Dr. Aiko Schmeißer

Aiko Schmeißer studied International Economics (M.Sc.) at the University of Göttingen as well as Economics (B.Sc.) and International Economics and Development (B.A.) at the University of Bayreuth. Aiko has worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Empirical Economics between October 2021 and September 2025. In July 2025, he received his PhD from the University of Potsdam and the Berlin School of Economics for his thesis "Political and Racial Dynamics in the Labor Market" graded with "summy cum laude". 

From November 2025, Aiko is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Center for Political Economy at Columbia University. His research interests are in the fields of Labor Economics, Political Economy, and Behavioral Economics.