1999 Habilitation, Dortmund, Germany
1994-96 Post-doc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994 PhD in Economics, Kiel, Germany
1991 Diploma Industrial Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieur), Karlsruhe, Germany
Work history: Following his postdoctoral studies, Klaus took up the position of Assistant Professor in Dortmund Germany until 2000, before moving to the position of Professor at Dresden in 2000, where he remained for 3 years. He then moved to Würzburg, Germany in 2004 as Professor of Economics, until moving to the Department of Economics at the University of Glasgow in October 2007. He also worked as economist and economic adviser for the World Bank from 1998 to 1999 in Washington DC and for the European Commission from 2003 to 2004 in Brussels.
Klaus Wälde has been working on economic theory, business cycles and international trade since the beginning of his PhD studies in 1992. He has published in leading international journals, such as Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Journal or International Economic Review. Recent work also focuses on unemployment and inequality. He also contributed chapters to a textbook and taught "Applied Intertemporal Optimization", an advanced (not yet published) textbook at the PhD level, at various universities.
His research interests include Endogenous Business Cycles, Growth, International Trade, and Labour Markets.
Klaus has moved from the University of Glasgow to the University of Mainz, Germany.
Personal Interests
Klaus likes listening to Jazz music a lot, especially in good Jazz clubs. He likes sports of any kinds, is a former paraglide pilot and recently switched to kite-surfing (which is more family friendly). He would like to understand (or might already have understood) what happiness in life is combined with a certain sense of duty “to do the good”. |
