Dr. Andreas Mense, Dipl.-Pol.

Dr. Andreas Mense has been a researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in the Regional Labour Markets (REGIO) department since October 2021. His research centers on topics at the intersection of labor and housing markets, and on urban labor markets. Dr. Mense is also an external lecturer at the FAU WiSo. In Winter Semester he offers the Master studies course Urban Labor and Housing Markets.

Professional background

Since 2021 – Research Position, Regional Labour Markets (REGIO), Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg

2021-2024 – Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics

2016-2021 – Post-Doc, School of Business, Economics & Society (WiSo), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

2019 – Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics

2017 – Co-founder mietpreischeck.de

2011-2016 – Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Economics (IWF), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

2010-2011 – Internship and Research Assistant, DIW Berlin

Education

2011-2016 – PhD student (Economics/ Dr. rer. pol.) at the School of Business, Economics & Society (WiSo), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

2013-2016 – B.Sc. Mathematics, majors in statistics and probability theory, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

2006-2011 – Diplom (BA + MA equivalent) Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg; Kalamazoo College (Michigan, USA)

Research Grants

2019-2021 “Who Benefits from New Housing Supply?“ (DFG / German Research Foundation)

2019 “Angebotseffekte der Mietpreisbremse“ (Society of Property Researchers Germany)

2018 “Evaluierung der Wirksamkeit der in 2015 eingeführten Regelungen zur Dämpfung des Mietanstiegs auf angespannten Wohnungsmärkten (Mietpreisbremse)“ (Federal Ministery of Justice and Consumer Protection)