Central-German Doctoral Program Economics (CGDE)
The Central-German Doctoral Program in Economics (CGDE) offers an exceptional academic education in economics through research-oriented courses, personal development training, and workshops.
Course Program
The course program comprises First-Year Courses, Special Courses, Personal Qualification Workshops, and the CGDE Doctoral Workshop.
First-Year Courses
Special Courses
Personal Qualification
Workshops
Upcoming Courses
2026
First-Year Courses
- Macroeconomics I (7 Apr 2026 – 18 May 2026)
- Econometrics III (13 Apr 2026 – 19 May 2026)
- Macroeconomics II (1 Jun 2026 – 13 Jul 2026)
- Microeconomics III (8 Jun 2026 – 6 Jul 2026)
- Macroeconomics III (16 Oct 2026 – 27 Nov 2026)
Special Courses
- Resource Dynamics (17 Mar 2026 – 19 Mar 2026)
- Entrepreneurial Finance (8 Apr 2026 – 20 May 2026)
- Institutions and Growth (24 Apr 2026 – 8 May 2026)
2027
Special Courses
- Text Data in Economics (5 Jan 2027 – 8 Jan 2027)
- Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Evaluation (24 May 2027 – 28 May 2027)
Upcoming Events
Resource Dynamics
Resource Dynamics
Special Course Resource Dynamics Lecturer Professor Dr Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Date: March 12 and 13 (online), 15:30–17:30, and March 17-19, 2026 Timetabl...
Resource Dynamics
Resource Dynamics
Special Course Resource Dynamics Lecturer Professor Dr Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Date: March 12 and 13 (online), 15:30–17:30, and March 17-19, 2026 Timetabl...
Resource Dynamics
Resource Dynamics
Special Course Resource Dynamics Lecturer Professor Dr Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Date: March 12 and 13 (online), 15:30–17:30, and March 17-19, 2026 Timetabl...
Macroeconomics I
Macroeconomics I
Course type IWH-DPE Foundation Course, CGDE First-year Course Lecturers Professor Dr Thomas Steger (UL) and Professor Dr Martin Hänsel (UL) Summary This is the first course of the...
Entrepreneurial Finance
Entrepreneurial Finance
Course type IWH-DPE Elective Course (Banking & Finance Topic Track) Lecturer Professor Merih Sevilir, PhD (IWH, ESMT Berlin) Summary This course provides a broad view of entrep...
Econometrics III
Econometrics III
Course type IWH-DPE Foundation Course, CGDE First-year Course Lecturers Professor Dr Julia Schaumburg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Professor Dr Sabrina Jeworrek (IWH and Otto...
Macroeconomics I
Macroeconomics I
Course type IWH-DPE Foundation Course, CGDE First-year Course Lecturers Professor Dr Thomas Steger (UL) and Professor Dr Martin Hänsel (UL) Summary This is the first course of the...
Entrepreneurial Finance
Entrepreneurial Finance
Course type IWH-DPE Elective Course (Banking & Finance Topic Track) Lecturer Professor Merih Sevilir, PhD (IWH, ESMT Berlin) Summary This course provides a broad view of entrep...
Institutions and Growth
Institutions and Growth
Course type IWH-DPE Elective Course (Macro & Productivity Topic Track); Special Course Lecturer Professor Dr Lars Börner (MLU) Summary Long-term growth drives the economy and ...
Econometrics III
Econometrics III
Course type IWH-DPE Foundation Course, CGDE First-year Course Lecturers Professor Dr Julia Schaumburg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Professor Dr Sabrina Jeworrek (IWH and Otto...
Internal and External Faculty
Professor Dr Sabrina Jeworrek
Professor Dr Fabian Wöbbeking
Dennis Hutschenreiter, PhD
Professor Xiang Li, PhD
Professor Merih Sevilir, PhD
Professor Shuo Xia, PhD
Professor Dr Simon Wiederhold
Professor Shasha Li, PhD
Professor Dr Felix Noth
Professor Dr Daniel Streitz
Placements
Name | First Name | PhD Graduation Year | First Employer |
Bröhl | Nils | 2018 | Sparkassenverband Niedersachsen |
Dany-Knedlik | Geraldine | 2018 | DIW Berlin |
Henke | Tino | 2018 | Universität Magdeburg |
Horn | Fabian | 2018 | Staatskanzlei und Ministerium für Kultur LSA |
Kotte | Johannes | 2018 | Ladenzeile |
Koch | Henriette | 2018 | 4flow |
Krause | Thomas | 2018 | IWH |
Langer | Sebastian | 2018 | Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr |
Männel | Dirk | 2018 | VTA Software&Service GmbH |
Müller | Carola | 2018 | ECB |
Näther | Maria | 2018 | Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA |
Ochsner | Christian | 2018 | CERGE-EI |
Rehbein | Oliver | 2018 | University of Bonn |
Stahl | Julian | 2018 | OC&C Strategy Consultants GmbH |
Barth | Kati | 2019 | SanaBio GmbH |
Bern | Manuel | 2019 | TUI Group |
Clemens | Josephine | 2019 | Restaurant Hoflieferant Magdeburg |
Cumurovic | Aida | 2019 | DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research |
Dreher | Sandra | 2019 | in4MD Service GmbH |
Huang | Yue | 2019 | IAAEU, Universität Trier |
Hüser | Patrick | 2019 | BDO |
Karas | Michael | 2019 | Avacon Netz GmbH |
Kupfer | Stefan | 2019 | Universität Magdeburg |
Larin | Benjamin | 2019 | University of St.Gallen |
Latsos | Sophia Anastasia | 2019 | Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz |
Littke | Helge | 2019 | Deutsche Bundesbank |
Lyu | Jingjin | 2019 | University of Münster |
Morasch | Christopher | 2019 | Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen |
Plaga | Timo | 2019 | Sparkasse Hannover |
Pohle | Felix | 2019 | Moody's Analytics |
Reichstein | Christopher | 2019 | Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) Heidenheim |
Rövekamp | Ingmar | 2019 | European Energy Exchange AG |
Schliwa | Victor | 2019 | VHV Versicherungen |
Schmidt | Kirsten | 2019 | Deutsche Bundesbank |
Timme | Florian | 2019 | Deloitte |
Becker | Chris | 2020 | European Energy Exchange |
Bengart | Paul | 2020 | Universität Magdeburg |
Bershadskyy | Dmitri | 2020 | Otto-von-Guericke-University |
Kürschner Rauck | Kathleen | 2020 | Universität St. Gallen |
Lücke | Christine | 2020 | Universitätsbibliothek Magdeburg |
Mertens | Matthias | 2020 | IWH |
Metzger-Volkmer | Olga | 2020 | Nammo Schönebeck GmbH |
Rößler | Martin | 2020 | BARMER Institut für Gesundheitssystemforschung (bifg) |
Rothenberg | Kai | 2020 | Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Digitales Sachsen-Anhalt |
Sablotny-Wackershauser | Verena | 2020 | Gordon Health |
Weigt | Eva | 2020 | Silicon Castles GmbH |
Wieschemeyer | Matthias | 2020 | Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz |
Zwerschke | Patrick | 2020 | SBW Haus des Lernens AG |
Böhm | Hannes | 2021 | European Commodity Clearing AG, European Energy Exchange AG |
Borah | Melanie | 2021 | Universität Magdeburg |
Bräuer | Richard | 2021 | IWH |
Keldenich | Carina | 2021 | Universität Magdeburg |
Knoblach | Michael | 2021 | Nürnberger Versicherung |
Kühn | Frauke | 2021 | isi. sensory futures |
Löfflad | Hans Torben | 2021 | STACKIT |
Mavropoulos | Antonios | 2021 | LPA CapTech Group |
Melcher | Patrick-Paul | 2021 | Ostdeutscher Sparkassenverband |
Oelrich | Sebastian | 2021 | TU Dresden |
Scherer | Jan-Christopher | 2021 | ECB |
Schmoldt, geb. Pick | Mandy | 2021 | Join GmbH |
Schult | Christoph | 2021 | IWH |
Stieglitz | Moritz | 2021 | Deutsche Bundesbank |
Wagner | Konstantin | 2021 | LPA CapTech Group |
Bransch | Felix | 2022 | d-fine |
Claudio | Joao Carlos | 2022 | Statistisches Bundesamt, Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung |
Gantert | Konstantin | 2022 | Tilburg University |
Hölscher | Lisa | 2022 | Geschäftsstelle des Wissenschaftsrats |
Mangelsdorf | André | 2022 | Wirtschaftsministerium LSA |
Müller | Isabella | 2022 | DIW Econ |
Nawaz | Fahim | 2022 | University of Peshawar |
Neuschäffer | Georg | 2022 | About You, Hamburg |
Penter | Marie-Luise | 2022 | Bain & Company |
Rippe | Christoph | 2022 | INC Innovation Center |
Schulze | Gordon | 2022 | Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt |
Seifert | Friederike | 2022 | Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
Singer | Alexander | 2022 | Leipzig University |
Sondershaus | Talina | 2022 | Lund University School for Economics and Management |
Volkmer | Tobias | 2022 | quo connect management consulting GmbH |
Wecke | Bernhard | 2022 | IU Internationale Hochschule |
Canty | Michael Abderrahman | 2023 | GETEC heat and power GmbH |
de Boer | Jantke | 2023 | Ruhr Universität Bochum |
Haferkamp | Jarmo | 2023 | Universität Magdeburg |
Heisig | Katharina | 2023 | Sächsische Staatskanzlei |
Kierspel | Sabrina | 2023 | Universität Magdeburg |
Knaisch | Jonas | 2023 | Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Krebs | Corinna | 2023 | McKinsey & Company |
McShane | William | 2023 | The American University of Paris |
Staffa | Ruben | 2023 | DIW Berlin |
Waibel | Joschka | 2023 | Verivox GmbH, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
Winkelmann | Carolin | 2023 | Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg |
Alert | Marie Elisabeth | 2024 | OvGU |
Bighelli | Tommaso | 2024 | Bank of England |
Bruch | Jan | 2024 | European Energy Exchange AG |
Dube | Isha | 2024 | University of Oldenburg |
Klei | Raphael | 2024 | PwC |
Lamprecht | Julian | 2024 | Wirtschaftsministerium des Freistaats Bayern |
Maghularia | Rita | 2024 | WifOR |
Meyer-Pinger | Kathrin | 2024 | Universität Magdeburg |
Nauerth | Jannik André | 2024 | SachsenEnergie |
Naumann | Fabrice | 2024 | German Council of Economic Experts, LMU München |
Plümpe | Verena | 2024 | IWH |
Prinzhorn | Birte | 2024 | 105 VIERTEL HAMBURG gGmbH und 105 VIERTEL IMPACT HUB GmbH (Impact Hub Hamburg) |
Sfrappini | Eleonora | 2024 | University of St. Andrews Business School |
Program Committee
Professor Dr Uwe Cantner
Professor Michael Koetter, PhD (Spokesperson)
Professor Dr Michael Kvasnicka
Professor Dr Malte Rieth
Professor Dr Thomas Steger
Professor Dr Marcel Thum
Program Management
Program Manager: Dr Andrej Drygalla
Course Organization: Ms Annett Hartung
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