Vice Director (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy)
Contact
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.07
Visiting address
Campus
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Gerhard Haniel Professor for Public Policy and International Development (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy)
Contact
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.07
Visiting address
Campus
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Vice Dean for Internationalisation and Advanced Education (Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
Contact
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.07
Visiting address
Campus
Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt

Research Area
Short Biography
Achim Kemmerling is the Gerhard Haniel Chair of Public Policy and International Development and currently the Vice Director of Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, while having served as its Director from 2019 until 2022. Before coming to the Brandt School, Achim Kemmerling worked as a Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Public Policy, Central European University Budapest teaching courses on methodology, public policy and development.
He holds a PhD in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin, and an M.A. in International Political Economy from Warwick University. He has published in academic journals of various disciplines (e.g. World Development, Journal of Common Market Studies, Socio-Economic Review) on a wide range of issues from taxation and fiscal policies, to social and labor market policies, and official development aid. He has worked as a consultant to the German parliament, the German Society for Technical Cooperation (former GTZ, now GIZ), the Open Society Foundation and the European Investment Bank. Currently, he works on the consequences of digitalization in middle-income countries and is writing on a book about human progress and the role of public policy.
Research
Interests
- Social and Labour Market Policies
- Taxation and Fiscal Federalism
- Poverty and Inequality
- Development and Development Assistance
Projects
- The Political Consequences of the Future of Work
- The Instability of Policy Reforms
- The Politics and Economics of Myanmar’s Multiple Transitions
-
Politics and the Future of Work in Middle-Income Countries (PolDigWork)
Memberships
- German Political Science Association (DVPW)
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
- ECPR Standing Group on Political Economy and Welfare State Politics
- European Journal of International Relations and Policy Sciences (Editorial Board member)
Publications
Courses taught
Summer Semester 2025
- Reading Evidence: How to Deal with Advanced Statistics in Contexts of Public Policymaking?
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- Research Colloquium
Winter Semester 2024/25
- Public Administration and Finance
- Advanced Methods
- Project Group: Making Refugee Cities Work (together with Evans Tindana Awuni)
Summer Semester 2024
- How to Make Aid Policies Smarter?
- Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen in einer sich ändernden Welt
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
- Research Colloquium
Wintersemester 2023/24
- Advanced Methods
- Project Group: Coop_IT – Digital Safe Space Repository for Activists in Illiberal Regimes
- Public Administration and Finance
Summer Semester 2023
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- Reading Evidence: How to Deal with Advanced Statistics in Contexts of Public Policymaking?
- Research Colloquium
- The Politics and Policies of Aid
Winter Semester 2022/23
- Advanced Methods
- Economic Analysis and Modeling
Summer Semester 2022
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- How to Make Policies of Development and Humanitarian Aid Smarter?
- Research Colloquium
- EIPCC Colloquium
Winter Semester 2021/22
- Economic Policy Analysis and Modeling
- Advanced Methods
- Project Group: The Business Case for a Venture Capital University in Egypt
Summer Semester 2021
- Die Europameisterschaft 2020/2021 aus sozialwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- Research Colloquium
Winter Semester 2020/21
- Economic Modelling and Analysis
- How to make aid policies smarter?
- Public Administration and Finance
- Project Group: Best Practices in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Digitalization and Informality
Summer Semester 2020
- Financial Management in the Public Sector
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- Research Colloquium
Winter Semester 2019/20
- Economic Modeling
- Project Group on the Future of Work
- Do Aid Policies Work?
Summer Semester 2019
- Policies for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
- Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
- Research Colloquium
Winter Semester 2018/19
- Economic Modelling and Analysis
- Do Aid Policies Work?
- Project Group Harmful Tax Practices and Tax Administration in Developing Countries in cooperation with WEED e.V. and the Tax Justice Network