Felix Rusche

Felix Rusche is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Mannheim and a member of the Bonn-Mannheim Collaborative Research Center (CRC TR224). In September 2025, he will transition to a Senior Research Fellow (Postdoc) role at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods. His research spans Labor Economics, Development Economics, and Political Economy, with methodological expertise in econometrics, text analysis, and field experiments.

• University of Mannheim (PhD Economics, ongoing)
• Bonn-Mannheim CRC TR224 (Doctoral Student)
• Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (Senior Research Fellow, starting September 2025)

His work addresses critical issues such as discrimination in job networks, the impact of media on gender equality, and biases in financial reporting. He has contributed to high-impact journals like The Quarterly Journal of Economics and New Media & Society, and participates in multi-analyst replication projects like Multi100 and ManyDaughters.

Rusche has received prestigious awards including the Unicredit Award 2025 for gender economics research and the FBK-IRVAPP Award 2025 for policy evaluation. He has presented at major conferences such as the CEPR Symposium, Econometric Society Meetings, and NBER Summer Institute, and contributes to public discourse through media engagements with outlets like ZDF and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.