Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hundt

© M. Welling, Thünen Institut
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hundt
Address
Bundesallee 64
38116 Braunschweig
© M. Welling, Thünen Institut
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hundt
Address
Bundesallee 64
38116 Braunschweig
Positions
Professors
Economic Geography Section
Professors
Institute of Economic and Human Geography

Focus in research and teaching

  • Entrepreneurship: determinants and impacts
  • Knowledge-based growth and development
  • Firms, clusters and agglomeration effects
  • Macroeconomic shocks and regional resilience
  • Public finance, Financial and Fiscal policies at regional level

Curriculum vitae

  • Professional career

    Since 01/2022
    Professor for Rural Economics at the Leibniz University of Hanover (Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography)

    Since 12/2021
    Head of the Thünen Institute of Rural Economics

    01/2018 - 11/2021
    Senior Researcher in the field of ‘Economy and Jobs’ at the Thünen Institute of Rural Studies

    05/2021 - 11/2021
    Private Lecturer (PD) for Economic Geography at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Department of Geography)

    01/2018 - 04/2021
    Lecturer for Economic Geography at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Department of Geography)

    04/2016 - 12/2017
    Senior Researcher and Lecturer in the field of Economic Geography at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Department of Geography)

    04/2014 - 03/2016
    Deputy Professor (W2) for Urban, Regional and International Economics at the TU Dortmund University (School of Spatial Planning)

    10/2012 - 09/2014
    Lecturer for Microeconomics and Macroeconomics for Students of Teaching at the TU Dortmund University (Institute of Sociology)

    04/2011 - 03/2014
    Senior Researcher and Lecturer (since 2012: Postdoc) in the field of Economic Geography at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Department of Geography)

    06/2006 - 03/2011
    Junior Researcher (Doctoral Candidate) and Lecturer in the field of Economic Geography at the Leibniz University of Hanover (Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography)

  • Education

    05/2021
    Habilitation in (Economic) Geography (venia legendi), obtained at the Ruhr-University Bochum
    Habilitation thesis: Stabilization and growth in challenging times - A multi-level perspective on regional economic resilience in Germany and Europe during and after the Great Recession
    Habilitation lecture: The Corona Recession – Causes and the extent and effects of the crisis in Germany

    05/2019
    Diploma (equivalent to Master) in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), obtained at the distance learning University of Hagen

    03/2012
    PhD in (Economic) Geography (Dr. rer. nat.), obtained at the Leibniz University of Hanover
    Dissertation topic: Explaining new firm creation in Europe: A multilevel analysis based upon data of individuals, regions, and countries

    05/2009
    Diploma (equivalent to Master) in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann), obtained at the distance learning University of Hagen

    05/2005
    Diploma (equivalent to Master) in (Economic) Geography (Diplom-Geograph), obtained at the University of Cologne

  • Memberships
    • Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR)
    • European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
    • Regional Studies Association (RSA)