Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling
achim.kemmerling@uni-erfurt.deVice Director (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy)
Contact
C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.07
Visiting address
University of Erfurt
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
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 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
University of Erfurt
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
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 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
University of Erfurt
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
C19 - Research Building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
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
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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 (Selection)
Monographs
Kemmerling, A. (2009). Taxing Workers on Low Wages: The Political Origins and Economic Consequences of Taxing Low Wages. Edward Elgar.
Journal Articles
Awuni, E.T., & Kemmerling, A. (2023). Taking Gerschenkron to the Field: Attitudes toward Digitalization Hopes and Fears about the Future of Work in Ghana. Telecommunications Policy, 102680.
Fumagalli, M. & Kemmerling, A. (2022). Development aid and domestic regional inequality: the case of Myanmar. Eurasian Geography and Economics. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Duman, A., & Kemmerling, A. (2019). Do you feel like an insider? Job security and preferences for Flexibilization across Europe. Social Policy and Administration.
Angeles, R., & Kemmerling, A. (2019). How redistributive institutions affect pay inequality and heterogeneity among top managers. Socio-Economic Review.
Kemmerling, A., Häusermann, S., & Rueda, D. (2019). Special Issue on New Labour Market Divides. Political Science Research Methods.
Introduction: Häusermann, S., Kemmerling, A., & Rueda, D. (2019). How Labor Market Inequality Transforms Mass Politics. Political Science Research and Methods, 8(2), 344-355.
Berens, S., & Kemmerling, A. (2019). Labor Divides, Informality,and Regulation: The Public Opinion on Labor Law in Latin America. Journal of Politics in Latin America, 11(1), 23-48.
Kemmerling, A., & Neugart, M. (2019). Redistributive pensions in the developing world. Review of Development Economics, 23(2), 702-726.
Howlett, M., & Kemmerling, A. (2017). Calibrating climate change policies: the causes and consequences of sustained under-reaction. Journal of Environmental Planning and Policy Special Issue, 19(6), 625-637.
Kemmerling, A. (2017). Left Without a Choice? Why Left Politicians Accept VAT as a Source of Revenue. Socio-Economic Review, 15(4), 776-796. Received SER Annual Best Paper Award 2017.
Bodenstein, T., & Kemmerling, A. (2016). European Aid and Trade in African Public Opinion. Development Policy Research, 35(4), 567-586.
Meseguer, C., & Kemmerling, A. (2016). What do you fear? Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Latin America. International Migration Review, 52(1), 236-272.
Kemmerling, A. (2016). The End of Work or Work Without End? Journal of Public Policy, 36(1), 109-138.
Kemmerling, A., & Bodenstein, T. (2015). A Paradox of Redistribution in International Aid? World Development, 76, 359-369.
Kemmerling, A. & Stephan, A. (2015). The Comparative Political Economy of Regional Transport Infrastructure Investment in Europe. Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(1), 227-239.
Editorship
Busemeyer, M., Marx, P., Kemmerling, A. & van Kersbergen K. (eds.) (2022). Digitalization and the Welfare State. Oxford University Press.
Kemmerling, A., Häusermann, S., & Rueda, D. (2019). Special Issue on New Labour Market Divides. Political Science Research Methods.
Board member of the Journal of International Relations and Development and Policy Sciences. (Links)
Courses taught
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