Joachim Ahrens studied economics and political science. He earned a doctoral degree and the Habilitation degree at the Department of Economics at the University of Goettingen. Following research affiliations at HarvardUniversity, the Hoover Institution/Stanford University, and the University of California/Berkeley, he worked as an economist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila. In 2003, he accepted a position as Professor of International Political Economy at the European Business School International University, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany. In March 2006, he became Professor of International Economics at the PFH Goettingen.

Joachim Ahrens has substantial experiences in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as in the area of executive education. He has taught at various universities in Germany and abroad.

His research interests center around systemic transformation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, European integration, economic development and integration processes in East Asia as well as the interplay of institutions, governance, and economic development.

Curriculum Vitae

Project Output:

Transitional Institutions, Institutional Complementarities and Economic Performance in China

Transition towards a Social Market Economy? Limits and Opportunities

The politico-institutional foundation of economic transition in Central Asia: Lessons from China

Adaptive efficiency and pragmatic flexibility: characteristics of institutional change in capitalism