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Kai Gehring is a Professor for Political Economy and Sustainable Development at the University of Bern, with affiliation to the Wyss Academy for Nature and the ifo Institute in Munich. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Göttingen (advisor: Axel Dreher) and a Diplom (M.Sc equivalent) from the University of Mannheim. His academic career includes research stays at Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, and MIT, along with a 4-year Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation.
- Member, CESifo
- Member, European Development Network (EUDN)
- Member, Development Economics Committee of the German Economic Association
- Member, Globalization and Development Group (GlaD)
His research integrates economics with political science, sociology, and history to examine institutional dynamics in developed and developing countries. Key areas include political economy of international organizations (IMF, World Bank, EU), conflict resolution, sustainable development, and narrative economics using NLP on media/social data. Recent methodological projects employ satellite imagery and machine learning for mining activity tracking.
Major article trends span three decades of African government formation challenges (Minister Project), climate change policy narratives, artisanal mining impacts, and terrorist propaganda analysis. He has published 17+ peer-reviewed articles across journals like European Economic Review, World Development, and Journal of Development Economics.
- Scientific Awards
- Ambizione Grant (Swiss National Science Foundation)
As an educator, Gehring has taught at the University of Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Zurich. His Minister Project actively engages citizen scientists to build comprehensive datasets on African government members' linguistic and regional origins.
