Julius Koschnick

Julius Koschnick serves as an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark, where he is affiliated with the Historical Economics & Development Group (HEDG). His research examines historical knowledge economies, focusing on how Scientific Revolution ideas were adopted and influenced useful knowledge stocks during industrialization periods.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (2023)

Koschnick's work bridges economic history and history of science through quantitative analysis of knowledge transmission. He investigates agglomeration effects in late 18th-19th century Germany, vocational school impacts, and how scientific institutions like economic societies facilitated technological progress. His methodology uniquely combines applied microeconomics with natural language processing to analyze historical texts, revealing patterns in knowledge spillovers across industrializing regions.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on knowledge flow mechanisms during pivotal industrial transitions. His 2025 Economic Journal article quantifies how economic societies accelerated useful knowledge diffusion, while his working paper on teacher-directed scientific change employs difference-in-differences analysis of English educational reforms. Collectively, his work establishes causal links between scientific institutionalization and industrial innovation.

Koschnick teaches 'Trends in Applied Economics' (2024) and actively disseminates research through international conferences, with no public information on grants or student advising.

As a core member of HEDG, he contributes to collaborative projects analyzing historical economic development through computational methods, maintaining strong engagement with the European Historical Economics Society.