Guido Heineck

Prof. Dr. Guido Heineck is a Professor of Economics, especially Empirical Microeconomics at the University of Bamberg, where he has been serving since 2011. He currently holds the position of Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (since October 2023) and has previously served as Dean (2015-2017) and Vice Dean (2013-2015) of the same faculty. His academic career includes positions as Head of Research Department at IAB Nuremberg (2009-2011), Postdoc/Habilitand at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (2005-2009), Postdoc at ÖIF Vienna (2004-2005), and Doctoral student at University of Bamberg (1999-2004).

His research focuses on:

• Economics of Education
• Human Capital
• Skills development and assessment

Prof. Heineck maintains several significant academic affiliations:

• Research Fellow at IZA Bonn
• Research Associate at LIfBi Bamberg
• Research Fellow at LASER, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Member of the Education Economics Committee of the Association for Social Policy
• Member of the Population Economics Committee of the Association for Social Policy
• Scientific Advisory Board member at ifb Bamberg
• Member of the Network Committee of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

In terms of academic service, Prof. Heineck has held various leadership roles including Chairman of the Doctoral Committee (2017-2023) and Member of the Senate of the University of Bamberg (2017-2019).

He is part of the research team working on 'Ukrainian mothers in Germany' project along with Dr. Xanthi Tsoukli, Daniel Witt, Prof. Dr. Olena Martyniuk, Prof. Dr. Martina Eckardt, and Prof. Dr. Stefan Okruch, with Christine Blow providing secretarial assistance.