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Dr. Dr. Hannes Rusch

Research Group Leader
Criminology
Independent Research Group Behavioral Economics of Crime and Conflict
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Curriculum Vitae

Current positions

  • Since 2023: Research group leader, Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany
  • Since 2022: Associate professor (with tenure), Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Independent Research Group

Projects

MANUNKIND: Determinants and Dynamics of Collaborative Exploitation

Head of project: Hannes Rusch
Chattel slavery and other forms of collaborative exploitation are with us since ancient times, inflicting unfathomable suffering on countless generations of victims. And even though slav­ery is outlawed globally today, its modern-day successors… more

DISGRID: Discrimination and Group Identities

Head of project: Hannes Rusch
Opportunities in life in Europe de facto hinge on group member­ships that de jure should not matter for individual outcomes – prompting EC president Ursula von der Leyen to press for renewed efforts to answer the question: “Why do racism and… more

Frankfurt am Main, Germany - July 25, 2019: German police officers near the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany.

Contributors / Researchers: Hannes Rusch, Julia Teufel
In the applied project “PV,” we are transferring findings from a previous research collaboration within the framework of the EU-funded project “DISGRID” into a practical application. The aim now is to tailor the training of… more

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