Mark Spoerer

Prof. Dr. Mark Spoerer is a Chair of Economic and Social History at the University of Regensburg’s Faculty of Philosophy, Arts, History and Social Sciences. As Editor-in-Chief of the Quarterly Journal of Social and Economic History (VSWG) and Chairman of the Society for Social and Economic History (GSWG), he leads key academic institutions in his field.

Research Focus:

• Corporate and Economic History of C&A (1911–1961)
• Living Standards and Consumption (Late Middle Ages–20th Century)
• Public Finance (18th–20th Centuries)
• Common Agricultural Policy of the EEC
• Forced Labor (WWI–WWII)

Selected Recent Article Trends: His work spans Cliometrics (2023), Forced Labor in Nazi Germany (2020), and Political Determinants of Aircraft Sales (2021), reflecting interdisciplinary approaches and quantitative analysis.

Scientific Awards:

• Special Recommendation, International Economic History Association (1998)
• Stinnes Award Second Prize (1996)
• European Business History Association Dissertation Prize (1996)

Teaching: He offers courses on European industrialization, economic crises, and digital history, emphasizing methodological rigor and interdisciplinary perspectives.