Christoffer Jessen Weissert

Christoffer Jessen Weissert serves as an External Lecturer and PhD fellow at the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, supported by a Danmarks Nationalbank scholarship. His research examines the bidirectional relationship between micro-level inequality and macroeconomic outcomes, focusing on policy implications.

Education:

• Cand.polit (Master of Social Sciences) in Economics, University of Copenhagen (September 2012 – August 2018)

Research Focus: Weissert investigates how income/wealth heterogeneity shapes macroeconomic responses to monetary and fiscal policies using micro-founded consumption-savings models. His work emphasizes wealth accumulation mechanisms and societal distribution patterns, bridging microeconomic behavior with aggregate economic dynamics through heterogeneous agent frameworks.

Scientific Recognition:

• Danmarks Nationalbank Scholarship

Academic Contributions: Funded by Danmarks Nationalbank since 2018, Weissert teaches Macroeconomics I/II for Economics undergraduates and Macroeconomics 3 for Mathematics-Economics students. His PhD supervision involves Søren Hove Ravn and Jeppe Druedahl, focusing on inequality-driven macroeconomic modeling.