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Thiemo Fetzer | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Awards | Philip Leverhulme Prize ERC Starting Grant |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied Economics Political Economy Economic Development Data Science |
| Institutions | University of Warwick University of Bonn |
| Website | http://www.trfetzer.com |
Thiemo Fetzer is a German economist, who is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and the University of Bonn. He specializes in applied economics, political economy, economic development, deploying artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning techniques in his research. His research has informed major policy debates and has been widely featured in national and international media.[1]
Career
[edit]Fetzer grew up in Ulm, Germany where he completed his Abitur at Schubart Gymnasium in Ulm. After earning a B.Sc. in Management and Economics from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg supported with a scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), he completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), supported by scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Promotionskollege Soziale Marktwirtschaft of the KAS including the Tibor Scitovsky Fellowship.[2][3]
After earning his doctorate, Fetzer held positions at University of Warwick, the University of Chicago and as a Visiting Fellow at LSE. In 2021, he became full professor at the University of Warwick, and in 2023, he was appointed Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn.[4]
Fetzer has advised policymakers at various levels across the world, collaborating with institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Brookings Institution. His work has addressed issues such as Brexit, austerity, deforestation in Brazil, and Trump tariffs.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Research and Impact
[edit]Fetzer has worked across wide array of fields within economics. The work on the political and economic causes of Brexit, including austerity's role, referenced in studies on the Causes of the vote in favour of Brexit.[10][11] The work has inspired artists to discuss the wider societal impact of austerity and contributed to shaping public discourse in the UK and beyond.[12] The economic and environmental impacts of shale gas production and the global energy transition.
The work during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted issues with the quality of the digital plumbing of societies, with notable work on contact tracing errors and the UK government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme.[13][14][15]
His work on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 is widely cited showing how adaptive public interventions, such as employment guarantees, can enhance climate resilience by mitigating the conflict-inducing effects of adverse weather shocks.[16] [17]
His research has been published in leading journals such as American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, and Science. He is among the most highly cited economists.[18][19]
Awards and Recognitions
[edit]- European Research Council Starting Grant (2022)[20]
- Philip Leverhulme Prize (2022) awarded every three years for outstanding contributions to applied economics and political economy.[21][22]
- COVID-19 Special Award (2022)[23]
- Office of National Statistics Research Excellence Awards (2024) for Impact of Analysis Collaboration with Government.
Press and Media
[edit]Fetzer's work has been widely featured in the popular press such as in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Economist, and Le Monde. His research on austerity and Brexit has influenced debates surrounding the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and policy discussions around Europe concerning the merits of Germany's fiscal rules that constrain public investment.[24][25]
His work during the COVID-19 pandemic has been influential and widely cited for its creative use of administrative data to shine light on public health system failures.
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Thiemo Fetzer". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Kollegiatinnen und Kollegiaten". Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "LSE Donors and Scholars Report 2010" (PDF). LSE. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prize Success". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Cameron could have won EU referendum if he had eased austerity by £3bn, study claims". The Guardian. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Did Austerity in the UK Lead to the Brexit Crisis?". Harvard Business Review. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Tariffs and Politics: Evidence from Trump's Trade Wars". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Fetzer, Thiemo; Schwarz, Carlo (May 2021). "Tariffs and Politics: Evidence from Trump's Trade Wars". The Economic Journal. 131 (636): 1717–1741. doi:10.1093/ej/ueaa122. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Why you should never start a trade war with an autocracy". The Economist. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Opinion: Britain's Centrists Need to Grow Up". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "How to Get Recent History All Wrong". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Jonathan Pie: Austerity and Brexit". Thiemo Fetzer. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Harford, Tim (24 June 2021). "Data glitch may have led to more than 1,500 COVID deaths in England". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Cyranoski, David (10 November 2020). "COVID-19: Eat Out to Help Out and Increased Infections". Nature. 587 (7834): 344. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03140-4. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ John Hassler. "Nobel Symposium: Covid-19 and the Economy – Policies and Impacts". Institute for International Economic Studies. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Confronting Conflict and Fragility in Africa". World Bank. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Fetzer, Thiemo. "Can Workfare Programs Moderate Conflict? Evidence from India." Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 18, no. 6, Dec. 2020, pp. 3337–3375. Oxford University Press, 5 Feb. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvz062.
- ^ "Top Young Economists". IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Top Economists by Publications (Last 10 Years)". IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "ERC Project ID: 101042703". Cordis. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2022". Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prize Success". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "COVID-19 Special Award". Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ). Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Redcar Recovery After Steelworks Closure". The Economist. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Von der Sparpolitik zum Brexit". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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