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Cathrin Mohr

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Professor of Economics at the Kiel Institute and Hamburg University Interested in Historical Political Economy and Geoeconomics

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🚨🚨 Job alert 🚨🚨 Postdoc in Economic History at Tilburg University

Come work with me as a postdoc in the beautiful Netherlands.

The position is for 3 years, with very low teaching, and you'll have plenty of time to develop your own research agenda.

econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

22.01.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Research Assistant (Student Position) Political Economy & Geoeconomics We are looking for a highly motivated research assistant (Hiwi) to support ongoing empirical research projects starting in February or March 2026.

πŸ“’ I’m hiring a Student Research Assistant (Hiwi) in Political Economy & Geoeconomics at the Kiel Institute (start: Feb/March 26).
Hands-on empirical research, data work, flexible hours (6h/week).

πŸ—“ Deadline: Jan 12, 2026
πŸ”—More info: www.kielinstitut.de/de/institut/...

Please feel free to share!

22.12.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or @julianhi.nz

13.11.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
EJM - Econ Job Market

The program will host up to 5 fellows starting Sept 2026 (1 or 2 years), based in Berlin or Kiel, with strong mentoring and your own research budget.

πŸ‘‰ Details & application on EconJobMarket: econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

13.11.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
EJM - Econ Job Market

πŸš€ New Postdoc Opportunity!

Join our research community at the Kiel Institute. We’ve launched the Albert O. Hirschman Postdoctoral Fellow Program for researchers in international econ, development, macro, climate, and especially geoeconomics & security.

13.11.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Und im 18. Jahrhundert hatten circa 50% der Jungen den gleichen Vornamen (Johannes)...

03.09.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to be joining the Kiel Institute and the University of Hamburg!

02.09.2025 04:26 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨

At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)β€”organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.socialβ€”we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.

‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️

Link & info in post #2.

23.07.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What's the future of historical political economy in Europe? To find out, we (w/ @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @lhaffert.bsky.social) conducted a survey and workshop. Here are our main take-aways. Special thanks to all who participated!

13.05.2025 05:36 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What is geoeconomics? With the major geopolitical powers squaring up to each other, tariffs on trade and political turmoil, is it time for economics to focus more on the consequences for the world economy of great power ri...

What is geoeconomics? In the VoxTalks Economics podcast @voxeu.org @cepr.org podcast, ECONtribute member @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social and Christoph Trebesch @kiel.institute talk about tariffs on trade and great power rivalry. Listen to the podcast here: audioboom.com/posts/871200...

12.05.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a great time joining @talknormal.co.uk at VoxTalks with Christoph Trebesch to talk about geoeconomics: what it is and why it matters today. If you're interested in the intersection of economics and global power, give it a listen!

07.05.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Was lernt man im VWL-Studium und was genau macht eigentlich eine Volkswirtin? πŸ”Ž Darum ging es heute beim Girlsβ€˜ Day an der @unibonn.bsky.social. @econtribute.bsky.social Cluster-Mitglied @cathrinmohr.bsky.social hat Bonner SchΓΌlerinnen von ihrem Beruf erzΓ€hlt. @dfg.de #EconSky

03.04.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, we held our #YoungECONtribute Program workshop where our excellent PhD students and postdocs from Bonn-Cologne presented their current research. Thanks to everyone involved! More about YEP πŸ‘‰: econtribute.de/young-econtr... @wisocologne.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de #EconSky

02.04.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Many thanks to @lhaffert.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and @beckerbastian.bsky.social for a very interesting Workshop on Historical Political Economy in Europe with great scholars and inspiring discussions.

07.02.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fantastic Scoping Workshop on the Historical Political Economy in Europe! Who knew PoliSci and EconHist do not wear such different hats?

Huge thanks to @lhaffert.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @beckerbastian.bsky.social for an inspiring deep dive.

Learned a lot!

07.02.2025 13:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28

04.02.2025 08:19 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Empirical Study: Money Wins Wars Whether a state emerges as a winner or loser from a military conflict is significantly determined by its financial resources. This has been shown for the first time in a new empirical analysis of the ...

πŸ’° Money wins wars: A new study from Jonathan Federle, @schularick.bsky.social & @dominic-rohner.bsky.social analyzes 700+ conflicts (1977–2013) and finds financial power is key. A 10% GDP boost in military spending raises the chance of victory by 32% πŸ‘‡ www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

22.01.2025 08:58 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Have you been hearing the term 'Geoeconomics' everywhere lately but aren't quite sure what it really means? Then this paper has you covered and will tell you all about the current state of the literature www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

16.01.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You work in Historical Political Economy and are based in Europe and you have not filled out our survey yet? You can still do so until Sunday and help us to map the field: forms.gle/EtLna72JNXFh...

09.01.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Job announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History

Job announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History

Job announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History

Job announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History

πŸ“’We are hiring πŸ“’

We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!

5-year position funded by ERC project β€žEntrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobilityβ€œ

jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964

Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!

@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky

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Historical Political Economy - Insights from Europe Thank you for your interest in our survey. We are a team of researchers based at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, University of Bonn and University of Geneva. The goal of this survey is to map the ...

To all researchers in Historical Political Economy based in Europe: Please help @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @lhaffert.bsky.social, and me get a better picture of HPE in Europe and the challenges researchers face by participating in this 15 min survey: forms.gle/EtLna72JNXFh...

12.12.2024 07:14 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Inflation shocks strengthen extremist and populist parties in elections Both unexpectedly high inflation and weak economic growth significantly boost the electoral performance of extremist and populist parties, according to a recent study by the Kiel Institute. The main r...

Inflation shocks strengthen extremist and populist parties in elections - new paper by Jonathan Federle, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social & @schularick.bsky.social:

πŸ”Ήsummary for press πŸ‘‰ ifw-kiel.de/publications...
πŸ”Ήpaper πŸ‘‰ ifw-kiel.de/publications...

@unibonn.bsky.social πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

04.12.2024 08:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Meet our amazing ECONtribute job market candidates!
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econtribute.de/job-market-c...

08.11.2023 12:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Link zum Working Paper mit Leonie Bielefeld drive.google.com/file/d/1LRmd...

16.10.2023 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Politische Eliten: β€žAutokratien sind in der Forschung wie eine Blackboxβ€œ Wie bilden sich politische Eliten, wenn es keine Wahlen gibt? Dieser Frage geht eine neue Studie nach. Ein Blick in die deutsche Geschichte offenbart ein asymmetrisches Muster.

Link zum Artikel: www.wiwo.de/politik/ausl...

16.10.2023 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sind persΓΆnliche Verbindungen in die Machtelite gut oder schlecht fΓΌr politische Karrieren? In der
@wiwo
spreche ich ΓΌber Evidenz aus der DDR und was wir ΓΌber China und Russland wissen.

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