Institute of Economics

Prof. Dr. Felix Rösel (Technical University of Braunschweig), Viktoria Kleinschmidt (German Centre for Rail Traffic Research, Technical University of Braunschweig), and Stefanie Gäbler (German Centre for Rail Traffic Research) have published an article entitled “Tram networks and urban mobility: Evidence from German cities” in the journal…

As part of the lecture series “Braunschweig Seminar on Economics, Politics & Practice,” another interesting lecture took place on January 8, 2026, at the House of Science. The speaker was Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Broer from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences (Wolfsburg). He spoke on the topic of “Political reform (un)willingness against the…

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The development plan for the collaborative project FDIBA (Faculty of German Engineering and Business Administration at TU Sofia) has been positively evaluated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Foreign Office. Based on this evaluation, funding for the project has been approved for another five years. The project is…

On Friday, November 21, 2025, the newly founded Regional Economics Research Cluster was officially launched. The aim of this cluster is to network the nine economics professors from the Braunschweig area in order to undertake joint research projects and identify shared interests. Members of this cluster are the Technical University of Braunschweig,…

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved Prof. Dr. Markus Ludwig's proposal "Metal Trade, Empires, and War: New Data and Methods in Early Economic History." The project investigates economic and political interdependencies in the Bronze Age and develops data-driven methods to analyze trade networks, conflicts, and state-building processes.

Professor Dr. Felix Rösel takes a semester free for research (Forschungssemester) during the winter term 2025/2026. During this time, he will not be available for new thesis supervision. The Master course "Stadt- und Regionalökonomik" will not be offered, the Bachelor course "Mikroökonomik 2: Ökonomie des Staates" will be offered.