Dr. Sebastian Wichert

04/2012 - 02/2018 LMU Munich, Ph.D. in Economics (Degree: Dr. oec. publ., Dissertation: „Essays in Empirical Health Economics“, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joachim Winter)

01/2016 - 04/2016  ISER/University of Essex, Visiting researcher

08/2009 - 08/2010  University of Berne, Visiting student

10/2008 - 11/2011 LMU Munich, M.Sc. in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt)

04/2007 - 09/2008 LMU Munich, B.Sc. in Economics (Vordiplom)

09/1997 - 06/2006 Gymnasium, Gröbenzell, High School Diploma (Abitur)

since 2022 EconPol Forum, Member of Editorial Board

since 2021 Horizon 2020 project ”PILLARS — Pathways to Inclusive Labour Markets”, Research Data Management Team

since 2019 NFDI-Konsortium „KonsortSWD/RatSWD“, Research Data Infrastructure Committee, Member

since 2018 CESifo Research Network, Member

since 2018 LMU Open Science Center (OSC), Member and Representative of the EBDC

since 2017 DRG CRC TRR 190 ”Rationality and Competition”, Information Infrastructure Project, Member

since 2017 Working Group Research Data of the Leibniz Association, Member

since 2017 LMU Junior Faculty Development Program, Member

2012-2021 Munich Center for Health Sciences (MC-Health), Member

Organized Events

2022 Workshop ” Big Data Analyses and New Developments in Research Data Centres (RDC)” (together with ZEW and IAB)

2022 Annual Meeting of the German Economics Association (VfS) “Big Data in Economics”, Panel ”Big Data Economics through Collaborating with Firms: How to Make it Work?”

2022 Workshop ” Quality Aspects of Machine Learning - Official Statistics between Specific Quality Requirements and Methodological Innovation” (together with Bavarian State Office for Statistics, LMU Department of Statistics, and Substantive Federal Statistical Office)

2021 Kick-off CESifo Research Cluster ”Research with Firm data“

2019 Workshop “Regionalökonomik” together with  Bavarian State Office for Statistics)

2019 Workshop ”Replicability & Reproducibility in Social Science” (together with LMU Open Science Center)

2018 Workshop ”Record Linkage of Firm Data”

2018 Workshop ”Regionale Preise” (together with Bavarian State Office for Statistics)

2017 Workshop ”Regionales BIP“ (together with Bavarian State Office for Statistics)

2022 Admission to the Leibniz Leadership Academ

2022 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences (Nobel Laureate Meetings)

7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences (Nobel Laureate Meetings)

2019 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie, Science Award (https://www.dggoe.de/preise/wissenschaftspreis)

2019 ifo Institute, Junior Faculty Program – Research grant

2016 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie, Travel grant

2015 LMU Munich, Department of Economics, Research grant

2015 European Commission, Mobility grant

2011 LMU Munich, Distinction for second best degree

2009 Karolina-Rüedi foundation, Full scholarship for academic visit

2009 Swiss federal government, Scholarship for academic exchange

2009 Bavarian state government, Excellence scholarship

Workshop ”MGSE Workshop: Good Scientific Practice and Data Management ” (PhD; LMU Munich; WT 2017/18, WT 2018/19, WT 2019/20, WT 2020/21, WT 2021/22, WT 2021/23)

Supervisor for Bachelor and Master theses

Examiner for Bachelor thesis colloquia at LMU Munich

Seminar ”Ökonomie der digitalen Transformation” (BSc; LMU Munich; ST 2021)

Seminar ”Die Anwendung neuer empirischer Methoden in der VWL” (BSc; LMU Munich; ST 2020)

Seminar ”Herausforderungen für die regionale Wirtschaftspolitik – Empirische Evidenz und politische Praxis”’ (BSc; LMU Munich; ST 2019)

Seminar ”Fragen und Methoden der Innovationsökonomik” (BSc; LMU Munich; WT 2018/19)

Seminar ”Aktuelle Fragen der Innovationsökonomik” (BSc; LMU Munich; ST 2018)

Seminar ”Natürliche Experimente in der Empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung”, teaching assistant (BSc; LMU Munich; ST 2017)

Seminar ”Applied Health Economics”, teaching assistant (BSc; LMU Munich; WT 2016/17)

Microeconometrics, class (MSc/PhD; LMU Munich; ST2014, ST 2015)

Empirische Ökonomie 1, class (BSc; ~Introduction to Econometrics, LMU Munich; WT 2012/13, WT 2013/14, WT 2014/15, WT 2015/16 ST 2013, ST 2016)