Germany
Tim Krieger
Tim Krieger is Wilfried Guth Professor of Constitutional Political Economy and Competition Policy at the University of Freiburg. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Munich and has held various academic positions across Germany. His research is distinctly interdisciplinary, working at the intersection of economics and political science, particularly in areas such as conflict, migration, development, and institutional change. His work has been published in leading economics journals including the Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Public Economics, as well as prominent political science outlets such as the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the Journal of Peace Research. He has received several awards, including a University Teaching Prize and the Bertha-Ottenstein Prize for Gender Research. Tim was previously a visiting professor at the University of Western Australia in 2020 and a Global Shifts Visiting Scholar at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. He is an active contributor to public debate through op-eds and media appearances.
This project develops a unified political-economy framework for the study of conflict that links cultural salience to institutional transmission and strategic choice. Eclipse-induced shifts in perceived religiosity identify effects on war initiation and the hardening of ingroup-outgroup boundaries. First-name dynamics record durable alignment with leaders, offering a revealed-preference gauge of legitimacy and mobilization. For violent non-state actors, effectiveness is evaluated by consequential international responses rather than tactical success. A parallel program constructs rigorous causal measures of willingness to endorse transgressive political action, including forms of martyrdom. Across parts, new data and transparent identification trace routes from meaning to institutions to confrontation.
Institutional economics; international economics; economics of conflict