Julius Koschnick

Julius Koschnick is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark's Department of Economics, affiliated with the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) and the Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG). His research focuses on long-run growth, human capital formation, and knowledge transmission, with a particular emphasis on historical case studies like the English Scientific Revolution and Industrial Enlightenment. He completed his PhD in Economic History at the London School of Economics (2019–2024) under Prof. Max-Stephan Schulze and Dr. Jeremiah Dittmar. Previously, he held an MSc in Economic History from LSE and a BA in Philosophy & Economics from the University of Bayreuth. He was a visiting scholar at Northwestern University (2022).

Key Projects:

• "Teacher-directed scientific change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution" (2025 working paper)
• "Flow of Ideas: Economic Societies and the Rise of Useful Knowledge" (published in The Economic Journal, 2024)

Research Themes:

• Role of universities in shaping scientific paradigms
• Impact of economic institutions on knowledge diffusion
• Quantitative methods including NLP and spatial analysis

Affiliations:

• University of Southern Denmark (2024–present)
• London School of Economics (PhD 2019–2024)