Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich
Professional Experience and Academic Affiliations
- 09.2022-
- Senior Economist, StepStone
- 09.2014-07.2022
- Professor of Economics, Touro College Berlin - German campus of Touro University, NY
- 2017-2019
- Advisory board member, HealthCombix
- 2009-2016
- Faculty Member Bremen International Graduate school in Social Sciences, joint graduate school of University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen
- 04.2009-08.2014
- Assistant Professor of Economic Theory and Behavioral Economics, until 06.2011 Assistant Professor of Behavioral Economics; Jacobs University Bremen
- 10.2005-03.2009
- Junior-Professor of Economic Theory, University of Erfurt
- 12.2001-10.2005
- Research Associate, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group, Jena, Germany
- 09.2001-11.2001
- Research Fellow (Ph.D. student), Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Strategic Interaction Group, Jena, Germany
- 05.2000-07.2000
- Junior Consultant (part-time), KBW Consult, Berlin
- 08.1999-08.2001
- Undergraduate Research Assistant (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft), Institute of Public Economics; Prof. Wickström, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
- 07.1999
- Assistant to Promotion Director Columbia Office Berlin (part-time), Sony Music Entertainment GmbH Germany, Berlin
- 11.1996-09.1998
- Assistant to Promotion Director EPIC Office Berlin (part-time), Sony Music Entertainment GmbH Germany, Berlin
Education:
- 04.2005
- doctor rerum politicarum (PhD in economics), summa cum laude, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- 07.2001
- degree as Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in economics), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Professional Memberships & Affiliations:
- American Economic Association,
- Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences (CEREB at the University of Erfurt),
- Data Visualization Society,
- Deutscher Hochschulverband (German Association of University Professors),
- Economic Science Association,
- Econometric Society,
- European Association of Labour Economists,
- European Economic Association,
- Gesellschaft für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung,
- International Association for Research in Economic Psychology,
- Royal Economic Society,
- Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics,
- Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association),
- World Economics Association,
- World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research
Miscellaneous:
- 2012-
- Member of the federal scholarship selection committee of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
- 2010-
- Contact person (Vertrauensdozent) of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
- 2002-
- Moderator of sci.econ.research
Refereeing:
Journals
- Applied Economics,
- Applied Economics Letters,
- B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
- Business Research,
- Eastern Economic Journal,
- Economics Bulletin,
- Experimental Economics,
- Games,
- International Journal of Emerging Markets,
- International Journal of Psychology,
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research,
- Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly Journal of Socio-Economics),
- Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
- Journal of Evolutionary Economics,
- Journal of Economic Psychology,
- Management Science,
- Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft
Publishers
- McGraw-Hill (textbooks in economics)
Funding Agencies and Foundations
- European Commission, Research Executive Agency: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Individual Fellowships, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Friedrich Naumann Foundation,
- National Science Foundation: Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences program,
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Interests:
- social norms and preferences,
- heterogeneity and stability of preferences
- labor economics,
- public economics and policy,
- (evolutionary) game theory,
- behavioral and experimental economics,
- microeconometrics and applied bayesian statistics
Erdős number
4 (Erdős, Koczy, Strobel, Güth)