Johanna Krenz

Johanna Krenz serves as an economist at the University of Hamburg and holds a fellowship at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (ifw-kiel), actively collaborating with the Research Center Macroeconomics on international monetary macroeconomics and policy-relevant economic analysis.

Her research program critically examines:

• Financial stability implications of geopolitical risk
• Fiscal austerity mechanisms and socioeconomic consequences
• Populism's impact on economic institutions and policy frameworks
• Macroeconomic resilience under geopolitical stressors
• Monetary policy transmission in volatile political environments

Her work bridges theoretical macroeconomics with real-world policy applications, addressing contemporary challenges in global economic governance through rigorous empirical analysis and interdisciplinary approaches.