state finances, taxes and levies in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weapons production and trade in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weights and measures in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Traffic and transport in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
History of Innovation (3)
Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop
Phone: +49 228 735172
E-Mail: Burhop@uni-bonn.de
Research areas (7)
- German and British economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly banking and financial markets
- Historical patent and innovation research
- Corporate governance
- German and British business history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Business cycles, growth and distribution
- German and British banking and financial-market history
- German and British economic history
PD Dr. Christian Franke
Phone: +49 271 7404469
E-Mail: Christian2.Franke@uni-siegen.de
Research areas (4)
- Transport and communications infrastructure
- Digitalisation of the economy
- Economic systems
- European integration and the European Union
apl. Prof. Dr. Heike Knortz
E-Mail: Knortz@ph-karlsruhe.de
Research areas (8)
- Industrial rationalisation in the twentieth century
- History of labour migration after 1945
- History of European economic integration after 1945
- Inflation in the twentieth century
- Economic history of the GDR
- Economic and social history of the Weimar Republic
- Economic history of mercantilism
- Economic history in literature
Cultural History (4)
Prof. Dr. Laetitia Lenel
University of Duisburg-Essen
Phone: 0201 183 2818
E-Mail: Laetitia.Lenel@uni-due.de
Research areas (4)
- Economic history as cultural history
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- History of economic knowledge
- History of economics
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Nautz
Phone: +49 151 40395388
E-Mail: Juergen.Nautz@th-owl.de
E-Mail: Juergen.Nautz@sk.hs-fulda.de
Research areas (3)
- Music festivals in Hesse after 1945: business-management and cultural-policy questions
- Integration and disintegration of currency areas
- History of collective labour law since 1918
Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Roelevink
Phone: +49 3731 392826
E-Mail: Eva.Roelevink@iwtg.tu-freiberg.de
Research areas (6)
- History of resources and raw materials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; trade and entrepreneurship
- Corporate approaches to the politics of history
- Business history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Cartelisation and decartelisation
- Economic and business historians in the twentieth century
- Economic and business journalism in the twentieth century
Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl
Phone: +49 5251 60-2436
E-Mail: Korinna.Schoenhaerl@upb.de
Research areas (7)
- Financial, banking and tax history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- United States tax history
- Modern social, economic and cultural history
- European history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- History of modern Greece
- Spanish history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- (Post-)colonial history
Business History (4)
Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop
Phone: +49 228 735172
E-Mail: Burhop@uni-bonn.de
Research areas (7)
- German and British economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly banking and financial markets
- Historical patent and innovation research
- Corporate governance
- German and British business history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Business cycles, growth and distribution
- German and British banking and financial-market history
- German and British economic history
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
Research areas (7)
- History of globalisation and multinational companies
- Business history
- History of the iron, steel and chemical industries
- History of central banks
- Economic and social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany
- Social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Roelevink
Phone: +49 3731 392826
E-Mail: Eva.Roelevink@iwtg.tu-freiberg.de
Research areas (6)
- History of resources and raw materials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; trade and entrepreneurship
- Corporate approaches to the politics of history
- Business history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Cartelisation and decartelisation
- Economic and business historians in the twentieth century
- Economic and business journalism in the twentieth century
Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer
Phone: +49 941 943-5750
E-Mail: Mark.Spoerer@ur.de
Research areas (6)
- European agricultural policy, 1960–2000
- History of public finance since 1800
- Economic history since 1800, particularly the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- Business history since 1800
- Forced labour in the First and Second World Wars
- Industry histories: glass, synthetic fibres, textile retail and aviation
Monetary History (6)
Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop
Phone: +49 228 735172
E-Mail: Burhop@uni-bonn.de
Research areas (7)
- German and British economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly banking and financial markets
- Historical patent and innovation research
- Corporate governance
- German and British business history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Business cycles, growth and distribution
- German and British banking and financial-market history
- German and British economic history
Dr. Angela Huang
E-Mail: AlHuang@fgho.eu
Research areas (4)
- Pre-modern capital markets
- Textile history
- Hanseatic history
- Urban economic history of the Middle Ages
apl. Prof. Dr. Heike Knortz
E-Mail: Knortz@ph-karlsruhe.de
Research areas (8)
- Industrial rationalisation in the twentieth century
- History of labour migration after 1945
- History of European economic integration after 1945
- Inflation in the twentieth century
- Economic history of the GDR
- Economic and social history of the Weimar Republic
- Economic history of mercantilism
- Economic history in literature
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
Research areas (7)
- History of globalisation and multinational companies
- Business history
- History of the iron, steel and chemical industries
- History of central banks
- Economic and social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany
- Social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Nautz
Phone: +49 151 40395388
E-Mail: Juergen.Nautz@th-owl.de
E-Mail: Juergen.Nautz@sk.hs-fulda.de
Research areas (3)
- Music festivals in Hesse after 1945: business-management and cultural-policy questions
- Integration and disintegration of currency areas
- History of collective labour law since 1918
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Weisser
Phone: +49 30266 425400
E-Mail: B.Weisser@smb.spk-berlin.de
Research areas (1)
- Numismatics from antiquity to the present. The Numismatic Commission of the Federal States in the Federal Republic of Germany promotes research into coinage and monetary history and the documentation of coin finds in Germany.
Economic History before 1800 (3)
Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
Phone: +49 7071 2972985
E-Mail: Joerg.Baten@uni-tuebingen.de
Research areas (7)
- Geoeconomics
- Effects of globalisation on inequality and human-capital formation
- Determinants and effects of violence from a global perspective
- Growth of economies worldwide
- Long-term development of education and living standards
- History of health and nutrition
- Interdisciplinary research linking archaeology and economic history over the past 12,000 years
Dr. Angela Huang
E-Mail: AlHuang@fgho.eu
Research areas (4)
- Pre-modern capital markets
- Textile history
- Hanseatic history
- Urban economic history of the Middle Ages
Dr. Lienhard Thaler
Phone: +43 142 7741386
E-Mail: Lienhard.Thaler@univie.ac.at
Research areas (6)
- Manorialism in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Pledge lordship in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Princely and state finances, taxes and levies in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weapons production and trade in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Weights and measures in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
- Traffic and transport in Austria, Tyrol, Central and Western Europe (1200–1600)
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Economic History (12)
Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
Phone: +49 7071 2972985
E-Mail: Joerg.Baten@uni-tuebingen.de
Research areas (7)
- Geoeconomics
- Effects of globalisation on inequality and human-capital formation
- Determinants and effects of violence from a global perspective
- Growth of economies worldwide
- Long-term development of education and living standards
- History of health and nutrition
- Interdisciplinary research linking archaeology and economic history over the past 12,000 years
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Till Braun
Phone: +49 921 556256
E-Mail: Sebastian.Braun@uni-bayreuth.de
Research areas (3)
- Labour-market careers of disabled veterans and war widows, particularly after 1945
- History of migration, particularly forced migration resulting from the Second World War
- German economic history since 1850, particularly regional disparities
Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop
Phone: +49 228 735172
E-Mail: Burhop@uni-bonn.de
Research areas (7)
- German and British economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly banking and financial markets
- Historical patent and innovation research
- Corporate governance
- German and British business history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Business cycles, growth and distribution
- German and British banking and financial-market history
- German and British economic history
PD Dr. Christian Franke
Phone: +49 271 7404469
E-Mail: Christian2.Franke@uni-siegen.de
Research areas (4)
- Transport and communications infrastructure
- Digitalisation of the economy
- Economic systems
- European integration and the European Union
apl. Prof. Dr. Heike Knortz
E-Mail: Knortz@ph-karlsruhe.de
Research areas (8)
- Industrial rationalisation in the twentieth century
- History of labour migration after 1945
- History of European economic integration after 1945
- Inflation in the twentieth century
- Economic history of the GDR
- Economic and social history of the Weimar Republic
- Economic history of mercantilism
- Economic history in literature
Prof. Dr. Laetitia Lenel
University of Duisburg-Essen
Phone: 0201 183 2818
E-Mail: Laetitia.Lenel@uni-due.de
Research areas (4)
- Economic history as cultural history
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- History of economic knowledge
- History of economics
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
Research areas (7)
- History of globalisation and multinational companies
- Business history
- History of the iron, steel and chemical industries
- History of central banks
- Economic and social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany
- Social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Economic history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Roelevink
Phone: +49 3731 392826
E-Mail: Eva.Roelevink@iwtg.tu-freiberg.de
Research areas (6)
- History of resources and raw materials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; trade and entrepreneurship
- Corporate approaches to the politics of history
- Business history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Cartelisation and decartelisation
- Economic and business historians in the twentieth century
- Economic and business journalism in the twentieth century
Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl
Phone: +49 5251 60-2436
E-Mail: Korinna.Schoenhaerl@upb.de
Research areas (7)
- Financial, banking and tax history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- United States tax history
- Modern social, economic and cultural history
- European history (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
- History of modern Greece
- Spanish history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- (Post-)colonial history
PD Dr. Ole Sparenberg
E-Mail: Ole.Sparenberg@partner.kit.edu
Research areas (5)
- Environmental history of the oceans
- Whaling
- Deep-sea mining
- Use of peat and peatlands
- History of resources and raw materials in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer
Phone: +49 941 943-5750
E-Mail: Mark.Spoerer@ur.de
Research areas (6)
- European agricultural policy, 1960–2000
- History of public finance since 1800
- Economic history since 1800, particularly the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
- Business history since 1800
- Forced labour in the First and Second World Wars
- Industry histories: glass, synthetic fibres, textile retail and aviation
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Nikolaus Wolf
Phone: +49 30 209399552
E-Mail: Nikolaus.Wolf@wiwi.hu-berlin.de
Research areas (6)
- German foreign trade since 1850
- Globalisation and deglobalisation since 1850
- Borders in Europe since 1800
- German division and reunification
- Regional development and inequality in Europe since 1800
- Nationalism since 1800
Social History (7)
Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
Phone: +49 7071 2972985
E-Mail: Joerg.Baten@uni-tuebingen.de
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Research areas (7)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Till Braun
Phone: +49 921 556256
E-Mail: Sebastian.Braun@uni-bayreuth.de
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Research areas (3)
apl. Prof. Dr. Heike Knortz
E-Mail: Knortz@ph-karlsruhe.de
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Research areas (8)
PD Dr. Christian Marx
Phone: +49 89 540499915
E-Mail: MarxChr@uni-trier.de
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Research areas (7)
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Nautz
Phone: +49 151 40395388
E-Mail: Juergen.Nautz@th-owl.de
E-Mail: Juergen.Nautz@sk.hs-fulda.de
Research areas (3)
Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl
Phone: +49 5251 60-2436
E-Mail: Korinna.Schoenhaerl@upb.de
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Research areas (7)
Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer
Phone: +49 941 943-5750
E-Mail: Mark.Spoerer@ur.de
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