Welcome to the Berlin School of Economics

The Berlin School of Economics offers career development programs in economics, accounting, finance and management at the PhD and Postdoc levels in a single and unique structure. It combines two pre-existing, very successful career development programs: the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS) and the Berlin Economics Research Associates (BERA) program. The following major institutions active in economics research in Berlin and beyond cooperate within the Berlin School of Economics:

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PhD Program

The Berlin School of Economics PhD Program offers PhD tracks in Economics, Accounting, Finance and Management. All tracks are highly compatible with each other and allow for numerous specializations. The doctoral program provides outstanding doctoral students with a vibrant, intensively networked research community and a training structure that will develop their talents in a unique combination of high-level academic and applied research.

Research Associates Program

The Berlin School of Economics Research Associates Program recruits its members from the international job market for new PhD graduates. The program provides a mentoring program and multiple support structures for research activities, travel, and skills development for its members.

Berlin School of Economics Code of Conduct

Statement of our commitment to upholding the ethical and professional standards as the basis for our daily and long-term decisions and actions

New Events

Wednesday12.February

05:00 pm - 06:15 pm
Talk by Martina Heßler…
Berliner Forschungskolloquium Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte: Martina Heßler (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

Topic:  Do We Need a History of Technological…

Thursday13.February

12:15 pm - 01:30 pm
Talk by Erin Hengel (Brunel…
Research Seminar in Economics: Erin Hengel (Brunel University of London)

Topic: The golden leap: unveiling gender…

New INSIGHTS pieces

Measuring Quality of Life Under Spatial Frictions: Insights from Germany

by Garbiel M. Ahlfeldt (HU Berlin) and Fabian Bald (European University Viadrina)

The Ethics of Markets: Insights from the 'Morals and the Limits of Markets' Workshop

by Hande Erkut (WZB) and Dorothea Kübler (WZB)

How Migration Fueled Innovation: Insights from East German Inventors in West Germany

by Antonin Bergeaud (HEC Paris), Max Deter (University of Potsdam), Maria Greve (Utrecht University), Michael Wyrwich (Groningen University)