Joerg Baten - Curriculum Vitae#
Present position:
- Professor of Economic History, Dept. Economics, Univ. Tuebingen.
- CEPR Fellow. CESifo Fellow.
- President-Elect, European Historical Economics Society (EHES, President 2015-17).
- Co-editor, Economics and Human Biology.
- Executive Committee Member of the International Economic History Association (IEHA).
Education:
- 2001 Habilitation (the German “second Ph.D.”) in Economics at University of München.
Topic: “The Creation, Productivity, and Success of Firms in Germany, 1878-1914”
- 1997 Doctoral dissertation in Economics (University of München). Topic: “Nutrition and Economic Development in Bavaria, 1730-1880”. Fields of specialization: Economic History, and Econometrics
- 1991 Master of Arts, Economic History, University of Freiburg, Germany
Previous affiliations:
- 2015 March/April: Visiting Research Fellow, Australian National Univ., Canberra
- 2008 May/June: CESifo visitor, Univ. Munich
- 2003-2008 Board Member of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW)
- 2006/07 Visiting Professor, Univ. Pompeu Fabra
- 2005 mid-February to mid-April: Research Fellow, Yale University, YCIAS-Leitner
- 2004-2006 Dean of the Economics Faculty
- 2003-2004 Vice-Dean and Director of the Economics Faculty (Seminardirektor)
- 2001, since Professor and Chair of Economic History, Univ. Tuebingen
- 2000-2001 Visiting Professor, Economic Dept., Univ. Tuebingen
Selection of Functions and Memberships:
- Co-Editor-in-Chief – Economics and Human Biology (since 2015) [among the 50 economics journals with the highest impact factor]
- President-Elect, European Historical Economics Society (2013-15), and President (2015-17)
- Secretary General of the International Economic History Association (since 2006, reelected 2009, ended 2012)
- Executive Committee Member of the International Economic History Association (IEHA), since 2012
- Member of the Board of Trustees – Cliometric Society (2008-2014)
- Member of the Editorial Board – European Review of Economic History (Cambridge University Press), 2005-2010
- Member of the Committee for University Structure and Development (Strukturkommission), Univ. Tuebingen (since 2010)
