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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Manuel Förster

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1. Center for Mathematical Economics

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manuel.foerster@uni-bielefeld.de  
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2. Center for Mathematical Economics / IKM-Verantwortliche

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+49 521 106-2573  
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E-Mail
manuel.foerster@uni-bielefeld.de  
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Phone
+49 521 106-2573  
Phone No. of Secretary
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Curriculum Vitae

Current Position
Assistant Professor at the Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University

Education
2011 – 2014: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and University of Louvain
2009 – 2011: M.Sc. in Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University
2006 – 2009: B.Sc. in Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University

Academic Positions
2015 – 2020: Postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Economics, University of Hamburg
2014 – 2015: Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Research in Economics, Saint-Louis University - Brussels

Research Grants
2023 – 2028: Co-PI German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Training Group “Coping with Uncertainty in Dynamic Economies (CUDE)”
2021 – 2024: PI of German Research Foundation (DFG) project FO 1272/2-1, “Information, Fake News, and Social Networks”
2021 – 2024: Co-PI Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Network “Economic Policy in Complex Environments (EPOC)”
2014 – 2015: Postdoctoral fellowship from the Special Fund for Research (Fonds spécial pour la recherche, FSR), Wallonia-Brussels Federation
2011 – 2014: European Doctorate in Economics - Erasmus Mundus Ph.D. fellowship from the European Commission

Current research topics

My research interests are in applied microeconomic theory and game theory, in particular information economics, social and economic networks, industrial organization, and political economy. In 2020, I have received a grant by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the research project Information, Fake News, and Social Networks.